Get In Their Head With Character Analysis

In this New Year’s activity, students use evidence from a text to infer how a character would ring in the new year.

After reading a fiction text in class (or independently), students will choose a character from the text and complete seven activities using their chosen character.

This activity works well in your reading center, book clubs, or novel studies in the first few weeks of a new year.

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