Help your pupils determine just what makes a character or person tick by zooming in on one character or person. This graphic organizer is dedicated to analyzing one person and asks pupils to infer a personality trait, note down an action that person takes, describe the motive for the action, write down how that action affects others, and take a look at what the person says and feels about their own action.

Concepts

character motivation, characters, inferences

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Additional Tags

inference, character motivation, cause and effect, english language arts

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Pros

• Allows for an in-depth look at one character or person's motivation and actions
• Each box in the organizer has a question or prompt for students to follow

Cons

• Some learners would benefit from additional scaffolding, perhaps in the form of sentence frames or partner work