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Character Trading Cards
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| Grades | 3 – 12 |
| Interactive Type | Organizing & Summarizing |
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| URL | http://www.readwritethink.org /files/resources/interactives /trading_cards/ |
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ABOUT THIS INTERACTIVE |
Using popular culture texts in the classroom offers students an alternative way to demonstrate their literacy knowledge and skills and to engage in meaningful literary practices. The Character Trading Cards tool allows students to create their own character cards, which they can then print off, illustrate, and trade or keep. It can be used with characters in a book students are reading or as a prewriting exercise for students who are writing narrative stories. Specific prompts ask students to describe the character, look at his or her thoughts and feelings, explore how he or she develops, identify important thoughts and actions, and make personal connections to the character. The accompanying planning sheet allows students to draft and revise their work before going online to use the interactive.
For ideas of how to use this tool outside the classroom, see Character Trading Cards in the Parent & Afterschool Resources section.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Using Writing and Role-Play to Engage the Reluctant Writer
What does the world look like through a javelina’s eyes? Students become javelinas in this lesson when they analyze a character and write from his or her perspective.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Planning Story Characters Using Interactive Trading Cards
Students use character trading cards to examine characters in a story.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Sharing Favorite Books Using Interactive Character Trading Cards
Using selected cool characters from a text of their choice, students put their literary analysis skills to work by creating character trading cards.
Grades 4 – 6 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Exploring Friendship With Bridge to Terabithia
Students make predictions about Bridge to Terabithia and its characters, complete character studies, and relate the characters' experiences to their own as they identify ways to make and keep friends.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Females in the Spotlight: Strong Characters in Picture Books
What makes a character strong? Students will gain a new perspective on that question as they read and discuss the picture books recommended for this lesson. Students make the acquaintance of several strong female protagonists as they create and share Character Trading Cards based on these titles.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Reading Idol! Bringing Readers Theatre Center Stage in Your Classroom
Students produce a Readers Theatre performance to compete to be named the Reading Idol. Students vote on the final performances and record them as podcasts.
Grades K – 8 | Professional Library | Book
Trading Cards to Comic Strips: Popular Culture Texts and Literacy Learning in Grades K-8
This resource shows how to use television, movies, video games, music, magazines, and other media to motivate students and enhance literacy learning.
