Activity Overview
Storyboarding is an excellent way to focus on comparisons of characters. Students can explore characters by centering around interests, actions, or character traits. In the storyboard, each example should be visually represented, along with an explanation of the character, and why it shows a certain trait or aspect of that character.
Using a T-Chart with three cells across, show how two characters are both similar and dissimilar in their attitude towards Melody. The center cell should show how the characters are the same and the outside cells should show their differences. This should be done in the fashion a Venn Diagram is done - the middle cell is the same as where the two circles overlap.
Template and Class Instructions
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Student Instructions
Create a storyboard comparing and contrasting two characters from Out of my Mind.
- Use the template provided by your teacher.
- Select two characters from the story. List their similarities in the middle cell.
- List the traits that make them unique or different in the right and left cells.
- Illustrate each cell with appropriate characters, scenes, and items.
Lesson Plan Reference
- [ELA-Literacy/RL/8/1] Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text
- [ELA-Literacy/W/6/9] Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
| Proficient | Emerging | Beginning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comparison Analysis | Text and images include a clear explanation of similarities and/or differences between the categories or topics. These comparisons go beyond superficial elements and show strong understanding. | Text and images include an explanation of similarities and/or differences between the categories or topics, but the explanation may lack clarity or show only superficial understanding in some squares. | Text and images may include no explanation of similarities and/or differences, or they may make only superficial or inaccurate comparisons. |
| Storyboard Image and Effort | Student clearly shows effort to convey the setting, characters and specific scene of the book. The scene is clearly identifiable based on the graphic depiction. | Student attempts to convey the setting, characters, and specific scene through use of graphics, but the depiction may be confusing, disordered, or lack some detail. | Student does not clearly convey the setting, characters, and scene. |
| Spelling and Grammar | Student uses exemplary spelling and grammar. There are no errors. | Student makes one or two minor errors in spelling and grammar. | Student makes multiple errors in spelling and grammar. |
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