The setting of a book can be analyzed through a discussion of the places found in the book and their relationships. This chart includes each setting found in the book plus a detailed description. Every interesting book has characters . When a child identifies himself with a character in a story, especially a story he is enjoying, he is likely to find assimilating the qualities of that character more appealing. The character traits of honesty, diligence, faithfulness, kindness, fairness and initiative are just some of the traits exhibited by characters in quality literature that can be applied to the students' personal lives as they work together, complete creative projects, and work on assignments.
Children can also analyze character development .
Characters change as they mature and react to events which affect them. Upper elementary students are capable of writing quite detailed analyses of characters and their development from the beginning of the book to the end of it. Plot should be taught to elementary students as well. They can be made aware that a book contains both main events and less important events. The main events and less important events are structured to form the plot.