Character Map for Milkweed

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Activity Overview

Milkweed has many characters that Misha interacts with. In this activity, students can create a character map of the characters in the story. They should pay close attention to the physical attributes, and the traits of both major and minor characters. Students can also provide detailed information regarding the challenges the character faces, the challenges the character imposes, and the importance of the character to the plot of the story. Teachers may also want students to pay attention to how each character interacts with Misha on his journey from "Stopthief" to Jack.


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Objective: Create a character map for the major characters.

Student Instructions:

  1. Identify the major characters in Milkweed and type their names into the different title boxes.
  2. Choose a Storyboard That character to represent each of the book characters.
    • Select colors and a pose appropriate to the story and character traits.
  3. Choose a scene or background that makes sense for the character.
  4. Fill in Textables for "Physical/Character Traits", "How does this character interact with the main character?", and "What challenges does this character face?"



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