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=**Classic Starts Character Trading Card Lesson**=

**Lesson Plan**

 * Grades: 3-5**
 * Lesson Plan Type: Standard Lesson**
 * Estimated Time: One 50-60-minute session**
 * Lesson Author: Melissa Harris**


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Overview
Classic literature is a genre that can be introduced to students at any age. Using the Classic Starts series and Read.Write.Think's "Character Trading Card" student interactive, students will be able to explore the characters found in classic stories such as Peter Pan, Moby Dick and Anne of Avonlea. This lesson uses trading cards to support students' literacy development by having them explore different characters in a story. Students then use the tool to plan a character's development. An extension for this lesson is to have students trade cards with classmates in order to "assign" different books.

Featured Resources
Character Planning Sheet: Have students fill out this questionnaire to begin their character profiles. This sheet will then be used with the Trading Cards interactive to make character trading cards. Character Trading Cards: Have students use this interactive tool to plan and develop their characters by answering key questions about them.