Before Christmas, use Rudolph's classic Christmas movie to teach your students just how purposeful authors are when they plan CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, PLOT EVENTS, and SETTING. Your students will also come to understand how each of these elements works together to create a THEME. This activity includes a quick-write to activate background knowledge and make personal connections, a handout that will be completed as the students watch the film, and an If...Then WRITING ACTIVITY that has students ge