Christmas Character Assignment - Gifts for Short Story or Novel Characters

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Christmas Character Assignment - Gifts for Short Story or Novel Characters: This activity can be used with any fictional novel or short story and is perfect for the Christmas season. The assignment has students choose gifts for a main character from their reading and justify their gifts using evidence and direct support from the text. Students love this type of imaginative activity, and it allows them to be both thoughtful and creative.

Included In This Christmas Character Analysis Assignment:

➡️ Christmas Gift Student Graphic Organizers: These graphic organizers explain the assignment to students in detail to prepare them to write. It also includes space for them to write about the items they have chosen as their character's gifts. They must indicate what the gifts are and provide a written explanation, using text evidence to justify their choices.

➡️ Christmas Gift Assignment Rubric: Use the included rubric to easily assess writing conventions, content, and organization of ideas.

What Teachers Are Saying About This Christmas Character Analysis Assignment:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I loved this holiday activity, and was able to use it in both my 7th and 8th grade classes. My students were highly engaged, and I was able to use it alongside their novel studies respectively. This can be used with any characters, and the students are sure to enjoy!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was a great activity to use with my students right before the break. It fun for them to do a Christmas activity and relate it to the texts that we have read in class.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It was a creative way to engage students in writing. It made the day before Christmas Break engaging and fun.

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