Timothy A. Grady
Invariably, there are students and classes that are significantly more advanced than; this section provides some concepts that act as effective extensions for advanced learning.
Character vs. Character: Students examine several excerpts in which two characters are in an adversarial or antagonistic situation. Again students build on their prior knowledge, applying the concept of character schema and characterization style to both characters in the excerpt. Students examine how the schema "respond" to each other line-by-line and how the author creates a sort of game as the two schema react to each other through various "moves" or types of characterization. After examination and analysis, students emulate these excerpts with short writing exercises and characters of their own creation (similar to those created in the first two sections of the unit).
Plot as character: Building off the ideas learned in the Character vs. Character segment, propose the concept that plot is merely a function of character. Students examine and create character schema for the characters of a play and then look at how the plot proceeds out of different interactions of those schema.