The Westing Game Lesson Plan

Character Development through Time

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will track how characters change through the story, and will discuss the possible reasons for these changes.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.1.A

Structure:

By the second meeting at the Westing house, the pressure of the game has challenged many of the characters both personally and socially. The "positions" they ascribed to themselves to prepare for the first meeting have been changed in the second meeting, either by the characters themselves or by someone else. Looking at these changes and thinking about possible reasons for these changes...