Enrique's Journey Lesson Plan

Character Analysis

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will use textual evidence to create a character analysis.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3

Structure:

Have the students identify all the main characters to which they have been introduced and make a list on the board. Break the class into small groups and assign each group one of the characters to analyze (Enrique, Lourdes, Belky, Maria Isabel, Rosa Amelia, Maria Marcos, Olga, Padre Leo (include Marco or Gloria as needed)).

Students will be analyzing their characters by creating a chart based on the following categories: physical descriptions, positive qualities, negative qualities,...