Characterization Lesson
Characterization Lesson
Big Idea: Characterization is a crucial literary concept that makes a story compelling, and allows
for the reader to have a better understanding of the novel as a whole.
Objective: Students will be able to identify and understand characterization. They will be able to
apply the concept to the novel The Lovely Bones.
Essential Questions: What is characterization? What are the types of characterization? Why is it
important? How can we characterize the people in The Lovely Bones? How does this help us
understand the novel better?
Materials: SmartBoard, notes (resource), laptop.
Subject-Area Competencies:
Cross-Curricular Competencies:
5. (Twenty Minutes) The students will then, in their groups, complete a journal entry. Each
group will use their skills on characterization to write a journal entry from the character
that is assigned to them. Specific instructions will be handed out to each group.
6. (Five Minutes) Each group will share their journal entry. This will be accompanied by a
brief discussion of what they did right and anything that they may have missed out on.
7. (Ten Minutes) Any time left will be used to discuss any new or important concepts that
were evident in the chapter read for homework on the previous night.
8. (Three Minutes) Students will be asked to write exit cards that entail them to write two
questions they have about the novel.