Character Planner

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A character planning template that helps students develop a detailed character profile, including aspects like appearance, personality, special skills, and more.

Learning Objectives:

Develop a comprehensive character profile, including physical appearance, personality traits, and special skills.
Understand how different aspects of a character contribute to the overall narrative.
Practice using character development to enhance storytelling.

How the Activity Works:

Students fill in the provided character planner, which includes prompts to guide them in detailing the character's appearance, personality, background, skills, and relationships with other characters. By completing the planner, students create fully developed characters that they can integrate into their writing, encouraging them to think more deeply about the roles characters play in a story. This activity can also be used to improve characterisation in existing writing projects.

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