Sandra K. Friday
My tenth grade students take the Connecticut Academic Performance Language Arts Test in the spring, and one of the four questions invariably asked on the test is, "How does a character change, and what causes this change?" Students answer this CAPT question based on a story they read in the test. Based on our close reading of character in the novel Ellen Foster, my students will practice answering this Language Arts CAPT question as an assessment tool for this unit that I will teach in the first semester, well before the CAPT in the spring. Answering this question will sharpen their skills in preparation for the CAPT.