ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Lights, Camera, Action: Interviewing a Book Character
Students get the inside scoop on a story when they create interview questions and answers for characters in the books they read.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: A Long Way From Chicago
This reading guide for "A Long Way From Chicago and a Year Down Yonder" by Richard Peck takes a comprehensive look at the author and his work, seven stories about small-town life during the Depression.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Richard Peck
What do you know about Richard Peck's life and work as an author? Use this informative site to learn more about this young adult author and to find resources for lesson plans.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Examining Character Motivation
During this unit, students will ask "Why do we do what we do?" They will read different novels to analyze character motivation. Throughout the unit they will debate whether they think characters made smart choices and why. They will also...
Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District: Character Frame [Pdf]
A graphic organizer designed to help students understand characterization by visualizing a character and describing that character's actions and feelings throughout a story.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools:more Graphic Organizers for Teaching Literature and Reading
This Daily Teaching Tools collection provides graphic organizers for teaching reading and literature. Elaborate graphic organizers are provided for the following: story maps, character study charts, making text connection maps, conflict...
EL Education
El Education: Vinnie Di Carlo
An online book entitled Vinnie DiCarlo by fifth and sixth grade students from Shutesbury Elementary School in Shutesbury, Massachusetts. The book includes an in-depth character study based on a character created by the students and...