Conflict 12 - Cast List Exercise: Personalities

Literary Core Skill:

Explain the motivations and obstacles of the characters in various titles.
Resources: Socratic List questions 5, 5a, 6; TC Syllabus sections 4 and 5

Elements of Fiction:

Conflict
Character

Assignment Type:

Cast List Exercise

Description:

This worksheet asks students to create a “cast list” for the current title with one-sentence descriptions of the personalities of its major characters that help to explain the story’s conflicts.

Grading Rubric:

Equal parts credit for a) clean grammar/punctuation/spelling and b) plausibility of descriptions.

Completed Example Assignments: