ELEMENTS OF A STORY

(CHARACTER, SETTING,

PROBLEM AND SOLUTION)

Featuring Artist/Author: Eric Carle

By: Stephanie Sherlock

TURN AND TALK WITH A FRIEND

What are the ELEMENTS of a story?

What is your favorite part of a story?

What does fiction mean? Non fiction?

ELEMENTS OF A STORY A wonderful story has many ELEMENTS (can anyone

tell me what this word means? Write answers on board)

Elements of a story include: Beginning, middle and end Characters Setting Problem Solution

ELEMENTS OF A STORY Can anyone tell me what a Character is?

Can anyone tell me where is the setting, what does that mean?

Can anyone tell me what a problem is? How about solution?

ACTIVITY 1(DAY 1) Read to students “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric

Carle. Keep in mind the colors, and drawings you see!

Have students work on their tables. They need to draw and write who the characters are, where the setting is, what the problem and solution is. Each group is assigned one story element.

They need to draw a picture with their one sentence description.

Have students glue on their works of art to class board.

WHO AM I?

Can anyone tell me what book this man is holding?

Who do you think he is?

Why is he important?

ERIC CARLE

Born in New York now lives in Florida/Nth Carolina

He’s an author (what is that?) and painter (tell me more!)

He loves nature and many of

his books are about insects,

nature and the world.

HAVE YOU SEEN ME?

ERIC CARLE’S DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS

Raise your hand if you’ve painted or drew a picture before. What materials did you use? What do you do with those materials?

THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR

What do you notice about the colors of these pictures?

What types of colors do you see? Are they one color or mixed?

Solid vs mixed

Are there a lot of colors or just a few?

Does Eric Carle color the pictures one color, and how does he color each picture?

ERIC CARLE – TYPE OF ART

Type of art- Eric Carle’s art work is created in collage (many

colors/pictures put together) style, hand painted papers, cut paper and added layers. (show example).

http://www.eric-carle.com/slideshow_collage.html Many different painters, authors, illustrators have

different types of techniques (what does this word mean).

What are some things you notice in these pictures?Turn and talk with a friend

ACTIVITY 2CREATING LIFE CYCLE OF BUTTERFLY

Using mixed media materials, students will create the life cycle of the butterfly. Using the text clues from the story, students will use beans, dried pasta, leaves, and crayons to create a life model of cycle.

Assessment- Students will then write a short description for each stage of cycle. Differentiation- students will write a one sentence describing each stage copied from the board. Other students will write 2 sentences and the rest need to write 3 or more sentences. Sentences will include colors they’ve used, the stage of the life cycle

WORK CITED Resources

Slide 1 The art of Eric Carle

ttp://www.google.com/imgres?q=eric+carle+illustrations&num=10&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&biw=1240&bih=677&tbm=isch&tbnid=YgZ7hHSw9VWZZM:&imgrefurl=http://twisted-genius.squarespace.com/journal/2009/7/24/eric-carle.html&docid=gh_tHT_IV9gGEM&imgurl=http://twisted-genius.squarespace.com/storage/eric-carle1.jpg%253F__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION%253D1248433400729&w=450&h=552&ei=c1pKUPRugcmLAs27gMgB&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=446&vpy=168&dur=291&hovh=138&hovw=113&tx=96&ty=121&sig=114363199443014692446&sqi=2&page=1&tbnh=138&tbnw=113&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0,i:92

 

Slide 3 The Very Busy Spider

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=eric+carle+illustrations&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&biw=1240&bih=677&tbm=isch&tbnid=_eHp_pMoseo33M:&imgrefurl=http://libraryoflagniappe.blogspot.com/2012/01/s-art-urday-eric-carle.html&docid=G3pjXeQB6f502M&imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-155aaQelIlo/TwVdvtO3OnI/AAAAAAAAAJw/-Q0wbnaXCmc/s1600/very%252Bbusy%252Bspider%252Beric%252Bcarle.jpg&w=400&h=295&ei=JF1KUKnWN6WqiAK3w4GQBA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=947&vpy=196&dur=335&hovh=142&hovw=206&tx=121&ty=83&sig=114363199443014692446&page=1&tbnh=138&tbnw=202&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0,i:101

Slide 4- http://www.google.com/imgres?

q=eric+carle+paintings&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1240&bih=677&tbm=isch&tbnid=C8mqSCNACeSKJM:&imgrefurl=http://www.aflnc.org/projects/%3Fp%3D104&docid=F22GUjVoK86OmM&imgurl=http://www.aflnc.org/projects/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/eric-carle-example.jpg&w=2432&h=1844&ei=pl1KUOaWJKKciQLghIGQDA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=226&sig=114363199443014692446&page=1&tbnh=144&tbnw=209&start=0&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:72&tx=59&ty=39

  Slide 7 Eric Carle’s picture http://www.google.com/imgres?

q=eric+carle&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1240&bih=677&tbm=isch&tbnid=1TWv8tWrzo5g4M:&imgrefurl=http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/eric-carle-author-study&docid=WVdfAjFWkK2mrM&imgurl=http://www.scholastic.com/teacher/images/content_promo/video/ericcarle_screen.jpg&w=350&h=296&ei=3F1KUN-TH8qRiAKj-oDQBg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=286&sig=114363199443014692446&page=1&tbnh=134&tbnw=144&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:138&tx=78&ty=61

  Slide 8 Eric Carles picture: http://www.google.com/imgres?q=eric+carle&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&biw=1240&bih=677&tbm=isch&tbnid=aLLrvHN1pPtVgM:&imgrefurl=http://

www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/mar/14/eric-carle-author&docid=LfFKyJsUKi_XAM&imgurl=http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Books/Pix/pictures/2009/3/13/1236963403037/Eric-Carle-001.jpg&w=460&h=276&ei=9lNKULHxCsj3iwLur4Ao&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=545&vpy=385&dur=379&hovh=143&hovw=183&tx=146&ty=197&sig=114363199443014692446&page=1&tbnh=132&tbnw=143&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:17,s:0,i:191

  slide 9 and 13 http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=eric+carle+illustrations&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N

&tab=wi&ei=el1KUPzYJOG6igLAlYH4DA&biw=1240&bih=677&sei=fF1KUPT2IIqIiALp6oDQDA   slide 11 The Very Hungry Caterpillar http://www.google.com/imgres?q=they+very+hungry+caterpillar&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1240&bih=677&tbm=isch&

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  slide 12 The Very Busy Spider http://www.google.com/imgres?q=eric+carle+illustrations&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&biw=1240&bih=677&tbm=isch&tbnid=_eHp_pMoseo33M:&im

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