Subject(s): Language Arts Grades(s): Grades 2-3

Title – Character Buddies
By – Alex Pertain
Primary Subject – Language Arts
Grade Level – 2-3
Time Period: 45 minutes – 1 hour

Context of lesson: Students have just read the book “The Gingerbread Man” and now will be assigned book characters to interview.

Objective: Divide the class up into two groups; one group will be the reporters and the other group of students will each be a character from the story (explain to students what an interview is).

Materials:

Teacher – observation sheet, and pen/pencil

Student – paper (question sheet), pencil and name tags of their book character.

Classroom Arrangement: the students will be working in assigned pairs and then with the class.

Initiation: Write the name of each character in the story on a separate sheet of paper. Write the word “reporter” on separate sheets of paper. Then, fold the sheets of paper in half, put them in a hat, and have each student come up one at a time and pick their job out of the hat.

Procedure:

A) Have the class brainstorm questions that the reporters will ask the characters.

B) Write the names of the characters on the board.

C) Have a class discussion about each character (how the character looks, acts, etc…).

D) Have the reporters meet with the characters.

E) The reporters will then ask the characters the brainstorm questions, or any other questions that the reporter can add in.

Closure: have a class discussion on how the interview went. Also, have some volunteer reporters share their questions and answers.

Assessment: put the interviews together and make a class newspaper