Lesson 1 - Character Traits & Setting

8/12/2019 Lesson 1 - Character Traits & Setting

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Learning Goals:1. To identify characters traits for each

character


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2. To identify the setting


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People, animals, and imaginary creaturestotake part in the action of the story.

Usually theres !" main character #ho

takes part in all of the action.

$inor characters are less%important and

interact #ith the main character to make


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the

story mo&e along.


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demanding

'old

angry'ossy

"asygoing

childish

(uiet

strict

grumpy

thankful

stu''orn

confused

annoyed

arrogant

sneaky

acti&e

scared

grateful

secreti&e

unfriendly

carefulimpolite

mysteriousnaughty


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$any times #hile reading, you feel aconnection #ith a character. $any times,it is

'ecause you and the character sharesome ofthe same traits, or personality.

)haracter traits are not al#ays told. *orinstance, if +o''y gi&es a homelessperson

-, you might infer +o''y is kind. "&enthough the author didn t tell you the


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character is kind, it is implied.


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"/cerpt from 0 ays ait3 'y "rnest 4eming#ay

5 #ent up to him and found him ine/actlythe position 5 had left him, #hite%faced, 'ut #iththe tops of his cheeks flushed 'y the fe&er,staringstill, as he had starred, at the foot of the 'ed.

5 took his temperature.0 hat is it63

07omething like a hundred,3 5 said. 5t #as one hundred%t#o and four%tenths.05t #as a hundred and t#o,3 hesaid. 0 ho said so630The doctor.308our temperature is all right,3 5 said. 05ts

nothing to #orry a'out.305 dont #orry,3 he said, 0'ut 5 cant keep

from thinking.301ont think,3 5 said. 09ust take it easy.3

05m taking it easy,3 he said andlooked

straight ahead. 4e #as e&idently holdingtight onto himself a'outsomething .


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esponse to Literature:

2hat is the 'est

#ay to descri'ethe 'oy6 Use atleast t#o detailsfrom the te/t to

support yourans#er.


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"/cerpt from 0!adia the illful3 'y 7ue le/ander

;nd less she #as listened to, the less

she #as a'le to recall 4ameds faceand&oice. ;nd the less she recalled, themore her temper raged #ithin her,destroying the peace she had found.

+y e&ening, she could stand it nolonger.7he #ent to #here her father sat,

staring into the dessert, and stood'efore him.

08ou #ill not ro' me of my 'rother4amed


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Time and place #here a story takes place

Time may 'e past=present=future>

day=night>fall=#inter=spring=summer

Place may 'e real or imaginary

7etting often plays role in conflicts ? ho#theyare resol&ed.

7etting can influence characters actions.


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"/cerpt from 07couts 4onor3 'y ;&i

7ince 5 gre# up in +rooklynin the 1@ABs, the only grass 5kne#

#as in "''ets *ield #here the

odgers played. ther#ise,my

#orld #as made of slatepa&ements, streets of asphalt Corco''lestoneD, and skies full of tall'uildings. The only thing0country3 #as a puny pin oak treeat our cur', #hich #as noticed,mostly, 'y dogs.


hen and #heredoes this story takeplace6 2hat #ordsor phrases descri'e

the setting6


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"/cerpt from 0 ays ait3 'y "rnest 4eming#ay

5t #as a 'right, cold day, the

ground co&ered #ith a sleet that hadfroEen so that it seemed as if all the'are trees, the 'ushes, the cut'rush,

and all the grass and the 'aregroundhad 'een &arnished #ith ice. 5 took

the young 5rish setter for a little #alkup the road and among a froEencreek, 'ut it #as difficult to stand or

#alk on the glassy surface and the

red dog slippedand slithered and5

fell t#ice, hard,once droppingmygun and ha&ing it

slide a#ay o&er theice .


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hen and #here

does this story takeplace6 2hat #ordsor phrases descri'e

the setting6

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