Reading Comprehension of Literature: Characterization

This strategy helps students attend to characters, including specific strategies for teaching English Learners how to attend to characters in a story. 

Sometimes students don’t know what to focus on and need guidance.

It is important to guide students to follow the character. After a demonstration, participants have time to practice with the character graphic organizers.

Use the Facilitator Guide to select books to use with this workshop. 

Handouts include student resources used with permission from the Florida Center for Research: home page http://www.fcrr.org

The Reading Comprehension series includes nine modules with targeted strategies to teach students how to manage their reading. The modules can be used in any order.

Developed by: Kathleen M. Lord, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Literacy Education, Department of Teaching and Learning, SUNY New Paltz.