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English Language Arts (NYS P-12 Common Core)

Description

In this lesson, you will learn how a character's actions contribute to the plot by noticing the actions of the main character and determining how those actions affect the story.

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Explain how a character's actions affect a story

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Related Academic Standards

New York State

3R3 

• In literary texts, describe character traits, motivations, or feelings, drawing on specific details from the text. (RL)
• In informational texts, describe the relationship among a series of events, ideas, concepts, or steps in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect. (RI)

RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.