I used excerpts from The Tale of Despereaux in hopes it will inspire scholars to read the entire story. The main focus of these excerpts is to focus on characterization and imagery. Scholars look at descriptive words and form a picture in their mind. This can be a whole group worksheet or independent depending on your scholars.This includes two different parts. I recommend doing part 1 as a class and having the scholars do part 2 in groups or by themselves.**also includes an anchor chart with ch