Character and Key Details

As we teach traits the students are taught to understand the difference between character traits and feelings. They were taught to use words to describe the qualities of characters in the book they have read.
The author may tell us these traits directly, but mostly they will show us these traits in action. The job as readers is to draw a conclusion about the character's traits (to infer them) from what the character says, thinks, and does.
An inference could be made from something a character does only once, or conclusions might be drawn from a series of things the character says and does.
The students worked on a activity which furthered their understanding of identifying character traits.

The students learned about character traits and used them to explain their character. After reading their book, they went through a process of listing the traits on a graphic organizer followed by creating a poster. On this they wrote the physical and personality traits. Here is an example of the of the students' work.

Lascaux Cave Art

Lascaux is famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings which is estimated to be about 20,000 years old found in South Eastern France. he caves were discovered by  teenagers who stumbled upon the ruins.
The paintings are mainly pictures of animals and symbols, and possibly one human figure.
The students were invloved in this hands on project where they did cave art after taking a virtual tour around the caves.
As they did the tour, they noted down the characteristics of the caves and used them to create their piece of art work. They worked in partners and used butcher paper with color pastels (keeing in mind the only colors used during that time period were red, black, orange, and brown).
This project was targeted for all learners and they enjoyed working on it.