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Lesson Plan 5: Creating a Supporting Character

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As a class, young writers learn how to develop a strong supporting character. They think and discuss a good friend they know, they use that friend as a basis for a potential supporting character. They create a supporting character as a class in small groups, and then on their own.

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Narrative Writing, narratives, setting, plot elements, plot, literary elements, textual analysis

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setting, creating a character, textual analysis, supporting character, young novelists, english language arts
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3rd - 5th
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English Language Arts
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