Character+Perspective+Charting

While text structures such as story maps are helpful to reading comprehension, the theme and other story elements may vary greatly according to one character's perspective. Character Perspective Charting (CPC) encourages readers to consider events from alternative perspectives of multiple characters (IRA, 2002). Character Perspective Charting (CPC) may be used as a post-reading assessment tool in which students ponder the literature selection from at least two characters' perspectives to show their understanding.

[|Lesson: Charting Characters for a More Complete Understanding of the Story]