A study in character: Using S.T.E.A.L to assist character study Learning Goals: Characters and “double consciousness” Homework Review: Connotation, Denotation, Vocabulary analysis Character Think Aloud

Quickwrite Take out your packets from your homework and your spiral. Use the next 5 minutes of class to answer this prompt: W. E. B. DuBoise speaks of "double- consciousness" - the sense of having to look at oneself through the eyes of others. Which characters in To Kill A Mockingbird are basically forced to look at themselves through the lens of others, being expected to behave as other people want them to behave?

Quickwrite continued Write for two minutes in the voice of one of these characters explaining how he or she has to change their actions, tone, and behaviors because of double consciousness. Read your writing to a peer

Overall.. What do you like What do you not like What flat characters do you notice What dynamic/round characters do you notice

Homework Review Connotation/Denotation Vocabulary Analysis Historical Analysis Review

Acronym for characterization S.T.E.A.L Indirect Characterization Direct Characterization Consider the character you are focusing on for the character analysis essay. Begin applying S.T.E.A.L using quotes and paraphrases from the novel.

Due Tuesday Finish the novel On a separate paper in your notebook p 36 in the packet Vocab Attribute Web p 48 on a separate piece of paper for a character from the trial: Tom, Bob, Mayella, Atticus, or Heck