NCTE+3.2.1

**NCTE Standard 3.2.1**

//"Creates opportunities and develops strategies that permit students to demonstrate, through their own work, the influence of language and visual images on thinking and composing."//

For the purposes of this standard, I have created a lesson based on my variation of the character wheel. Essentially, all of the items on the character wheel are the same, but I renamed it "Character Donut" to better fit my lesson and grab the students' attention. Using the character donut, students will be able to pick out the language and imagery that helps to build a character in a novel, short story, or play they are reading. Also, they will ultimately be able to use this character donut to formulate strong characters in their own writing.



Note: this lesson would also be great to pair with a script from The Simpsons if you are not already in the process of reading something. Students could read the script in groups or as a class, and then they could use the character donut to analyze Homer Simpson's character. Plus, it would be very fitting since Homer loves donuts! A link to a script from The Simpsons that could be used is found here: [|"Homer's Enemy" Full Script]