Objectives: You will gain a deeper understanding of a character by analyzing the way he/she is presented by the author, through his own actions and the author's and other characters' perspectives.
Benefits: You will learn how to use direct characterization and indirect characterization while creating your own characters, thus improving your writing skills. Also, you will learn to use quotation efficiently in order to provide accurate examples from the text.
Common Core Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.1; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.3; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.1; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.3; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.1; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.3; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.1