Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Examining Character Motivation
During this unit, young scholars will ask "Why do we do what we do?" They will read different novels to analyze character motivation. Throughout the unit they will debate whether they think characters made smart choices and why. They...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What a Character!
This lesson opens up the world of writing by introducing students to the point of view in a story. Students will have the opportunity to read a new version of a classic story and see how it changes when it is written from another...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Tale of Text Messages: A Character Study of a Tale of Two Cities
Students engage in a character study of the numerous figures created by Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities. They compare and contrast several forms of communication: email, text message, and telephone; complete a character study...
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Characterization Group Project
In this learning module, students will learn more about characterization. Worksheets are provided to reinforce the understanding of character traits. This module is designed to support Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III students.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Can We Learn From Pigs?
This thematic language arts lesson uses a variety of beginning reading books about pigs to help special education/early elementary students learn about character traits and concepts. The wide use of graphic organizers introduces...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Exercising Character: Trustworthiness [Pdf]
Help students understand the work ethic, and character trait of trustworthiness. Includes material for young students, lesson ideas for teachers of young children complete with hands-on exercises.
TES Global
Tes: Coraline 5 Reading Assessment
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson plan provides a way to assess students' understanding of inferences about the traits of characters in the Neil Gaiman's novel Coraline.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: What Edison Teaches Us About Success
In this interactive lesson, learners examine Thomas Edison's character traits and how they contributed to his becoming one of the greatest inventors in history. In this interactive lesson, students watch videos to gather evidence about...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Nature Cat: Story Exploration Packet
As you watch Nature Cat, use these tools to guide discussions and learning activities. Includes printables on story elements, alternate endings, vocabulary words, character traits, an episode map, and a Venn diagram.
Read Works
Read Works: Kindergarten: Character: Lesson 1: Physical Attributes of a Character
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan, based on David McPhail's Lost!, in which students are introduced to literary characters and explore the various clues, such as descriptions and illustrations, that communicate a...
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: What a Character!
In this lesson, learners analyze how a character's personality traits, actions, and motives influence the plot of a story. Students also learn how storytellers use their face, body, and voice, as well as the five senses, to enhance the...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Character Development
This lesson explains how characters develop in fiction writing. W.11-12.3d Sensory/precise lang narratives
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Understanding Fairy Tales Old and New
A collection of digital resources for three different English Language Arts curriculum standards for grades 3-5 that address characters' traits and motivations in works of literature. They focus on modern retellings of old stories and...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: What a Character
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses ways that authors reveal character traits. Students learn to find examples in the literature to demonstrate that character traits. A sample assessment, graphic organizer and web...
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.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Multimedia Hero Analysis
In this 9-12 instructional activity, students will analyze the positive character traits of heroes as depicted in music, art, and literature. They will gain an understanding of how cultures and societies have produced folk, military,...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Unit: Grade 1: Duck for President
First graders build on their knowledge of positive character traits and those valued in a good citizen and leader by exploring rules, laws, elections, and the presidency. Through the anchor text, 1st graders discuss the details of the...
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Nz Ministry of Education: What a Character
Students will explore characters created by authors and identify personality traits, and then apply these ideas to their own characters using language skills identified to convey these traits. Students will write a character sketch,...
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Character Education and Leadership
This is a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using vocabulary words pertaining to Character Education and Leadership. It also offers an extensive vocabulary word list for character and leadership.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Character Choreography [Pdf]
In this lesson, portraits provide inspiration for young scholars to create character descriptions. Then, basic dance techniques are used to express the traits, motivations, and feelings of the characters as students work collaboratively...
Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District: Character Frame [Pdf]
A graphic organizer designed to help students understand characterization by visualizing a character and describing that character's actions and feelings throughout a story.
Read Works
Read Works: Classify and Categorize 1st Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on classifying and categorizing through which students learn how to sort items into two and three categories and explain how each group is classified. Finally, students categorize...
Curated OER
Mac Millan: Describe Characters in Stories
This learning module focuses on characters in stories including their actions, changes in character behaviors, and describing character traits. It includes an example passage with questions and answers and a practice passage with questions.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Elements of a Story: Characters
The interactive story lesson engages students in the study of "characters" and terms associated with them. Using the story of Cinderella as an anchor story, students will identify the following: hero, villain, protagonist, antagonist,...
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