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Sharing My Older Friend With Others

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Elementary learners explore the difference between aged characters and young characters in literature. They use Venn diagrams to compare and contrast the attributes given to both younger and older characters in different pieces of literature. Then they write a story about an older friend and share it with the class. 

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character analysis, characters, compare and contrast, literature, stories, relationships

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attributes, individuals, relationships, character analysis, characters, comparing and contrasting, literature, story, english language arts
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K - 6th
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English Language Arts
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Duration
5 days
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