Name that Cereal Character
Language Arts, Social Studies,
Art
Objectives:
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Students will identify several different cereal characters.
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Students will create an original cereal character and character description.
Focus/Set Induction:
Play the "Name
that Cereal Character Game". Teams
will earn points according to how many clues they need to name the cereal
character. (See game rules.)
Rationale:
Characters are very common in advertising.
Companies use them to help people identify or "put a face on" a product,
especially children’s products such as cereal.
Materials:
Activities:
Instructional Input:
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With students’ help, make a list on the
overhead of several different cereal characters.
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What are some common characteristics of
cereal characters?
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Why do they think cereal companies use
cartoon characters on cereals?
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Talk about cereal characters from other
countries. Sometimes familiar cereals in the United States have different
names and use different characters. Show some examples (Topher’s Cereal
Character site --http://www.oocities.org/EnchantedForest/3278/cereal-guide.html
-- is an excellent source for these.)
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How do students think that the characters
reflect the culture that companies are trying to sell to (gender, culture,
age, etc.)?
Guided Practice:
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Show students a picture of a cereal character.
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Guide students by helping them to create
a character description using the Character Traits worksheet on the overhead.
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Give students examples of types of characters
they could create.
Independent Practice:
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Have students brainstorm and create an
original character.
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Have students write a character description
using the Character Traits worksheet.
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Have students draw a picture of their
character.
Evaluation:
Students will be assessed on the completion
of the character description and drawing.
Closure:
Display the students’ drawings. Have
students read their descriptions to the class and see if other class members
can identify which drawing matches their description.
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