LITERATURE-CHARACTERS & CHARACTERISTICS

LITERATURE

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​CHARACTERS

​SUCCESS CRITERIA

​Pupils will be able to

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​1. Identify at least 3/6 characteristics based on the descriptions given.

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​2. Identify at least 2/3 characteristics of one of the character in Cheat.

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​3. Write at least one evidence from the short story based on Lynne Webbings 's characteristics.

​https://youtu.be/QJqbEiYAzBc

​Watch the video below to understand about the short story - ' Cheat'

​MAIN CHARACTERS IN ' CHEAT'

• ​LYNNE WEBBINGS

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• ​GEOFF BOLDER

ACTIVITY 1

​1. Read the descriptions in next slides.

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​2. Identify 3 characteristics based on the descriptions.

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Multiple Select

She comes from a rich family but has simple tastes for life. She has servants called Marie and Louis and a car. She run errands by herself and does not mind wearing an old coat and hat that belongs to her maid. One day, she hurts her food. She accepts invitation to have dinner with a man who helped her to give her foot some time to recover. She likes his blue eyes and kindness. In the restaurant,  the man tells her that he is do-nothing ' person. She is not impressed and insists on knowing whether he has a steady job. She is firm about her preferences. She prefers a man who has proper work and does not mind if he is poor.

• simple

• firm

• wealthy

• dishonest

Multiple Select

He is an office worker earning a salary of 18 dollars a week. He saves a dollar a week from his limited salary. He is thus able to dress like a rich man and eats at one of the best restaurants in New York once every ten weeks.  As he is walking on the street, he runs into girl. With her old hat and cheap-looking coat, she looks like a shop girl. The girl has hurt her foot so he helps her to get up. Then, he invites the girl for dinner. She accepts her invitation and introduces herself. He tells her about his lifestyle, that being rich but in reality , he isn't. He did not reveal the truth himself.

• dishonest

• thrifty 

• helpful

• dishonest

ACTIVITY 2

​1. Read the descriptions in next slides.

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​2. Identify 3 characteristics based on the descriptions.

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Multiple Select

Based on the short story 'Cheat', what are the 3 characteristics of Lynne Webbings ?

• fair

• hardworking

• gracious

• selfish

Open Ended

Based on the short story 'Cheat', what are the evidences from the short story that shows Lynne Webbings is a hardworking girl ?

Open Ended

Based on the short story 'Cheat', what are the evidences from the short story that shows Lynne Webbings is a fair girl ?

Open Ended

Based on the short story 'Cheat', what are the evidences from the short story that shows Lynne Webbings is a gracious girl ?

​THANK YOU!