Lesson Planet
Search educational resources
  • Sign In Try It Free
  • AI Teacher Tools
    • Discover Resources Search reviewed educational resources by keyword, subject, grade, type, and more
    • Curriculum Manager (My Content) Manage saved and uploaded resources and folders To Access the Curriculum Manager Sign In or Join Now
    • Browse Resource Directory Browse educational resources by subject and topic
    • Curriculum Calendar Explore curriculum resources by date
    • Lesson Planning Articles Timely and inspiring teaching ideas that you can apply in your classroom
    • Our Story
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Testimonials
    • Contact Us
  • Pricing
  • School Access
    • Your school or district can sign up for Lesson Planet — with no cost to teachers
      Learn More
  • Sign In
  • Try It Free

Hi, what do you want to do?

Create a lesson plan
Create a lesson plan
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Find a teaching resource
Find a teaching resource
Character and Situation Lesson PlanCharacter and Situation Lesson Plan
Publisher
National Association of Writers in Education
Curator Rating
Educator Rating
Not yet Rated
Lesson Plan

Character and Situation

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet
This Character and Situation lesson plan also includes:
  • Project
  • Join to access all included materials

Delve into narrative writing that puts choice in the hands of the writers. Kids pick their own characters, emotions, items, and places from a list and tie them together in the exposition. Several questions help guide the writers toward fully understanding and developing the characters in their story. 

200 Views 316 Downloads
CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts

asking questions, answering questions, character development, characters, Narrative Writing, narratives, plot development, plot elements, plot

Additional Tags

situation, ask and answer questions, character development, plot development, english language arts
Show More Show Less

Resource Details

Grade
3rd - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
5 more...
Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategy
Research
Year
2010

Common Core

W.3.3.a W.3.3.b

See similar resources:

Activity

Express Yourself Lesson Seed 13: Character Development 2

Curated OER
Building upon prior lessons in the series, this reading and writing exercise requires pupils to look back at their own writing, track character development in the novel The Cay, and analyze how Phillip has changed. The reading focus is...
6th English Language Arts
CCSS: Designed
Lesson Plan

Horse Character: Ceramics Lesson

Curated OER
Animals oftentimes elicit various characteristics which make them symbolic or representative of human feeling, action, or emotion. The class creates horse characters out of clay to show character action and symbolism. This is a great...
4th - 6th Visual & Performing Arts
Organizer

How Writing Strategies Create a Character: Parrot in the Oven

Curated OER
Identifying specific writing strategies while reading fiction helps to increase understanding of character development. This handout provides a template on which readers can record examples of figurative language and explain how it...
7th - 12th English Language Arts
Worksheet

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: Sketching a Portrait--Character Traits

La Jolla High School
Use this handout to focus on the character traits of George and Lennie in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Readers are given a set of specific traits to search for in the first chapter. They are required to list two textual examples of...
6th - 9th English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

"A Long Way From Chicago": Character Descriptions

Bright Hub Education
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,...
6th - 8th English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

Character Development: Cancer - A New Treatment

Curated OER
Students explore the concept of character development. In this character development lesson, students watch a video segment regarding a family's struggle with cancer. Students examine the personality, situation, motivation, and...
8th - 10th English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

Novel Character Study

Curated OER
Students complete a character study using a database to compile information from a novel. They design a five slide presentation highlighting the character's reaction to different situations in the book. They write an acrostic poem using...
4th - 5th English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

Write Some Dialogue

Curated OER
Students write dialogue. For this character development lesson students use direct or indirect speech to include a confrontation between two characters in their story. Students portray the emotions of the characters in addition to what...
4th - 12th English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

Examining Character Traits through Character Mapping

Curated OER
Some of what we know about a character is directly stated. Some of what we know is inferred by events in the story. Character maps help primary learners recognize the difference. After modeling with a story your class has read, pupils...
K - 6th English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

Character Traits in Fables

Curated OER
Combining art, music, dance, and reading comprehension, this lesson is geared to reach all ability levels. After reading a variety of fables and discussing story elements and character traits, class members select a moral to use as the...
2nd - 5th English Language Arts
Try It Free
© 1999-2026 Learning Explorer, Inc.
Teacher Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Resources

Sign up for the Lesson Planet Monthly Newsletter

Open Educational Resources (OER)

  • Health
  • Language Arts
  • Languages
  • Math
  • Physical Education
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Special Education
  • Visual and Performing Arts
View All Lesson Plans

Discover Resources

  • Our Review Process
  • How it Works
  • How to Search
  • Create a Collection

Manage Curriculum

  • Edit a Collection
  • Assign to Students
  • Manage My Content
Contact Us Site Map Privacy Policy Terms of Use