Character motivation anchor chart

Academic Vocabulary describe interpretation of characters character traits motivation emotion contribute sequence events problem resolution

Character traits, feelings, & motivations

Character Motivation AC

Character motivation

What motivates a character?

Anchor chart used for character motivations lesson. After reading story students record on sticky notes what they think motivated the main character's action.

Need an anchor chart to teach character traits? Here it is! This anchor chart is based on the book “The Recess Queen”. I use these anchor charts everyday in my class to really engage my students with the skill I am teaching. The anchor charts allow the students to understand what they are learning by using colorful pictures, easy to read phrases and characters that they know. I can customize the anchor charts to any book, character or theme you are interested in. Will be shipped in poster…

Character Motivation was one of those things teachers felt wasn't necessarily hard but that the kids had trouble writing about it in their reading notebooks. Students would say they were motivated but not necessarily why. Whenever this happens, as a CLT we come together to think about the concept/strategy. We define and then practice writing entries with evidence and higher level thinking. We defined motivations as the reasons a character does something or behaves a certain way. Then we…

Learning about character traits with “A Bad Case of Stripes.” #secondgrade #anchorchart #character #charactertraits