5.6 Fiction 5.6B Roles of Characters

(6) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:

(B) explain the roles and functions of characters in various plots, including their relationships and conflicts; and

 

I can explain the roles of characters in the plot. I can explain the relationship between 2 or more characters.  

I teach my students there are several types of characters, but we focus on

Major or central characters are vital to the development and resolution of the conflict. In other words, the plot and resolution of conflict revolves around these characters.

Minor characters serve to complement the major characters and help move the plot events forward.

To me this is the easiest thing to teach. Students can recognize who the characters are and what they are doing in the story. I find it much harder to teach rising action of a story. :) I do like to take the time to talk about character traits. character traits  from Think* Read* Write  www.thinkreadwrite.org


I think the key to this TEK is to have students realize that the reactions characters can be similar to the reactions they would have.