2. CHARACTER TRAITS 6/29/20161

3. a person presented in a dramatic or narrative work 6/29/20162

4. Character Characters do things. They feel things. They hear things. They say things. They think things. They go places. They walk, run, leap… But the important thing is that characters act. 6/29/20163

5. CHARACTERIZATION The author may tell us these traits directly, but more often the author will show us these traits in action. Our job as readers is to draw a conclusion about the character’s traits (to infer them) from what the character says, thinks, and does. We might infer a character trait from something a character does only once, or we might draw our conclusions from a series of things the character says and does. 6/29/20164

6. ACTIONS Actions show us what kind of people these characters are: friendly, sad, nosey, happy, lovestruck, confused, angry, evil or inventive. 6/29/20165

7. ACTIONS 6/29/20166 Jerry was so happy he danced down the street. (The author was direct!)

8. THOUGHTS or EMOTIONS 6/29/20167 We learn about a character through their feelings and thoughts.

9. What other’s say… 6/29/20168 “Did you hear about …..” We learn about a character through

10. What the character says… 6/29/20169 We learn about a character through

11. Our character chart 6/29/201610 We have already begun looking at character through

12. A graphic organizer An easy way to think about characters is to use a simple chart like the one below. Jot down actions that the character takes then match them with descriptive adjectives in the character traits column. List character traits that match your character; then gather a list of actions from the book that support the traits you've listed. 6/29/201611 We will begin transferring some of our information to

13. Traits List 6/29/201612 YOU WILL BE HANDED A

14. Character traits worksheet! 6/29/201613 YOU WILL ALSO RECEIVE A

15. 6/29/201614 What’s next? Your turn to get started at looking at the character traits of our heroes and villains. Use pages 146, 148, 154, 155 and 156 in Spring Board to start, along with your notes (Link and reading packets).

16. Character Traits vs. Personality Traits 6/29/201615

17. Symbolic Portrait Steps Draw a symbolic portrait of your character. Make sure to use details from the text about your character. Place portrait inside frame on the front of this page. Outside of the frame, write or draw three things about the character that show his or her concerns. (use at least one quotation from the character or about the character) On the bottom of the page, write what your symbolic portrait means. (Why did you draw the character like you did?) Tell why did you draw your character this way? 6/29/201616

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