Character Types Steal Characterization Slides & Reading Escape Room Activity
Character Types, Steal Characterization Slides & Reading Escape Room Activity: This characterization reading escape room style challenge is a new and fun way to engage your students and improve their understanding of setting, character, point of view, plot, conflict, theme, mood, and tone! The detailed presentation introduces different types of characters, why understanding characterization is important, and how an author can reveal the personality of the characters with examples. The highlight of the resource is the engaging escape room-style challenge, where students read an original narrative back story where they must decode a hidden message in a mysterious painting. Then, they must collaborate in groups to crack a characterization-related challenge to unlock the solution and find the passphrase to unveil the message!
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Included in This Characterization Escape Room Challenge Reading Activity:
➡️ Characterization Presentation Slides: Use these PowerPoint presentation slides to guide the characterization lesson and activity with instructional slides on types of characters (protagonist, antagonist, static, dynamic, round, flat, stock, foil), indirect vs. direct characterization, and the STEAL method of character analysis. Also included are activity prompts, the narrative story text, story conclusion slides, and answer keys for review.
➡️ Escape From the Hypnotic Trance Narrative Back Story: Next, students are ready to put what they have learned into action! They will begin the challenge by reading a short backstory that sets up the escape room challenge. Students embark on a mysterious adventure sparked by a seemingly ordinary painting, leading them to uncover hidden GPS coordinates, journey to a remote mountainous area, and solve a characterization-related puzzle inside a hidden cave.
➡️ Characterization Escape Room Style Challenge: In this interactive escape-room style characterization challenge, students must read an original short story and students must match up character types to different characters in a story to reveal the hidden coordinates.
Characterization Topics Covered in this Resource:
- Protagonist
- Antagonist
- Static Character
- Dynamic Character
- Round Character
- Flat Character
- Foil
- Stock Character
- Indirect Characterization
- Direct Characterization
- STEAL Method of Character Analysis
How This Characterization Escape Room Challenge Reading Activity Works:
- Use the PowerPoint presentation to guide you through each element of the characterization lesson and activity. The slides will help you teach about types of characters (protagonist, antagonist, static, dynamic, round, flat, stock, foil), indirect vs. direct characterization, and the STEAL method of character analysis. It will also introduce the story and challenge, and review the answers.
- Read the narrative story as a class to hook students and introduce the characterization activity challenge.
- Once you have taught students about the different types of characters and read the story, students are ready to try the reading challenge!
- When students find the answer, you can share the conclusion slides to wrap up the story.
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