St. Lucy's L13

St. Lucy's Character Development RL.1.3

Analyze how complex characters (e.g those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of the text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

Poll

Do you think the pack is a group of individuals or individuals that make a whole?

• a group of individuals

• the individuals make a whole

Open Ended

What is the impact of the narrator’s use of the pronoun “we” to describe the pack?

Multiple Choice

What are character traits?

• physical descriptions

• qualities, such as insecurity or bravery

• what a character says

• what a character has been through

Multiple Choice

You can learn a character's traits by watching the characters _________.

• thoughts, words, actions

• physical appearance

• spiritual appearance

• thoughts, farts, actions

Multiple Choice

What is direct characterization?

• reactions of other characters give us information we need

• we learn about characters through their physical appearance

• we learn about a character through their thoughts

• an author tells you directly about the character

Multiple Choice

Indirect characterization involves _________.

• learning about characters through their thoughts and action

• an author telling us the character is scared

• an author's comments

• a listing of character qualities from the author

Multiple Choice

The reason why characters act, think, and feel as they do is ______.

• effect

• motivation

• foreshadowing

• cause

Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations)

• develop over the course of a text

• interact with other characters

• advance the plot or develop the theme

What does that mean? It means when you are reading a story, you are not only looking at a character's traits, but also their...

• direct characterization (what is the author telling you about them)

• indirect characterization (what are you learning from the character)

• motivations (what makes them act/think/feel the way they do)

Group 1 Instruction

• Fill out the graphic organizer given to you.

• Column 1: Write/give examples of the kind of issues the girls faced (what did they struggle with)

• Column 2: Write/give examples of the triumphs the girls had (what kind of successes did they have)