Teaching Characterization? Turn your students into literary scholars with this comprehensive 34-slide Characterization PowerPoint. Common Core-aligned product addresses direct and indirect characterization and the character acronym S.T.E.A.L. (Speech, Thoughts, Effect on Others, Actions, and Looks). Includes characterization comprehension questions for a quick assessment. Easy for you - engaging for them!

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Terrific Teacher Tip: Teaching reluctant writers? Give them a kick-start with sentence stems (a series of unfinished sentences). Sentence stems work great for supporting inspiring literary discussions as well.

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