Exploring Character Development in Literature

Are you looking for generic literature study resources that can be used with any piece of literature your class is reading? Teach Starter has you covered with our extensive range of novel study worksheets!

This particular worksheet allows students to explore how events in a novel may change how the main character thinks or feels about certain things.

Students are required to think of one example from the class novel where the main character has changed their opinion about something because of an event in the story. They must then give an example of how their thinking has changed. Sentence starters on the worksheet include:

• On which topic has this character’s thinking changed?
• At the start of the novel, this character thought…
• I know this because…
• At the end of the novel, the character thought…
• I know this because…

Multiple Uses for These Novel Study Worksheets

This versatile resource can be used in various ways in your upper elementary classroom. Why not try some of the following activities:

• Whole-class activity (via smartboard)
• Reading group task
• Individual practice
• Homework task
• Summative assessment

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