Today’s Objective SWBAT: Explain how writers use direct and indirect characterization (looks, speech, relationships, actions, thoughts) to reveal character. Indirect vs. Direct Characterization HO: Journals, Direct vs. Indirect Characterization Summarizer Last class, we talked about the three major elements of fiction (characters, setting, plot). Play rap as review if needed. Who remembers what they are? Take student responses. Focus: Every good story includes at least one interesting, dynamic/complex character. Today, we are going to take a closer look at how writer’s reveal/define character. Have students brainstorm ideas about how writer’s reveal character in film Have students get out their journals and copy the definition for characterization Play the general characterization video and ask students list the ways that writers review character in their journals What a character is capable of What a character looks like What do other characters say about the character Internal vs. external conflict What relationships has the character established Show the characterization film that focuses on how the writer used indirect characterization to define the character Ana in Frozen Revisit the brainstorm chart Summarizer: Have students work independently to label examples as direct or indirect characterization

Story Plot Diagram Today, we will focus on how character can be revealed in a story.

Characterization What is character and how is it revealed in film? My thoughts now… My thoughts after the video…

Characterization Characterization: What is characterization? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_GVgbykf8A

Indirect Characterization Disney’s Frozen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZnD0AGqQ7I

Direct vs. Indirect Characterization Work on your own to label the examples as direct or indirect characterization. Direct=Author Tells Indirect=Author Shows Often what characters don’t say reveals character. This is called SUBTEXT.