The Art of the Story: Narrative Craft · Narrative Reading

Character Arc and Motivation

Analyzing how internal desires and external conflicts drive a character to change over the course of a plot.

Key Questions

  1. 1How do a character's choices reveal their underlying values?
  2. 2In what ways does the setting influence a character's growth?
  3. 3How can an author show change without explicitly stating it?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Reading - Grade 5ON: Writing - Grade 5
Grade: Grade 5
Subject: Language Arts
Unit: The Art of the Story: Narrative Craft
Period: Narrative Reading

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