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A study in character:Using S.T.E.A.L to assist
character studyLearning Goals:
Characters and “double consciousness”Homework Review: Connotation, Denotation,
Vocabulary analysisCharacter 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 40-42
• Attribute Web p 48 on a separate piece of paper for a character from the trial: Tom, Bob, Mayella, Atticus, or Heck