Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Charlotte’s Web

Use Charlotte’s Web by EB White to turn your read aloud or small group work into a time to improve comprehension and talk about the text in purposeful ways.

EB White's well-loved classic, Charlotte's Web, is a story that will never go out of style. With themes of friendship, love, loss, and bravery, readers will find it easy to connect with the text. What may not be so easy, is keeping track of it's long and varied cast of characters. That's why this chapter book is the perfect springboard for mini-lessons focused tracking characters, character relationships, and the ways in which characters are developed across longer text.

Explore lesson plans and activities to help you teach with Charlotte’s Web in the drop down below.

Instructional Overview

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Instructional Overview

The instructional overview includes instructional background for tracking characters, instructional objectives for each of the Book Club meetings, and a list of the materials and preparation necessary to Charlotte's Web Book Club.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
TEKS Alignment

Management Resources

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Management Resources

The management resources include a Book Club Calendar, conversation prompts, Student Self-Evaluation forms, Reading Response Board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an Expectations for Book Club anchor chart.

Meeting 1

The first Book Club meeting for Charlotte's Web by EB White introduces the students to using a Character Map to keep track of the story's characters.

Meeting 2

Author EB White uses both primary and secondary characters in Charlotte's Web. Students will practice distinguishing between these two types for the characters that have been introduced in the text.

Meeting 3

Identifying the physical attributes of the characters in Charlotte's Web allows the reader to form a more complete understanding of the characters. Students will use evidence from the text to add physical traits to their Character Maps for each character.

Meeting 4

Readers can infer what a character in Charlotte's Web thinks and feels by examining the things the character says and does. Students will add descriptions to their Character Maps by looking for evidence of each character's personality in dialogue and actions.

Meeting 5

In Charlotte's Web, author EB White has included a lot of characters. This meeting focuses on identifying connections between characters to learn which ones are most important and how the characters effect one another.

Meeting 6

Students will be able to find characters they like and dislike in Charlotte's Web and identify reasons for their opinion. When readers form an opinion of the characters in the story, it shows that they are comprehending what they are reading.

Meeting 7

Students have developed detailed Character Maps of the characters author EB White included in Charlotte's Web. By paying careful attention to the details of the text, students know the characters well enough to write a biography of the character.

Vocabulary Connections with Charlotte’s Web

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Vocabulary Connections with Charlotte’s Web

This set of vocabulary development resources for Charlotte's Web highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book.  Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

Common Core State Standards Alignment
TEKS Alignment

Focus Assessment and Rubric

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Focus Assessment and Rubric

Use this six-question assessment to determine whether or not students understand the key concepts associated with tracking characters.

Running Record with Charlotte’s Web

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Running Record with Charlotte’s Web

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Charlotte's Web. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

Management Resources - Spanish

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Management Resources - Spanish

The management resources include a Book Club Calendar, conversation prompts, Student Self-Evaluation forms, Reading Response Board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an Expectations for Book Club anchor chart.

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About the Book

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Title: Charlotte’s Web
Author: EB White
Genre: Fantasy
Themes: Award Winners, Decision Making, Relationship Skills, Life Cycle, Self Awareness, Family, Self Management, Friendship
ISBN: 9780062406781
Publisher's Summary:
Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. These are the words in Charlotte's Web, high up in Zuckerman's barn. Charlotte's spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They also express the love of a girl named Fern, who saved Wilbur's life when he was born the runt of his litter.
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