Writing about Book Characters

Writing About Characters

Who will you meet?  Writing about characters can be fun for kids and allows them to think about character's words and actions.  Characters teach us about all the wonderful attributes we might want to emulate; and also those attributes that we find displeasing to us.  

What kind of a character are you?

Children are interested in characters that think, characters that dream, characters that imagine, characters who have best friends, characters who do fun and exciting things, characters who have problems, characters who find solutions...where will your character take you today?  Go on an adventure with  Evangeline Mudd..... she will keep you busy and interested. Evangeline has had a very unusual childhood.  She learns to swing from rafters and can eat peanut-butter sandwiches with her feet!  Evangeline's parents are called away on a research trip to the

 Ikkinasti Jungle.  The mystery begins when they fail to return.  However, Evangeline sets out to find them herself!  She is dauntless, funny and very amusing!  Be ready to go on a wild adventure!

  

Oh, and the wonderful and amazing Clementine! Enjoy Clementine and the Spring Trip  Everyone knows someone like Clementine.  She's energetic, funny and very likable. She is off on a Spring Trip and everyone is invited to go along...open the pages and join her. 

Read these books aloud or have them available for your student readers.  What characters are your favorites?

Here are some pages you might like to use in your class while studying character traits.

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Happy Spring!

World Poetry Day!

March 21   is   World Poetry Day!

Reading Aloud poems can be very exciting for children of all ages.  So many poems to choose from...ask your students to practice a poem to read aloud to the class.  They might find a poem that is joyful or funny; serious or sad; whimsical and wacky!  Let them choose.  Children will be able to develop listening skills as well as visualization skills by reading poetry.  Look high and low for that favorite poem to entertain your classmates... then enjoy the listening. Rhyme, rhythm, pattern, language, and fluency... the best writing is written in the fewest words.    Comments and questions are invited. Finally, complete a poem review page found below.

So easy to do!  1.) Gather your poetry books.  

2.) Provide time and opportunity for your students to read poems from the many different books. 

3.) Tell your students they must choose one poem to read to the class. 4.) Give them the time and place to practice reading their poems.   

5.)  Have your students read their poems 3x at home for homework.  Tell them they can read to their mother, father, sister, brother, dog, cat, teddy bear, goldfish, or whomever!  They like all the 'whos' they can read to... 6.) Read and listen to the poems at school. 

7.) Complete the 'poem review' page. 

Poetry!  Poetry! Poetry!

and Books about Poetry! 

and Poetry about Books!

Open A Book

Open a book

And you will find,

People and places of every kind;

Open a book

And you can be,

Anything you want to be;

Open a book 

And you can share,

Wondrous words you find in there

Open a book

And I will too,

You read to me,

And I'll read to you!

Read this book, Book Speak!  Use the book as a springboard to invite your students to write poetry about reading and books.  You will find wild and wacky poems about the magic you find in books.  The books themselves are the voice!  Characters, book jackets and bookstores SPEAK!

The author is Laura Purdie Salas and the drawings, illustrations and beautiful collage is by Illustrator, Josee Bisaillon.  Adventure, imagination and reading.... these poems encourage readers to find a new adventure within the pages of a book!

....Click HERE to get your poem review page....

After reading poetry, write some!

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