Novel Study for Any Book: Character Tracker, Grades 3-5

A character tracker for any chapter book. Every few chapters, a student stops and fills one row for the main character: what they do, what they say (a few of their own words, with the page) and what they want. Supporting characters get their own page, with who they are to the main character. When the book is finished, a last page asks how the main character changed, or stayed the same.

What's inside

• 17 slides, with speaker notes on every slide
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Book Snapshot, 1 page: the made-up sample book, written for this lesson
• Student pages, 3 pages: main character tracker, supporting characters, and how my character changed
• Rubric and look-for key, 1 page, with one scored model
• Print All PDF, 7 pages: the lesson plan, Book Snapshot, student pages and rubric together

Answer key included

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