Miss Saide’s 5th Grade - Desert Harbor
Character Interview
Arts Integration Lesson: Reading and Theater
The students will infer and draw conclusions of the characters, setting, and plot by acting as one of the story’s
characters in the story, Bud, Not Buddy.
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Teaming: Miss Saide observes an Arts Coach, Mrs.
Shaver, modeling a Character Interview Lesson. After
the lesson, Miss Saide and Mrs. Shaver met to clarify
the elements of Character Interview.
Step 4
Student Collaboration: The students break into small
groups to discuss character traits, in addition
to creating voices and gestures for the characters.
Planning: Miss Saide plans an integrated arts
lesson focusing on Character Interview. Then,
determines the content objectives, reading
material and questions for the interview the
students will be working on.
Independent or Guided Reading:
The class independently reads Bud,
Not Buddy and writes a description
and traits of each character.
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Character Interview: Miss Saide asks
questions and students participate in a
Character Interview. The students use their
created gesture to signal they are ready to
answer the question.
Reflection: Miss Saide and the class
reflect on story elements and
character interview techniques,
discussing how this helped them
relate to the character.
Learning Objectives
Language Arts - Reading
Concept 6 Comprehension: Employ strategies to comprehend text.
SPO7 Use reading strategies (e.g., drawing conclusions, determining
cause and effect, making inferences, sequencing, questioning, determining
importance, monitoring, evaluating, connecting, summarizing, visualizing) to
comprehend text.
DPO2
Analyze author’s, speaker’s, presenter’s purpose, intent, motives,
feelings, and point of view.
Student Reflections
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“I like Character interviews because I understand what is
going on in the book better”.
“I have a better understanding of how the author created
the characters”.
“I like them because I am able to be the characters”.
“Character interviews are fun and you get to move around
and learn at the same time”.
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Concept 1 Elements of Literature: Identify, analyze, and apply
knowledge of the structures and elements of literature.
SPO3 Describe the motivations of major and minor characters
Learning Objectives
Arts - Theater
Strand 1 Create
Concept 1 Collaborate
PO 204 Collaborate in informal performances.
Concept 2 Acting
PO 201 Work to create characters for theatre
PO 202 As a character, play out her/his wants by interacting with others,
maintaining concentration, and contributing to the action of classroom
improvisations
PO 203 Demonstrate mental and physical attributes required to
communicate characters different from themselves
Strand 2 Relate
Concept 1 Collaborate
PO 203 Discuss how participation in theatre benefits other life skills and
other content areas.
Concept 4 Playwriting
PO 204 Discuss a class improvisation or performance’s storylines,
characters, dialogue, and actions, and how they relate to real life situations.
Strand 3 Evaluate
Concept 2 Acting
PO 201 Describe physical and vocal attributes appropriate to characters
Teacher Reflection
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I enjoy creating lesson plans that involve character
interviews.
The students are able to infer how the character feels and
thinks in a creative way.
I enjoy seeing the students use their acting skills; its
almost like looking at a different student entirely.
Character interviews align with the state standards
perfectly.
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