A creative, hands-on reading comprehension activity that encourages students to look beyond a character's appearance and explore what's happening inside their mind.
Students create an interactive lift-the-flap character portrait to investigate a character's thoughts, feelings, personality traits, motivations and important experiences.
By exploring both the outside and inside of a character, students develop a deeper understanding of characterisation and use evidence from the text to support their interpretations.
Students will:
identify and describe character traits
infer a character's thoughts and feelings
explore motivations and important experiences
distinguish between a character's appearance and inner world
support their ideas with evidence from the text
reflect on what makes a character unique
What's included:
Learning Intentions and Success Criteria
Step-by-step activity instructions
Completed worked example
Sentence starters and reflection prompts
Three character portrait templates
Inside-the-mind recording template
Interactive lift-the-flap activity
5-page printable PDF digital download.
Suitable for reading groups, literature studies, independent reading responses and whole-class comprehension activities.
Use with your own narrative texts – no specific book required.
A creative, hands-on reading comprehension activity that encourages students to look beyond a character's appearance and explore what's happening inside their mind.
Students create an interactive lift-the-flap character portrait to investigate a character's thoughts, feelings, personality traits, motivations and important experiences.
By exploring both the outside and inside of a character, students develop a deeper understanding of characterisation and use evidence from the text to support their interpretations.
Students will:
identify and describe character traits
infer a character's thoughts and feelings
explore motivations and important experiences
distinguish between a character's appearance and inner world
support their ideas with evidence from the text
reflect on what makes a character unique
What's included:
Learning Intentions and Success Criteria
Step-by-step activity instructions
Completed worked example
Sentence starters and reflection prompts
Three character portrait templates
Inside-the-mind recording template
Interactive lift-the-flap activity
5-page printable PDF digital download.
Suitable for reading groups, literature studies, independent reading responses and whole-class comprehension activities.
Use with your own narrative texts – no specific book required.
