Grades 1–5
Create a Character
Invent a character for a play. Give them a name, a look, a voice and a big wish, then draw them.
Drama worksheet · Creating characters
Hot Seat Interview
Write questions for a character in the hot seat, then answer them as that character.
- Grade level
- Grades 3–5
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Topic
- Creating characters
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Inventing a character, Inside and outside traits, Changing walk and voice for a role, Answering questions in character
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- 1. One actor sits in the “hot seat” and becomes a character from a story or play.
- 2. The class asks questions. The actor answers the way the character would, using the character’s voice.
- 3. Good questions start with why, how and what if. They help you find out how the character feels.
- The character in the hot seat
- Write five questions. Then write how the character might answer.
- The character’s answer
Teacher tip
Model the hot seat first: sit in a chair as a character and answer two why questions. Then kids write five questions of their own.
How to use it
- Have kids walk across the room as their character before they write.
- Keep finished characters for the scripts and storyboard sheets.
- Read the box at the top of the sheet together, then try the first item out loud as a class.
Watch for
Breaking character in the hot seat. Let kids pause and think before they answer.
Talk about it
- Which trait is hardest to show on stage?
- How did the audience know how your character felt?
Take it further
Turn a finished character into a puppet.
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