English language arts
Any Novel: Character Map and Evidence Chart
Students build a character profile and relationship chart for a main character in any novel they are reading, with evidence from the text.
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Character Analysis: What Do Actions Reveal About Imani?
Students read an original backstage scene and use the character’s words, actions and stage directions as evidence to analyze her traits and motivation.
English language arts
Dialogue That Sounds Real: Punctuation, Tags and Action Beats
Students fix punctuation errors in sample dialogue, learn action beats, and write a short conversation in which one character wants something.
English language arts
PEEL It Apart: Writing an Analytical Paragraph
Students read a short original story passage, learn the PEEL paragraph structure, and build an analytical paragraph about a character.