Character Traits

After this lesson
  • You know what character traits are
  • You know the difference between direct characterisation and  indirect characterisation
  • You can make a character analysis of Junior from Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian 
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After this lesson
  • You know what character traits are
  • You know the difference between direct characterisation and  indirect characterisation
  • You can make a character analysis of Junior from Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian 

Slide 1 - Diapositive

what does "character traits" mean?

Slide 2 - Carte mentale

Slide 3 - Vidéo

What are descriptive adjectives?
A
Words like "clever" and "beautiful" that tell you what a character is like
B
Words like "girl" or "boy" that tell you what a character is like
C
Words that help tell the story

Slide 4 - Quiz

Which one is an example of "direct characterisation"
A
The lion crawled away in a corner when the enemy appeared
B
The lion roared loudly and ran away
C
The lion was cowardly

Slide 5 - Quiz

Which of these was NOT mentioned as a way to analyse a character?
A
How a character feels
B
How a character looks
C
How a character is treated by other characters
D
What readers' opinion of a character is

Slide 6 - Quiz

In the example of Greta, how does the rapper prove that she is sneaky, untrustworthy and dishonest?

Slide 7 - Question ouverte

Finish: What I think, what I do, what I feel, what I say, the way I am treated and ...
A
described
B
looked at
C
pictured
D
seen

Slide 8 - Quiz

Direct characterisation

Character traits that are told to us by the narrator directly and literarally.

Example: Jack was a shy boy.
Indirect characterisation

What we learn about a character by analysing the text and finding evidence about the character in the text

Example: Jack didn't say much and when he was forced to speak in class he would turn bright red and stutter a little.

Slide 9 - Diapositive



direct characterisation

Slide 10 - Carte mentale



indirect characterisation

Slide 11 - Carte mentale



descriptive adjectives

Slide 12 - Carte mentale

How do you analyse a character (think of the line from the song: what I think..)

Slide 13 - Question ouverte

what are character traits?

Slide 14 - Question ouverte

After this lesson
  • You know what character traits are
  • You know the difference between direct characterisation and  indirect characterisation
  • You can make a character analysis of Junior from Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian 

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