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Character Sketch Lesson Plan

Character Sketch Lesson Plan

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Character Sketch

In this writing worksheet, students discover that a character sketch in writing helps to create vivid and powerful stories. Students examine a picture of a character and fill out a web, answering questions about her and then writing a story about the character they have invented.

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character analysis, characters

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character analysis

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5th - 6th

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English Language Arts

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