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Characterization in Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar

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Theme:

Characterization and Story Retelling

Grades:

3 - 5

Subject:

Reading and Language Arts

Duration:

2 class periods (can be extended)

Standards
& Goals:

New York State Standards - Listening and Reading
Listening and reading to acquire information involves collecting data, facts and ideas; discovering relationships, concepts and generalizations; and using knowledge from oral, written and electronic sources.
  • Use a wide variety of strategies for selecting, organizing and categorizing information.

Note that standards in this lesson are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state’s standards.

Objectives:

Students will:
  • Read/listen to Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
  • Develop a characterization sketch for one or two of the characters in the story (each character is a chapter in the novel)
  • Orally present their characters and the action for their chapter
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