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Hero or Not A Hero?

Hero or Not A Hero?

Students will determine what makes a hero a hero.

 Characters’ Faults Can Also Be Strengths

Characters’ Faults Can Also Be Strengths

Strength and weakness are often two sides of the same coin. Students will explore how a character’s flaw can be a benefit.

 A Character’s Playlist

A Character’s Playlist

What playlist of songs best goes with a character’s change over time?

 Analyzing Movies’ Success

Analyzing Movies’ Success

So should we make another movie in this series?

 Analyze Character Change with Depth and Complexity

Analyze Character Change with Depth and Complexity

Your students will use Depth and Complexity to note how a character’s main trait changes across a story.

 Literary Technique: Juxtaposition

Literary Technique: Juxtaposition

Put a grumpy character next to a joyful one and they make each other stand out even more. Opposites are powerful!

 Better Stories Part 4: Character Archetypes

Better Stories Part 4: Character Archetypes

Are students’ characters a bit flat? Archetypes give them a strong foundation on which to build their own characters as well as a tool to analyze existing stories.