Have these lists that have been given, posted in the room for the class to refer to. Remind students to use character attributes when writing their stories and to think of their characters while they write. Encourage students to express their own feelings and reactions to situations as examples of how characters might act. Evaluation When evaluating the stories, students can determine whether their characters and storylines are well developed, by giving them questions to answer. Have students read final draft of stories, and post following questions on the board.
Students can answer questions on characters to determine their development.
Using character development to improve story writing. Technique Improving story writing skills may be increased by using cues and prompts. This is simply a checklist that the students use in identifying story elements. The teacher can implement this by explaining to the students that a story usually has certain parts that are listed on this card. The teacher should have a sample checklist already printed on a separated sheet of paper to demonstrate this to the class.