Characterization

This eWorkbook is intended to be instructor lead however it can also be used independently.


Lesson Objective

Students will be able to define and identify direct and indirect characterization. 

Common Core Correlation

Reading: Literature

Craft and Structure

RL.7.6.  Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.


Writing

Text Types and Purposes

W.7.3./W.8.3.  Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.


Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.


Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.


Reading: Literature

Key Ideas and Details

RL.8.3.  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.