EL Education
El Education: Kurare
After researching slavery and personal experiences of slaves with primary and secondary resources, students create a fictional character that is historically and geographically accurate. Character files include a portrait, a narrative...
EL Education
El Education: Autumn Helena Washington Hawn
This Character File (CF) was created by a 5th/6th grade student in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, as part of a learning expedition on Deaf Culture. Students did fieldwork at four schools for the Deaf, including overnight exchange visits; all...
EL Education
El Education: Bessy
8th grade students at the Pioneer Charter School in Fort Collins, Colorado, each created a historical character file (HCF) as part of a Learning Expedition on slavery. Each HCF is a fictionalized account of a historically/geographically...
EL Education
El Education: Book Trading Cards
This collection of trading cards was created by 5th and 6th graders at Shutesbury Elementary School in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, as part of a choice-based fictional reading project. Each student selected a fiction book that he or she...
EL Education
El Education: Camilla E. Church
This character file was created by a 5th/6th grade student in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, as part of a Learning expedition on architecture. Though only one is shown here, each student's character file (CF) tells the detailed life story,...
EL Education
El Education: Chauncie Mallen
A 5th/6th grade student in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, created this character file (CF) as part of a Learning expedition on local scientists. As part of the expedition, students surveyed all of the fields that are considered the hard...
University of Virginia Library
Prism: The Chrysanthemums: Characters' Emotions
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read John Steinbeck's The Chrysanthemums, and highlight positive emotion in blue, negative emotion in red, and ambiguous emotion in green.
University of Virginia Library
Prism: The Chrysanthemums: Part 2: Characters' Emotions
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read John Steinbeck's The Chrysanthemums, and highlight positive emotion in blue, negative emotion in red, and ambiguous emotion in green.
University of Virginia Library
Prism: Secret Garden
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read an excerpt from Frances Hodgson Burnett's Secret Garden and highlight words that describe Mary's looks in blue and words that describe her actions in red.
University of Virginia Library
Prism: The Ugly Duckling
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read an excerpt from Hans Christian Anderson's The Ugly Duckling, and highlight words that describe the duckling's looks in blue, the way he was treated in red, and how he felt in green.
University of Virginia Library
Prism: The Outsiders
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read an excerpt from S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders and highlight characterization in blue, visualization in red, and symbolism in green.
University of Virginia Library
Prism: "Learning to Chunk" Visualization
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Roald Dahl's "Learning to Chunk." Details that show characterization are blue while details that appeal to visualization or the senses are red and questions...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Story Elements
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart defines the elements of a story: character, setting, theme, and conflict.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Characterization
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a resource for the study of an author's use of characterization. It includes many game cards as well as a multitude of graphic organizers. The author also includes links to online...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Companion to Louis Sachar's Holes
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart works as a companion to Louis Sachar's novel Holes. It includes introduction ideas as well as activities to do with classes as they progress through the book.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Characterization Through Thoughts
This lesson introduces characterization through thoughts.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Anthropomorphic Characterization
This lesson introduces anthropomorphic characterization in fiction writing.
Vancouver Island University
Vancouver Island University: Literary Terms
Site contains a list of literary terms, including the word "characterization." Basic but accurate definitions are easy to understand.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Characters and Characterization
This activity addresses the types of characters found in stories and the methods authors use to build characters.
A to Z Teacher Stuff
Lesson Plan z.com: Drama
LessonPlanZ.com, a searchable online database of lesson plans, provides a listing of drama-related lesson plans.