Sadako's Character Traits | The Thousand Paper Cranes

Activity Overview

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is a true story about a very courageous young girl who became a heroine to the Japanese people. Throughout her treatments, she displays several character traits that students can look up to or identify with. For this activity, students will create a spider map that depicts 3 of Sadako’s character traits. They must also include text evidence for each trait. Teachers may wish to provide students with a list of traits to look for, or have students discover them on their own!

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Objective: Create a 3 cell spider map of Sadako’s character traits in Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.

Student Instructions:

Click “Start Assignment”.
In the title box, write the trait.
In the description box, write an example of this trait from the text.
Add an illustration that accurately represents the description.

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Lesson Plan Reference

Grade Level 4-6

Difficulty Level 2 (Reinforcing / Developing)

Type of Assignment Individual

Type of Activity: Character Development

Common Core Standards

[ELA-Literacy/RL/4/3] Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).
[ELA-Literacy/RL/5/3] Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).

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Rubric

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Character Traits Rubric

	Proficient 5 Points	Emerging 3 Points	Beginning 1 Points
Explanation	All of the traits accurately depict the character.	Some of the traits accurately depict the character.	The traits do not depict the character and/or they are incomplete.
Illustrations	The illustrations represent the descriptions using appropriate scenes, characters and items.	The illustrations relate to the descriptions, but are difficult to understand.	The illustrations do not clearly relate to the descriptions.
Evidence of Effort	Work is well written and carefully thought out.	Work shows some evidence of effort.	Work shows little evidence of any effort.
Conventions	Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are mostly correct.	Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are somewhat correct.	Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are mostly incorrect.