Reader's Workshop - Characters!

We have been working so hard on learning to get into the mind's of the characters we are reading about, notice feelings and make inferences about the characters, learning how to "direct" scenes with partners, and work in a book club to read and discuss books with the same characters. We had a ball in these book clubs and are ending this fun unit with some artwork! The students worked with their same book club members to draw and color in a very large illustration of the main character from their books. Then, as a group, they collaborated together to come up with a list of traits that go with that character which are glued around the body. The discussions were so great to hear. I listened in and got to hear students asking the question I want them to ask when talking about books, "What makes you think that?". They were also giving their evidence from text to support the trait that they felt the character had. I am constantly so impressed with their learning! Here are a few pictures of students engaged in their book club reading as well as some work in progress. More pictures will follow with the finished products!