Lesson 13: Character

Checklist for Character:

In order to determine how dialogue or incidents in a story propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision,
note the following:
-the characters in the story, including the protagonist and antagonist
-key dialogue and how it reveals character traits and moves the action, or the events of the plot, forward
-characters’ responses and reactions to other characters or events, and what this reveals about them
-when an event or another character’s actions or dialogue provokes a character to make a decision
-the resolution and how it affects the characters

To analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or
provoke a decision, consider the following questions:
-How does the dialogue propel, or move forward, the action in the story?
-How does the dialogue reveal different aspects or traits of each character?
-Did an event or a character provoke another character to make a decision? What was it, and how did it affect the events of the
plot?
-How does the resolution affect the characters?

RL.8.1, RL.8.3, SL.8.1.A, SL.8.1.C, SL.8.2

DOK 2, 3

Text Chunking
Guiding Questions
Sentence Starters & Response Frames
Small Group Support
Graphic Organizers
Visual Glossary
Modeling
Think-a-Louds

Quiz questions, Open-Ended Response Questions, Discussion and Notes

StudySync Skill Lesson on Character