Character Traits
Heroes in Literature
Catherine Serpa
Windsor Middle School
Cserpa1@excite.com
cserpa@wusd.org
Introduction
 I am a 6th grade teacher of a self-contained classroom.
We are using an Elements of Literature book in which
we are studying Unforgettable Personalities in short
stories.
 Students will be able to identify various traits that a
character in a story has and how those traits affect the
outcome of the story.
Lesson Plan
 First, students will work on the computer to identify their
own personality traits using a self-assessment test.
 Students will next partner share to complete a Venn
diagram and discuss similarities and differences they
possess.
 Students will identify which character traits all heroes in
the stories possess.
 Students will present to the class a discussion of one
character, their personality traits, and how they affect the
outcome of a story.
Expectations
I looked forward to working and completing this
CTAP class in the given amount of time, but
found that I needed to study the manual at
home.
I expected the CTAP material to be more user
friendly and not change so frequently especially
toward the end of the semester.
I expected to involve my students in the learning
process earlier in the semester.
Successes
Enjoying the
camaraderie of
teachers in the
district.
Finding interesting
and useful sites to
use.
Exploring the use of
PowerPoint,clipart,
Excel, and linking
sites.
Drawbacks
Many times I felt that I
would have liked to
have worked on
another topic.
The CTAP web sight
was extremely difficult
to access which
made it hard to work
at my convenience.
Student Data Analysis
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Pre-test
post-test
Final
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Summary of Revisions
What did I change after
looking at pre & post tests.
Results
I have learned from this CTAP class.
First, I have learned how to use Transmit,
a software program designed to upload
and download web pages. Secondly, I
have done lots of work developing a web
page that I hope to share with other
teachers.
Lastly, I learned how to successfully
integrate this into my own classroom.
Summary of Revisions
After talking to my students, we
decided I needed a picture of Maya
Angelou’s brother, Bailey. They also
suggested doing the people
worksheet with other partners.
Their best suggestion was for us to
do a dramatizations of the hero they
chose.
Conclusion
 I learned to successfully use the intern
to integrate technology into my daily
lessons standards based lessons.
 Students were able to differentiate
important character traits.
 Lastly, I learned to use technology;
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