-
Item Type(s):
This benchmark may be assessed using:
TM
,
EBSR
,
MS
,
MC
,
OR
,
GR
,
SHT
item(s)
- Assessment Limits :
Items may address any aspect of character development over the course of a text. Items should focus on major characters who may exhibit evidence of change over the course of the passage. Items that address character interactions should focus only on significant character interactions. Focus should be on character development that is consistent with the major theme(s) of the passage or significantly contributes to the advancement of the plot. - Text Types :
Items assessing this standard may be used with one or more grade-appropriate literary texts. Texts may vary in complexity. - Response Mechanisms :
The Technology-Enhanced Item Descriptions section on pages 3 and 4 provides a list of Response Mechanisms that may be used to assess this standard (excluding the Editing Task Choice and Editing Task item types). The Sample Response Mechanisms may include, but are not limited to, the examples below. - Task Demand and Sample Response Mechanisms :
Task Demand
Explain how complex characters develop, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or theme.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Hot Text
- Requires the student to select sentences or phrases that show the development of a complex character over the course of the text, which are used to advance the plot or theme.
- Requires the student to select the correct description of a character’s development and then to select words or phrases from the text that support this development and advance the plot or theme.
- Requires the student to select the correct description of a dynamic character’s development from the choices and then to select an explanation of this change’s impact on the plot or theme.
Multiple Choice
- Requires the student to select a correct analysis of how a character develops and advances the plot or theme.
- Requires the student to explain how characters interact with other characters and advance the plot or theme.
Multiselect
- Requires the student to select several quotations that provide key details about how a complex character develops over the course of a text and advances the plot or theme.
EBSR
- Requires the student to select the correct analysis of a dynamic character’s development and then to select evidence that supports this development and advances the plot or theme.
Open Response
- Requires the student to explain, in one or two sentences, a significant change in a complex character that advances the plot or theme.
GRID
- Requires the student to identify key details about the development of major characters that advance the plot or theme and place them into a graphic organizer.
Table Match
- Requires the student to complete a table by analyzing complex characters’ development with respect to plot or theme.
Related Courses
Related Access Points
Related Resources
Lesson Plans
Original Student Tutorials
Project
Teaching Ideas
Tutorial
Unit/Lesson Sequences
Original Student Tutorials for Language Arts - Grades 6-12
Study a chapter from one of the most popular adventure stories of all time: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. In this interactive tutorial, you will identify key character traits or strengths of Edmond Dantès and determine how he draws on these strengths as he struggles to survive and avoid recapture.
This is part 1 of a three-part series. Make sure to complete all three parts!
Explain how Edmond Dantès’ overall transformation takes the plot in a new direction as you continue to examine how the main character is reborn from a prisoner into a newly freed man in a chapter from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.
You should complete Part One and Part Two before beginning Part Three.
As you continue to study a chapter from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, you'll examine how the main character, Edmond Dantès, is reborn from a prisoner into a newly freed man, identify his key character traits or strengths, and examine how he begins to transform as he works to secure his freedom.
This is part 2 of a three-part interactive tutorial series. Make sure to complete all three parts!
Analyze a complex character’s development in text excerpts from the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. In this interactive tutorial, you'll analyze how the main character is described and developed through his interaction with other characters.
Examine some of the various topics and themes present in the American classic To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In this interactive tutorial, you'll read excerpts from the novel and examine the development of the main character, Scout. You'll analyze how her words and actions help develop the important themes of the novel. You'll wrap up the tutorial by creating your own theme statement based on the text.
Student Resources
Original Student Tutorials
Explain how Edmond Dantès’ overall transformation takes the plot in a new direction as you continue to examine how the main character is reborn from a prisoner into a newly freed man in a chapter from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.
You should complete Part One and Part Two before beginning Part Three.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
As you continue to study a chapter from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, you'll examine how the main character, Edmond Dantès, is reborn from a prisoner into a newly freed man, identify his key character traits or strengths, and examine how he begins to transform as he works to secure his freedom.
This is part 2 of a three-part interactive tutorial series. Make sure to complete all three parts!
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Study a chapter from one of the most popular adventure stories of all time: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. In this interactive tutorial, you will identify key character traits or strengths of Edmond Dantès and determine how he draws on these strengths as he struggles to survive and avoid recapture.
This is part 1 of a three-part series. Make sure to complete all three parts!
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Examine some of the various topics and themes present in the American classic To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In this interactive tutorial, you'll read excerpts from the novel and examine the development of the main character, Scout. You'll analyze how her words and actions help develop the important themes of the novel. You'll wrap up the tutorial by creating your own theme statement based on the text.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Analyze a complex character’s development in text excerpts from the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. In this interactive tutorial, you'll analyze how the main character is described and developed through his interaction with other characters.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Tutorial
In this very engaging animated video from TEDed, you will learn about antiheroes. Antiheroes can be hard to distinguish from typical heroes. However, through this video you will be able to identify what an antihero is and understand how these complex characters with often unclear motivations play such important roles in great literature.
Type: Tutorial