Book Character Analysis-

Character analysis is a big piece of the literary analysis component in response to text compositions. This lesson uses an excerpt from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I began annotating the sample to find text evidence of his character traits and personal characteristics. After we walked through the page together, underlining in pencil, I asked the students to write the questions they thought the author might ask himself to generate these responses. They wrote those on the paper and then color-coded the answers in the text.

From there, they wrote a descriptive segment about Willy Wonka. It was a lot of fun, and I love how their own creativity and voice came out in their pieces. I think some are even better than the book! This is all included in one of my favorite lessons of the month. Download it here if you don't have it yet!