Memorable Characters. . . Magnificent Stories: 10 Mini-Lessons on Crafting Lively Characters-the Key to Great Student Story Writing

What’s the secret to great story writing? Great characters! This fresh approach to teaching narrative writing will help your students create fully developed characters as a first step. Then watch these characters come alive as students write them into stories that unfold naturally from character traits. Book-based mini-lessons, planning sheets, and writing activities help students give characters voice, develop conflict, show character growth, and much more. A concrete, motivating way to teach narrative. For use with Grades 3-6.