Do Now Take out your Making Inferences Homework. Open your binders to the Reading & Writing Section. Clear everything else off your desks.

Agenda Review Inferencing Assignment from yesterday. Mini-Lesson: Characterization Characterization Assignment Objectives You will understand characterization.

You will analyze characters based on their.... Character Traits Motivations Conflicts Opinions Relationships Changes They Go Through

Character Wheel Write about the Character’s Physical Appearance Draw a picture that represents a relationship this character has. Draw a picture that that represents this character A quote that represents this character Explain how the character changes Draw a picture to represent their major conflict

Ms. Fleming Character Wheel Brown hair, brown eyes, Caucasian, 5’4 “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” I used to want to be a hair stylist, now I am a teacher.

Now you try…Create a character wheel for Mary from the short story “Too Soon a Woman.”