{"product_id":"characterization-activity-slides-and-story-elements-football-character-game","title":"Characterization Activity - Slides and Story Elements Football Character Game","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this fun and creative characterization activity, students step into the role of professional football scouts tasked with evaluating six athletes during a week of training camp. Before the scouting begins, the included presentation introduces direct and indirect characterization, teaches students how to use the STEAL method to analyze characters, and walks them through guided examples. Then, it’s time for the Football Draft Challenge! Students work collaboratively to read about each athlete’s actions, decisions, interactions, and attitudes, infer character traits, gather text evidence, and determine which player is the best fit for each football organization. Teams make their final draft selections and defend their choices using evidence from the player profiles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is included in a full-year program:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e→\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.shop.prestoplans.com\/products\/the-ela-games-back-to-school-middle-high-ela-full-year-team-building-program\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe ELA Games Program\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eIncluded in This Characterization Activity and Lesson:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e➡️\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharacterization Activity Teacher Instructions:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eA detailed teacher guide provides everything you need to successfully run the activity in your classroom. It includes clear step-by-step instructions, an overview of how the activity works, guidance for leading students through each stage of the challenge, and details for completing the lesson from start to finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e➡️\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharacterization Activity Presentation Slides:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eUse the 23-slide PowerPoint presentation to guide your lesson on direct and indirect characterization and using the STEAL method to identify character traits. They also explore positive and negative traits before meeting the six football organizations and learning how the Football Draft challenge works. Also included are guided practice activities, challenge instructions, discussion prompts, and answer slides for class review.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e➡️\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFootball Training Camp Reports \u0026amp; Evidence Tracker:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eStudents read six days of training camp reports featuring six athletes whose personalities are revealed through their thoughts, speech, actions, appearance, and interactions with others. 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