Character Development & Analysis Minilesson | Indirect & Direct Characterization

Description

Help your students understand character development with this resource by:

• Teaching essential concepts using the editable presentation
• Practicing turning direct characterization into indirect characterization
• Analyzing characters from mentor texts using S.T.E.A.L.
• Showcasing character development with Instagram, TikTok, & Text Message Templates

… all in printable and digital formats!

In a nutshell, this character minilesson will guide your students to a better understanding of character development and character analysis. The slideshow, scaffolded activities, and graphic organizers make teaching this lesson as easy as 1-2-3. All the planning is done for you! What’s more? The graphic organizers can be used again and again with different texts. 

The terms covered in this lesson:

• Protagonists vs. Antagonists
• Direct and Indirect Characterization
• S.T.E.A.L. Analysis (Speech, Thoughts, Effect on Others, Actions, Looks)
• Round Characters
• Flat Characters
• Dynamic Characters
• Static Characters

If you’d like to know more about teaching characterization with this product, read my blog post here.

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TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Under One Roof said, “I love that  I will be able to use this with multiple books this year.  I also love the handouts that the kids can use for practice.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Magda said, “This is a fantastic resource and so well laid out.  I love that the powepoint slideshow is ready to go and I can just add in my own examples of character descriptions from the novels we’re reading for the students to analyze.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Brittany said, “This resource was very fun and engaging! It really helped my students understand character analysis. It’s very easy to plug into the books we’re currently reading in class.”

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Supports Common Core Standards (CCSS):

RL.5.2, RL.5.3, RL.5.10

RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL.6.10

RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.6, RL.7.10

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You might also like these other Elements of Fiction mini-lessons:

• Elements of Fiction Introduction
• Conflict
• Theme
• Point of View
• Plot

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Purchase the Elements of Fiction Bundle to get this activity plus the mini-lessons listed above! 

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Natayle Brown

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