Website
Literacy Head

Literacyhead: Images to Give Writers Ideas: Character Development

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A collection of images for students to use as writing prompts as they work on character development.
Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Character Development

For Students 9th Standards
Students read Act II, scene 3 from Romeo and Juliet and explore how Shakespeare develops Friar Lawrence's characteristics.
Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: A Lesson Before Dying: Character Development

For Students 9th Standards
Read chapters 2- 3 from A Lesson Before Dying in pairs, and discuss Grant's internal and external conflicts.
Unit Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Unit: Character Development in Historical Fiction: Bud, Not Buddy

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Big Ideas: Authors write historical fiction to show the reader what it was like to live in a certain time period. Readers can use historical fiction to learn about new settings. People are influenced by and react to their setting so you...
Website
Other

Five Steps to Teaching Solid Character in Students

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The author of this article argues that character development must be taught in schools and that teachers must take steps to make sure students understand what perseverance, determination, empathy, responsibility, respect, and caring are....
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Bright Morning

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Use this lesson to delve into the exploration of character development in fiction through the novel "Bright Morning," by Scott O'Dell.
Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Character Development and Relationships in Hamlet

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A lesson plan relating to Hamlet whose objective is to able to "analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text". Lesson includes a hook, direct instruction, guided practice, and...
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Character Development

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson explains how characters develop in fiction writing. W.11-12.3d Sensory/precise lang narratives
Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development

For Teachers 9th Standards
Students respond to a prompt by writing about how the development of a character can affect the narrative.
Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development

For Students 9th Standards
We will react to part two, chapter two from The Joy Luck Club to explore some character interactions.
Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development

For Students 9th Standards
We will react to part two, chapter two from The Joy Luck Club to explore character interactions.
Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development

For Students 9th Standards
Read part four, chapter two from The Joy Luck Club to explore the character, Ying Ying.
Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: A Lesson Before Dying: Character Development

For Students 9th Standards
Form claims to prepare for a discussion about how characters Grant and Jefferson have changed throughout the story.
Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: A Lesson Before Dying: Character Development and Theme

For Students 9th Standards
We will react to chapter twenty-two from A Lesson Before Dying to establish our initial understanding of character and theme.
Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: A Lesson Before Dying: Character Development

For Students 9th Standards
Read chapter eighteen from A Lesson Before Dying in pairs and analyze the development of characters.
Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development

For Students 9th Standards
Read part three, chapter three from The Joy Luck Club to answer questions about Ted and Rose.
Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development

For Students 9th Standards
Read part three, chapters one and two from The Joy Luck Club to explore the characters Harold, Lena and Rich.
Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development

For Students 9th Standards
Read part four, chapter one from The Joy Luck Club to explore the characters An-Mei and her mother.
Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: A Lesson Before Dying: Character Development

For Students 9th Standards
Form claims to prepare for a discussion about the lessons Grant and Jefferson have learned about humanity in the first seven chapters.
eBook
Other

Barbara Greenwood's Guide to Writing for Children [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Barbara Greenwood, a Canadian author of numerous historical fiction books for children, has written this thirty-page writing guide where she explains the process she goes through in constructing a story. She covers such key topics as...
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Wqed Education Programs: Clifford the Big Red Dog Programming

For Teachers Pre-K - K
This collection of resources has been designed to help teach character development and social-emotional skills to children ages four to seven. Each lesson follows a similar format, in which children can watch (watch video), read (read a...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Give That Character a Voice With Voki!

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
This lesson fuses fictional literature with technology through a project-based experience. Students will use the free online resource Voki to bring a fictional character to "life" and deepen their understanding of character, character...
Lesson Plan
Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Lesson Plans on Writing a Script

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This site offers lesson plans and activities to help teach middle and high school students to write scripts including character development activities, and script ideas.
Graphic
Quia

Quia: Character Traits/descriptions

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
This reading resource provides vocabulary words with definitions. All words are related to character development and character traits. A link to associated review activities is included.

Other popular searches