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Name Date Benchmark Literacy Grade 2 Unit 2/Week 1 ©2011 Benchmark Education Company, LLC BLM 1 Home/School Connections: Analyze Character 1. Make Text-to-World Strategy Connections Select a member of your family. Write his or her name on a sheet of paper. With help from that family member, list clues about his or her character traits. What does he or she do, think, feel, and say? Repeat with a second family member. How are the family members alike? How are they different? Bring your lists to school to share with your class. 2. Make Text-to-Text Strategy Connections Find one or more examples from stories or articles of clues about what characters are like. Remember, the examples may include what a character says, does, thinks, feels, or what others say or think about the character. Highlight or circle clues about the character. Bring your example(s) to school to share with the class. 3. Make a Strategy Connection to Social Studies Think of someone who works in your neighborhood, such as the mail carrier, grocer, bank teller, etc. Draw the person and write a caption that tells what the worker is like. 4. Make a Strategy Connection to the Arts Think about an artist (e.g., painter, musician, actor, etc.) you are learning about in school. How does know what the artist is like help you better understand his or her art? 5. Make a Character Chart Think of your favorite character. It may be someone from a book, movie, or TV show. On a character chart, list clues about the character—what he or she says, looks like, feels, thinks, and what others think or say about him or her. You can ask a family member to help you. Sign your name and your family member’s name on your chart. Bring your chart to class to share. 6. Think and Write About the Strategy Think about how learning about analyzing characters has helped you become a more strategic reader. Write about how and when you use this strategy to help you understand what you are reading.

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Benchmark Literacy • Grade 2 • Unit 2/Week 1 ©2011 Benchmark Education Company, LLC

BLM 1

Home/School Connections:Analyze Character

1. Make Text-to-World Strategy ConnectionsSelect a member of your family. Write his or her name on a sheet of paper. With help from that family member, list clues about his or her character traits. What does he or she do, think, feel, and say? Repeat with a second family member. How are the family members alike? How are they different? Bring your lists to school to share with your class.

2. Make Text-to-Text Strategy ConnectionsFind one or more examples from stories or articles of clues about what characters are like. Remember, the examples may include what a character says, does, thinks, feels, or what others say or think about the character. Highlight or circle clues about the character. Bring your example(s) to school to share with the class.

3. Make a Strategy Connection to Social StudiesThink of someone who works in your neighborhood, such as the mail carrier, grocer, bank teller, etc. Draw the person and write a caption that tells what the worker is like.

4. Make a Strategy Connection to the ArtsThink about an artist (e.g., painter, musician, actor, etc.) you are learning about in school. How does know what the artist is like help you better understand his or her art?

5. Make a Character ChartThink of your favorite character. It may be someone from a book, movie, or TV show. On a character chart, list clues about the character—what he or she says, looks like, feels, thinks, and what others think or say about him or her. You can ask a family member to help you. Sign your name and your family member’s name on your chart. Bring your chart to class to share.

6. Think and Write About the StrategyThink about how learning about analyzing characters has helped you become a more strategic reader. Write about how and when you use this strategy to help you understand what you are reading.

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Little Red Riding Hoodie Rides Again:

Comprehension QuestionsDirections: Use information from the poster to answer questions 1–4.

1. Which clue tells you that Little Red is a caring person?

A She won’t talk to the wolf.

B She is taking hot food to her sick Grandmother.

C She takes the number 12 bus.

2. Little Red won’t talk to strangers. What does this tell you about her character?

A She’s smart.

B She’s silly.

C She’s fast.

3. What does the wolf say in this story that tells you he’s tricky?

A “What’s in your basket?”

B “What big eyes you have!”

C “I love your hoodie. Where did you get it?”

4. Which action shows that Little Red is scared?

A She wears a hoodie.

B She runs.

C She has a basket of hot food.

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BLM 6

Constructed Written Response: Analyze Character

Analyze Character Writing Checklist

_____ I identified a character from a story.

_____ I included at least 3 character traits.

_____ I included clues or examples of each character trait.

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