How do you know what traits a character displays in a story? Learners select a character and find list three traits for this character, explaining why they chose each trait. They then put this information together into a paragraph or essay.

Concepts

characters, character analysis, character traits

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Ask learners to find specific textual examples of their chosen character traits and cite the pages or paragraphs where they found these examples
• Provide an outline or other scaffold for the character description writing assignment

Classroom Considerations

• You may wish to expand upon the provided rubric

Pros

• Includes a worksheet for planning their writing, a checklist for kids to use when checking over their work, and a general rubric for teachers
• This can be used with just about any text or character

Cons

• While this includes some supporting materials, the actual writing assignment is a bit vague

Common Core

RL.4.1 RL.4.3 RL.5.1 RL.6.1 RL.7.1