Character Trading
Cards
Can be used with any novel
Warm-Up: Quick Write 5-7 sentences
If you had to be one of the characters in
“...(fill in with reading title)...”, who would you
be? Why?
CHARACTER TRADING CARDS Options:
Digital:
● Storyboardthat.com
● Google Slides (make you own or use template)
● Google Drawings (make you own or use template)
● Canva
Non-digital:
● Trading card should be on card stock paper 8 ½ x 11 minimum
● Hand drawn or picture printed from internet, magazine
● You may hand-write your information or print from the computer,
but it has to be neat
Requirements- Choose 2 Characters!
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FRONT:
1. Picture/ Drawing (NO MOVIE PICS!)
2. Character Name
3. Story title and author
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BACK:
1. At least 4 Character Traits- physical and personality (direct & indirect)
2. Conflict (type & explanation)
3. Important Quote & citation
Choose at least 1 of the following:
Reputation
Symbol & explanation
Power Score (based on 5 stars)with justification
Character Trading Cards- Example
Storyboard
That
Hester Prynn
“The Scarlet
Letter”
Nathaniel
Hawthorne
Google Drawings- using a template
Google Slides
Examples from students
Character Name
Four Character Traits
Enter traits here.
Character
Picture
Here
Conflict and Quote
Enter conflict and quotes here
Book and Author
Power Score
Explain here
1
Power Score: ⅗ stars
Macduff
Traits:
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Loyal
Emotional
Brave
Honest
Impulsive
Affectionate
Moral
Conflict:
Man vs. Man, Macduff's
conflict is mainly all
with/towards Macbeth and
trying to dethrone him
Quote:
“Then surrender, coward, and we’ll put you in a
freakshow, just like they do with deformed animals.
We’ll put a picture of you on a sign, right above the
words “Come see the tyrant!”
Macbeth by. William Shakespeare
Reputation: Quiet, loyal,
brave, well-respected
Paper Examples
These are by students
Rubric:
Category
Points (100)
Required Elements- specific details(2 characters- 30 points each):
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Picture
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Character Name
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Story Title & Author
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4 Character Traits
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1 Conflict (Type & explanation)
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1 Important Quote w/ citation
______/ 60
1 Additional Element (5 ea. character)
_______/10
Creativity- above & beyond basic requirements (5 ea. character)
______/ 10
Overall Appearance (10 ea. character)
(Colorful and neat)
______/ 20
Total Score
_____/ 100
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