Lesson 14 Blood on the River

Do Now:

Share a setting and a character
that you annotated in last night’s
homework.

Lesson 14: Analyzing how setting and characters

interact in a literary text and identifying text

evidence to support analysis

Standard: RL 7.3- Analyze how story elements

interact. (Settings & Characters)

Objective: I can explain how the settings and

character influence Samuel and cite text evidence

that supports

We’ve been reading Blood on
the River by Elisa Carbone and
analyzing how the setting and

characters interact.

S

C

Today we will:

● Read Blood on the River by

Elisa Carbone in pairs.

● Analyze how the setting and

characters influence the main
character, Samuel.

You will need:

● Blood on the River by Elisa

Carbone

● Your homework

● Sticky notes

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● As we read, listen as I model

looking for evidence related to
how the setting and characters
in the text influence the main
character, Samuel.

● Write a sticky note annotation

for the details you notice in the
text.

Read Chapter 12 with your Group

● Create Graffiti Chart

Setting/Character

:Influence on

Samuel

SETTING

EVIDENCE

SETTING

EVIDENCE

CHARACTER

EVIDENCE

CHARACTER

EVIDENCE

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Gallery Walk

-As you move from chart to chart with your group READ
settings and characters each group annotated along with the
EVIDENCE to support.

Evaluate their evidence:

Is their evidence relevant and sufficient.

Expectations for Exit ticket

Follow the guide for labeling your paper on the next slide.
You do not have to write the question.
Answer the question in a complete sentence.
Once you are done hold your paper until I call for them.

Exit Ticket:

Explain how at least one character and one

setting influenced Samuel. Provide evidence that

supports each.

​Lesson 14

Homework

Materials you will need:

Read Ch. 13 of Blood on the River

A copy of Blood on the River

Monitor how the setting and
other characters influence
Samuel as you read. Make 3
annotations on sticky notes:

● S: notes on how setting

impacts Samuel

● C: notes on how other

characters influence Samuel

3 sticky notes

In this lesson, you learned that the setting and
other characters influence how Samuel feels,

thinks, and acts.

You also analyzed how the setting and characters
interact in a literary text and determined the text

evidence that supports this interaction.