OVERVIEW: Many students need to better understand characters' personalities in literature.

PURPOSE: To help students think about a character and how this character feels about life.

OBJECTIVES: As a result of this activity, the students will:

1. Better understand a character.
2. Will have a better idea of character traits.

RESOURCES/MATERIALS: Paper, pencil, books

ACTIVITIES AND PROCEDURES:

1. Discuss a character common to the group. Brainstorm and list this character's traits.
2. Repeat for other characters, if need be. (This can be done alone, with partners, or in a group.)
3. If the first character were to write a letter to another character, either in the same book (story) or another book, what would that letter be about? Write a sample letter.
4. Assign letters to be written supposedly by a character.

TYING IT ALL TOGETHER: Share the letters and discuss character traits.

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Make a bulletin board of the letters, leave off the names and guess who the characters are, correspond with a character (student write both letters, or use partners), make a web of a character's traits.

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