This activity surrounds itself on the creation of a main character. When discussing story timelines, it is important to include all aspects of the story. Building from the basics, creating your main character is a great first step.
Students will pick their character from the three provided and give them a name, age, and provide some characteristics about them.
Ex: This is Mabel. She is 9. Mabel likes to have her hair in a ponytail because she loves playing sports like soccer, baseball and tennis.
These points can be provided verbally, written, or visually (including drawings around their character to describe them).
Once students finish building their character, they will then be able to start their story timeline of what ‘A Day in the Life’ of their character looks like.
Assessment is done through verbal, written, or visual based work depending on teacher’s decision for student.
Below are the characters that students may choose from. These characters were created by the Autism Parenting Magazine.