Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Character Connections
A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to describe a character or compare and contrast two characters from the story. Materials are included. [PDF]
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Compare a Character [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which learners read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to compare and contrast two characters from the story. Materials are included.[PDF]
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Character Consideration
A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to analyze a character. Materials are included. [PDF]
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Character Characteristics
A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to analyze a character. Materials are included. [PDF]
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Character Expression Using the Three Little Pigs
Students will use the character lineup strategy in collaborative groups to retell the story of the Three Little Pigs. Each group will be assigned a different character or emotion and then compare the differences between each group....
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 4.g Defining Attributes of Rectangles & Parallelograms
At early stages of understanding of geometric shapes, 4th graders describe shapes, but do not yet characterize shapes by their properties. One example of a misconception students have at this stage is that a rectangle has two short sides...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature; American Romanticism: Vocabulary
This lesson focuses on defining the literary terms in American Romanticism. It features a list of terms and an interactive crossword puzzle using them.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Stock Characters
This slideshow lesson focuses on stock characters; it defines the term, explains characteristics of stock characters, and provides examples from literature.
Quia
Quia: There's More to Character Than Meets the Eye
Twenty flashcards with character vocabulary words and their definitions.
Quia
Quia: There's More to Character Than Meets the Eye
Play a matching game by joining each type of character with its definition.
Quia
Quia: Character Terms
Complete each sentence by typing the correct character word into each box in this ten-question quiz.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Planning Story Characters Using Interactive Trading Cards
Students use trading cards to examine fictional characters in a story.
Read Works
Read Works: Character 4th Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on characters where students learn about a story's protagonist and antagonist and the relationship between them by reading the book Hansel and Gretel by Rika Lesser. With free login,...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Comparing Two Cinderella Stories
Students will compare two characters and list their comparisons on a graphic organizer using modern Cinderella stories. This lesson includes a detailed lesson plan for guided practice and partner work, and a video of students engaged in...
Can Teach
Can Teach: Examining a Character's Personalities
In this lesson plan young scholars will be able to understand the different personalities of a character by examining how they act when in contact with other characters. Lesson plan indicated for 4th grade and above.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Introduction to Character Traits
In this lesson plan students will better understand what and how to generate the traits of a character. Lesson plan indicated for 4th grade and above.
Can Teach
Can Teach: You Are What You Say Personality Profiles
In this lesson plan students will develop personality profiles by analyzing the quotes of a character, historical figure, present day figure, etc. Lesson plan indicated for 3rd grade and above.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Round vs. Flat Characters
This slideshow lesson introduces and defines round and flat characters in fiction writing.
TES Global
Blendspace: Ela: Character Traits
Four video clips followed by questions to help students learn to identify character traits in literary texts.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Story Elements
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart defines the elements of a story: character, setting, theme, and conflict.
University of New Brunswick (Canada)
Seeing and Surviving in Timothy Findley's Short Stories
A critical look at characterization--"an act which helps to define both individual characters and the relationships among characters"--in Timothy Findley's short stories.
Other
Avatar Consultants, Inc: Definitions of Sound
Sound is defined and characterized as a wave consisting of oscillations in pressure of a medium. Includes graphics and links to further information.