Belnap2100Final
Charlotte’s Web
By: E.B. White
Illustrated by: Garth Williams
Fiction or Non-Fiction
Fiction (not real)
Non-Fiction
(real)
Animal
Communication
Talk like humans.
Animal sounds.
Spider Web
Contains words.
Orb (wheel-like).
Communication
Between Animals &
Humans
Can communicate Although some animals may
with each other.
follow human verbal
instructions, they are not
considered able to
communicate with each other.
Read
Animals can read. Animals can not read.
Setting
Where and when does the
story take place?
Is the setting important to the story?
Could it have happened somewhere else?
Could it have happened at another time?
Setting
Maine
farm
barn
animal pen
spring
county fair
fairgrounds
rides
animal pens
Compare/Contrast
neighbors close
together
farm animals
neighbors far apart
stores far away
farm chores
less traffic
swim in brook
pets
stores close by
house chores
more traffic
yard work
swim in pools
Plot
What is the story about?
• Sometimes called the storyline
• A brief explanation of the main story
Plot
• Wilbur learns that he is to end up on the
dinner table for the holidays. His friend,
Charlotte, comes up with a plan to save
him. She does this by putting words in her
web.
Point of View
Who is telling the story?
First person point of view:
A character in the story is telling
the story (narrator).
Uses I, me, my, we
The narrator and the reader
learn what is happening at the
same time.
Third person point of view:
Someone who is not in the story
is telling the story (narrator).
Uses he, she, they
Omniscient
Tells the reader about the
feelings, thoughts, and actions of
all the characters.
Limited Omniscient
Tells the reader about the
feelings, thoughts, and actions of
only one of the characters.
Objective:
Tells the reader what the narrator
sees and hears from the
perspective of one character.
Point of View
Third Person Point of View
Omniscient
Characters
Who is the story about?
People in the story.
They do things.
Things happen to them.
Do not have to be human.
Can be animals
Characters:
Wilbur
runt
polite
spring pig
bashful
friend
sensitive
Characters:
Charlotte A. Cavatica
patient
spider
intelligent
near sighted
true friend
eats insects
caring
orb (wheel like) web
Characters:
Fern Arable
girl
age 8
kind
saves Wilbur from being killed when he
was born
becomes friends with Wilbur
can hear the animals talk
Characters:
Templeton
rat
lived under Wilbur’s trough
greedy
glutton
selfish
“packrat”
Characters:
The Goose
goose
repeats words
talks fast
patient
dedicated
lays 8 eggs (7 hatch)
Characters:
The Sheep
sheep
oldest animal
wise
good advice
Other Characters:
Mr. Zuckerman
Henry
Lurvy
Mr. Arable
Mrs. Arable
Avery
Wilbur’s owner
Fern's boy friend
Zuckerman’s hired man
Fern’s father
Fern’s mother
Fern’s brother –age 10
Conflict/Resolution
What problem is faced by the main
character?
What did he do to solve the problem?
What was the result?
Conflict/Resolution
Conflict
(Problem)
Resolution
Result
(What was done.) (Outcome)
Wilbur was to
be killed.
Charlotte puts
words in web.
Wilbur is not
killed, because
the people now
believe he is a
special pig.
Charlotte’s
Web Words
Friendship
How did Fern demonstrate her friendship
to Wilbur?
saved him when he was a baby
fed him
played with him
listened to him
Friendship
How did Charlotte demonstrate her
friendship to Wilbur?
kept him company
talked to him
listened to him
told him stories
saved his life
Friendship
How did Wilbur demonstrate his friendship
to Charlotte?
protected her
listened to her
tried to do as she asked
took care of her egg sac
took care of her babies
Charlotte's Web
Awards
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Newberry Honor Book 1953
Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal 1970
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
Massachusetts Children's Book Award
ALA Notable Children’s Book
Massachusetts Children's Book Award
Horn Book Fanfare
Other children’s books
by
E.B. White
• The Trumpet of the Swan
• Stuart Little
Other children’s books illustrated by
Garth Williams
• Stuart Little
• Little House books
• The Family Under the
Bridge
• Bedtime for Francis
• Ride a Purple Pelican
• Wait Til the Moon Is
Full
• The Rabbits’ Wedding
• Beneath a Blue
Umbrella
• Little Fur Family
• Over and Over
• The Gingerbread
Rabbit
• Emmett’s Pig
Sources
Book:
White, E.B. “Charlotte’s Web.” New York: Harper Trophy, 1952.
Online:
abcteach.com
http://www.abcteach.com/ebwhite/weborganizer.htm
http://www.abcteach.com/ebwhite/venn.htm
Charlotte’s WebQuest http://www.bgcs.k12.oh.us/kramp/Charlott'e%20Web.htm
Chieftan.com
http://www.chieftain.com/archive/2006/dec/15/styCharlottesWeb.jpg
Emphasis Creative
http://www.emphasiscreative.com/portfolio/illustration-charlottes_web.html
Harper Collins Children’s Books http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Kids/
San Diego County Office of Education
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/charl/charltg.html
Emphasis Creative
http://www.emphasiscreative.com/portfolio/illustration-charlottes_web.html