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:
Assignment Type:
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.