Characters and Story Worlds · Narrative Reading

Character Feelings and Actions

Analyzing how characters react to events and how their feelings change throughout a plot.

Key Questions

  1. 1What can a character's actions tell us about what they are thinking?
  2. 2How do characters change from the beginning of a story to the end?
  3. 3Why do authors give characters specific traits and personalities?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.3CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.7
Grade: 1st Grade
Subject: English Language Arts
Unit: Characters and Story Worlds
Period: Narrative Reading

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