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Novel Character Study

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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 the character's name.

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character development, characters

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character development, computer work, sentence composition, english language arts
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Grade
4th - 5th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
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Database & Spreadsheet

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