Character Motivation - Duke

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

4

Overview

Students complete a chart describing Duke Ellington’s motivations for playing the piano and describe how these motivations changed his attitude toward playing the piano.

This resource provides students with an opportunity to analyze character motivation. 

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

ELA21.4.15

Analyze in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.

UP:ELA21.4.15

Vocabulary

  • Analyze
  • Character
  • Setting
  • Event
  • Story
  • Drama
  • Specific details

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Characters are any person, animal, or figure that affect the events of the story.
  • Setting is when and where a story takes place.
  • Events are situations that are described in the story.
  • A drama is a story with dialogue that can be read by different people.
  • Details in the text provide information about the characters, setting, and events.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Use specific details from the text to explain attributes of the characters, setting, or event in a story or drama.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • They can explain details about characters, settings, and events in a story or drama by using evidence from the text.

CR Resource Type

Lesson/Unit Plan

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

CUSTOM
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