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"A Long Way From Chicago": Character Descriptions Lesson Plan"A Long Way From Chicago": Character Descriptions Lesson Plan
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"A Long Way From Chicago": Character Descriptions

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Complete studies of the memorable characters in Richard Peck's novel A Long Way from Chicago. The lesson describes three different activities to help your class better understand characters in the story, character development in general, and point of view. There are no worksheets included; class members will need to draw their own charts.

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character development, characters, characterization

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richard peck, a long way from chicago, character development, characterization, english language arts
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
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Year
2012

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