Characters All Around

Student Activities

Teacher Preparation and Notes:

1. Initiate a conversation with students about characters they know from books, movies, television, and legend. Who are the most interesting? Who are favorites? Why?
2. Explain that students will meet three characters and should explore their houses and surroundings to make notes about each.
3. Students should play in adventure mode until they’re ready to discuss their responses to the in-game questions, and their ideas for writing and building their own characters.
4. The worlds, like stories, can be flash builds or epic projects, so a discussion of the writers’ and builders’ intentions should accompany the release of responsibility.

Student experiences:

• Students meet a guide who will give them instructions and provide books to write in. Students will meet three characters in the game.
• When students have completed their exploration and notetaking, they should share their character ideas that they can use in narrative writing and collaborative gameplay.
• They can choose to write a paragraph based on a mentor text in the game, or develop a plan to develop a character in the game by building.