1. Characterization

2. 1st and 4th Period
Milestone Practice # 7-16

3. Bell Ringer Tuesday Dear Teacher Letter
We have been working on Narrative writing. Today, you will demonstrate your knowledge of letter writing. Ms. Stewart and Mrs. Osakwe will be looking for the goals that you have set for yourself this year and the strategy or plan that you implemented to achieve those goals. Be sure to explain what you will continue to do to remain successful throughout your 7th grade career. To start your letter is on the next slide.

4. February 26, 2019
Dear Ms. Stewart, Since the beginning of the school year, I had _____goals for myself. Currently, I have accomplished _______of them. My goals are.... I plan to achieve my goals by doing the following things: Sincerely, Your name should be written here

5. Bell Ringer Wednesday Transitional Words or Phrases
In your group and using your narrative transitional words chart given to you on yesterday, fill in the blanks below. Reread the short passage to yourself to make sure you have inserted a word of sensible understanding. (YOU CAN NOT USE THE TRANSTIONAL WORD NEXT.) A year ago, I was just a little girl. I lived with my parents, sister, and brother. One day we were out for a walk and we found a snake. ________, my sister screamed! She hates snakes. ________, my brother started looking for a stick so he could kill the snake. ________, my dad shouted, “Stay away from that snake!” ________, we turned around and ran as fast as we could all the way home!

6. Writing Prompt for Today

7. Introduction, Body, Closing
Have you ever been challenged with a task that you thought would be completely impossible? Sometimes I’m asked to do the unthinkable. Well, at least to me it’s the unthinkable. Ugh! Public speaking terrifies me when being on a stage addressing an adult audience. About five years ago, on a Friday afternoon, my Uncle called. He called to ask if I would deliver the Black History speech at my childhood’s church. I immediately thought to say, “No.”

14. Let’s Take A Look At A Few Examples
Example #1: The Most Dangerous Game (By Richard Connell)
‘Ivan is an incredibly strong fellow,’ remarked the general, ‘but he has the misfortune to be deaf and dumb. A simple fellow, but, I’m afraid, like all his race, a bit of a savage.’

15. Example 1
Example 1 passage shows a good example of a direct characterization. Here one of the characters has explicitly described another character which is Ivan in the story. The author leaves readers with no more questions about him. We actually know that Ivan is a muscular, huge man, having a long black beard. He is deaf and dumb, yet strong.

16. Example #2: The Old Man and the Sea (by Earnest Hemingway)
“The old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck. The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheek … Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.”

17. Example 2
The author, Hemingway uses the method of direct characterization to describe the old man’s personality traits, cheerful.

18. Your Turn! Explain how the author has characterized each character in the sentences below and on the next slide. All of these sentences are direct characterization.
Karen is bright, energetic, and helpful.
Joe was motivated by money. He had no use for love or family.
While Jill loved Bradley, she knew she was not the marrying kind.
Raheem is often distracted, but one thing he stays focused on is girls.
When Jill's mother was diagnosed with cancer, Jill felt that the world as she knew it had ended.

19. 6. Bill was short and fat, and his bald spot was widening with every passing year.
7. ‘Jane is a cruel person,’ she said.’.
8. I looked in the mirror and saw how dark the circles under my green eyes had become.
Your Turn

21. Protagonist Leading Character
A protagonist is the leading character of a story. The protagonist is at the center of the story, makes the key decisions, and experiences the consequences of those decisions. The protagonist is the primary agent propelling the story forward, and is often the character who faces the most significant obstacles. If a story contains a subplot, or is a narrative made up of several stories, then each subplot may have its own protagonist.

22. Antagonist
An antagonist is the character in a story who is against the protagonist. An antagonist is used as a plot device, to set up conflicts, obstacles, or challenges for the protagonist. Though not every story requires an antagonist, it often is used in plays to increase the level of drama. In tragedies, antagonists are often the cause of the protagonist's main problem, or lead a group of characters against the protagonist.

25. Indirect Characterization