Character Development in Fiction Generic Worksheet KS2 KS3 Lower Ability KS4

Suitable for KS2, KS3 and lower ability KS4
VERSATILE—SUITS ANY FICTION

• Encourages evaluative thinking
• Encourages knowledge of character development
• Encourages evidence finding skills
• Encourages comparison of character across or within texts
• Encourages knowledge of character beliefs, qualities, world views and values

Includes:
Worksheet template
Partial worked example of a KS3 novel to exemplify how the activity can be used
Certificate for students to award once they’ve evaluated the character developments
Follow up activity to encourage AO1 informed personal response and evidence and AO4 quality of expression.

The ‘BEFAFTAS’ Awards Activities for Charting Character Development

A light-hearted but fully effective set of activities that take some of the ‘grind’ out of tracing character development.

This activity is like an award for an aspect of a character that changed the most dramatically from the before (the start of the story) to the after (the end of the story) the ‘BEFAFTA’ Award. Or, you could compare which character out of all the characters in a novel or fiction changed the most over the course of a story to ascertain who wins the ‘BEFAFTA’ Story-Lifetime Achievement Award!