G7.6 Cast List Exercise: Motivations

Literary Core Skill:

Grammar Level 7: Describe the characters in various titles.
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Element of Fiction:

Character

Assignment Type:

Cast List Exercise

Description:

This worksheet asks students to create a “cast list” for the current title with one-sentence descriptions of the motivations of its major characters – that is the goals and desires that might explain their actions in the story.

Grading Rubric:

Grading rubric: equal parts credit for a) clean grammar/punctuation/spelling and b) plausibility of descriptions.

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