How to Write About Fictional Characters - teaching resource

How to Write About Fictional Characters – Year 5/6 English Resource

(12-slide editable PowerPoint with 2 worksheets)

Support your pupils in writing thoughtful and detailed character analysis with this flexible upper KS2 English teaching resource. How to Write About Fictional Characters guides learners through the process of exploring how writers develop character using description, dialogue, and action.

This resource includes:

• A close study of how Charles Dickens presents Scrooge in A Christmas Carol

• Guided tasks on identifying how character is conveyed

• Exploration of descriptive techniques and narrative detail

• Strategies for expanding on quotations and analysing word choices

• A writing frame to help pupils structure analytical paragraphs

• Editable PowerPoint slides and two supporting worksheets

Perfect for whole-class lessons, reading comprehension development, or as preparation for extended writing tasks.

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