A Dance of the Forests Lesson Plan

Character Analysis

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will analyze their favorite character from the play and write a short essay detailing various aspects of the character.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.9

Structure:

1. Let students know that they will need to pick one substantive character from the play and that they will be responsible for analyzing that character's actions, relations, and communication across the entire play, and responding to the questions below in essay format. Let them know that in addition to responding to the questions in their essay, they should also include quotes from the play and textual analysis to...