ClassFlow
Class Flow: Literary Elements
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows students to be actively engaged in identifying and describing story elements. It uses the Learning Focus lesson plan format, such as an activator, graphic organizers, modeling,...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Midsummer Nights Dream Review
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart Activotes are used to help students recall identities of major characters, quotes, and literary terms in Shakespearean play, Midsummer Night's Dream.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Examining a Character's Personalities
In this lesson plan students will be able to understand the different personalities of a character by examining how they act when in contact with other characters. Lesson plan indicated for 4th grade and above.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Introduction to Character Traits
In this lesson plan students will better understand what and how to generate the traits of a character. Lesson plan indicated for 4th grade and above.
Can Teach
Can Teach: You Are What You Say Personality Profiles
In this lesson plan students will develop personality profiles by analyzing the quotes of a character, historical figure, present day figure, etc. Lesson plan indicated for 3rd grade and above.
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.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Characters and Plot
This lesson introduces the connection between characters and plot in fiction writing.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Workshop: Analyzing a Character [Pdf]
Organize your thoughts about two different characters using this printable worksheet. Five elements of character are covered. RL.9-10.3 Analyzing Characters
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Indirect vs. Direct Characterization
This lesson introduces indirect (learn about the characters through speech, thoughts, actions, physical description, other character's feelings) and direct characterization (author tells the reader about the character) in fiction...
Caro Clarke
Caro Clarke: Writing Advice: Beginner's Four Faults
This site is a personal site from Caro Clarke. The third installment in this series looks at the four major mistakes made by beginning authors. The main idea of this article is that the author needs to be able to combine dialogue with...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Character
This lesson introduces the purpose and types of characters in fiction writing. W.9-10.3b Narrative techn
Quizlet
Quizlet: 2nd Grade: Identify the Character Trait Test
This interactive assessment features 12 multiple-choice questions requiring students to identify character traits from examples.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 2nd Grade: Character Trait Match
In this interactive game, students match character traits with examples of the traits.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 2nd Grade: Character Trait: Flashcards
This set of interactive flashcards focuses on 12 character traits and examples of each.
Quizlet
Quizlet: Story Elements Quiz: 6th Grade Honors: Flashcards
These interactive flashcards provide definitions for different story elements.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Characters and Characterization
This activity addresses the types of characters found in stories and the methods authors use to build characters.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Literature: Creating Character
This article provides good insight into the creation of a character.