10/9 ELA Enter Quietly Get books AND Notebooks Read: 20 Min IR 10 min Reflection Book Talks (ppt) ** REMEMBER: If you finish your book, you write the 4 paragraph “Readers Review”. The guidelines are glued in the back of your reading notebook.

10/9 ELA Unit 5 vocab https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/5- subway-superman/video/ HW: DUE FRIDAY; QUIZ FRIDAY

10/9 ELA Characterization: https://www.flocabulary.com/ unit/characters/video/ Take out 3 sheets of paper and fold them “Hamburger” to make a book ON THE FRONT: Give the book the title of “Characterization” Use the subtitle of “The way writers develop characters in a story” You’re the author-write your name!

CREATE YOUR CHAPTERS P. 1: DIRECT (on the back of the cover page) P. 2: INDIRECT P. 3: PROTAGONIST P. 4: ANTAGONIST P. 5: ROUND Fill in your chapters/pages now  P. 6: FLAT P. 7: DYNAMIC P. 8: STATIC P. 9: EXTRA! EXTRA! P.10 SUBORDINATE P. 11 TRAITS

10/10 ELA Enter in quietly Get book-you DO NOT need your notebook today 30 min IR **Remember when you finish a book you write the 4 paragraph “Readers Review”. The guidelines for the “Readers Review” you glued in the back of your notebook.**

10/10 Characterization ON THE FRONT: P. 1: DIRECT (on the back of the cover page) P. 2: INDIRECT P. 3: PROTAGONIST P. 4: ANTAGONIST P. 5: ROUND P. 6: FLAT P. 7: DYNAMIC P. 8: STATIC P. 9: EXTRA! EXTRA! P.10 SUBORDINATE P. 11 TRAITS ON THE FRONT: Give the book the title of “Characterization” Use the subtitle of “The way writers develop characters in a story” You’re the author-write your name!

Writing you book: Stations At each station, read the information Define the term/topic (what that page is about) Create an example that is DIFFERENT from the one provided You get 5 min per station; if you finish early at one station, you may move at your own pace to the next station No more than 3 people at each station We will do p. 11 “Traits” together P. 1: DIRECT (on the back of the cover page) P. 2: INDIRECT P. 3: PROTAGONIST P. 4: ANTAGONIST P. 5: ROUND P. 6: FLAT P. 7: DYNAMIC P. 8: STATIC P. 9: EXTRA! EXTRA! P.10 SUBORDINATE P. 11 TRAITS

1. Characterization Characterization is the way writers develop characters in a story Two types – Direct Characterization Indirect Characterization

Characterization How does detailed characterization help make a story better? It seems to me that detailed characterization helps to make a story better because…

p. 1 Direct Characterization when the writer directly tells the reader what a character is like Example Sherlock Holmes is clever and resourceful. Dracula is an evil vampire.

p. 2. Indirect Characterization When the writer gives the reader clues about the character by describing how the character acts and thinks. The writer allows the reader to decide how to view the character.

Direct vs Indirect Characterization Why do you think it might be harder to understand indirect characterization than direct characterization? It seems to me that it might be harder to understand indirect characterization than direct characterization because…

p.3 Protagonist the main character Example Alice from Alice in Wonderland Tarzan from Tarzan Cinderalla from Cinderella

p. 3 Protagonist Who is the protagonist of your favorite book, movie, or story? My favorite protagonist is the character ______.

p. 4 Antagonist the character that the protagonist struggles against The “bad guy” Example: Captain Hook from Peter Pan The Big Bad Wolf from The Three Little Pigs

p. 4 Antagonist Who is an antagonist who you greatly dislike? One antagonist who I greatly dislike is ______, because _________.

p. 5 Round Characters Round characters are well developed characters. The author tells the reader a lot about the character.

p. 6 Flat Characters Flat characters are not developed. Readers know very little about them. Usually a minor character

p. 7 Dynamic Character a character who changes during the course of story. Often the change involves learning a major lesson Example: Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol learns to be more generous.

p. 8 Static Character A character who does not change during the story

p.9 EXTRA!! Dialogue Conversations that characters have among each other. Usually indicated by quotation marks.

p. 9 EXTRA!! Motivations the reason why a character does something Example In Cinderella, the prince’s motivation for searching for the owner of the glass slipper is love.

p. 10 Subordinate Characters characters who do not play major roles in a story Example: Extras in a movie The evil step-sisters from Cinderella

p. 11 Character traits Physical vs. personality “outside” vs. “inside” Physical: what we “see” when we read Personality: what we learn about that character through actions and dialogue

Gingerbread Man outline On the Gingerbread Man Outline: Create speech bubbles, thought bubbles, feelings, and symbols for actions for the main character (protagonist) of your Lit. Book Example: NWO: Harold, G-Ma F/M: Freak; Max Holes: Stanley F/F: Gerald, Queen O: Ponyboy S/N: Shawn

10/11: Get books AND notebooks 20 min IR 10 min Reflection: You must use reflection starters: 1. “How does the part you read today fit together with the parts you read earlier this week” 2. I can connect to this book because… **Remember when you finish a book you write the 4 paragraph “Readers Review”. The guidelines for the “Readers Review” you glued in the back of your notebook.**

10/11 Today: 1. complete stations independently (definition and example for each) 2. complete character outline (gingerbread man)- independently 3. Complete “Quarter 1 Literature Circles-Day 1” sheet-independently; #2 says to read to p. 20- do so independently if you have not read that far use large index card for #8 4. Read Lit. Circle novel with your group