The Boat Lesson Plan

Character Analysis

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will use textual evidence to create a character analysis

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1

Structure:

Divide the class into seven groups, assigning each group one of the short stories from The Boat. The groups will complete a character analysis for all the main characters in their story. As some stories have more characters than others, you may choose to limit the groups to analyzing just two or three characters. This should not be an issue as most stories do focus on one main character with a handful of supporting characters. However, if needed, you can make more groups and split...