Character Traits

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Characters

​Physical Character Traits

• Outside

• What you see.

• Examples

  • Brown Hair

  • Green Eyes

  • Tall

  • Wears Glasses

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Multiple Select

Choose the Physical Traits of the Character.

• Big Eyes

• Nice

• Wings

• Brown

• Happy

Multiple Select

Choose the Physical Traits of the Character.

• Blue

• Firetruck

• Yellow Eyes

• Helpful

Multiple Choice

Choose the Physical Traits of the Character.

• Happy

• Helpful

• Cowboy

​Personality Character Traits

• Inside

• Thoughts

• Feelings

• Action

• Examples

  • Nice

  • Mean

  • Happy

  • Shy

Multiple Choice

Choose the Personality traits of the wolf in the Three Little Pigs.

• Mean

• Blue Hat

• Black Hair

Multiple Choice

Choose the Personality traits of the Grinch.

• Evil

• Green

• Yellow Eyes

Multiple Choice

Choose the Personality Traits for the Kratt Brothers

• Short

• Adventurous

​Protagonist

• ​Good Character

• Main Character​

​Antagonist

• ​Bad or Evil Character

Multiple Choice

Protagonist or Antagonist

• Good

• Bad

Multiple Choice

Protagonist or Antagonist

• Good

• Bad

Multiple Choice

Protagonist or Antagonist

• Good

• Bad

Multiple Choice

Protagonist or Antagonist

• Good

• Bad

Multiple Choice

Protagonist or Antagonist

• Good

• Bad

​Setting

​Setting is WHEN and WHERE the story takes place.

​WHERE

• The physical Location.

  • Woods

  • School

  • Hospital

  • Farm

  • ​Unites States

​WHEN

• Past

• Present

• Future

Multiple Choice

WHEN does this story take place?

• Past

• Present

• Future

• Space

Multiple Choice

WHEN does this story take place?

• Past

• Present

• Future

• Jungle

Multiple Choice

WHEN does this story take place?

• Past

• Present

• Future

• Bedroom

Multiple Choice

WHERE does the story take place?

• Forest

• Past

• Future

• School

Multiple Choice

WHERE does the story take place?

• Past

• Present

• Farm

• Zoo

Multiple Choice

WHERE does the story take place?

• Past

• Ocean

• Present

• Space

Multiple Choice

Alex shut the lid to his laptop with a loud clap.  Some of the people sitting at the tables near him looked up from their books and gave him annoyed looks.  Alex realized that he had disturbed them and held up his hand apologetically.  The librarian turned toward him and shushed him loudly, perhaps louder than the noise that he had made. 

• Hospital

• Woods

• Library

• Concert

Multiple Choice

Vance Powers grabbed the control stick.  Up until now he had been a prisoner on this spaceship, but even the captain knew that Vance was the only one who could navigate through an asteroid belt.  "Quick!  Take these laser cuffs off!"  The captain and the guard looked at one another hesitantly.  Boom!  The ship skidded off a large asteroid.

• Space

• Woods

• School

• Swimming P

Multiple Select

Crack! The storm raged as the men scrambled around the deck, bracing equipment. The pirate captain wrestled with the wheel. The mighty ocean tossed them to and fro. He began yelling at the men over the noise of the storm, "Argh! We must bring down the sails men! You and you… bring them down!" He called out to a pirate wearing a stripped sweater and another one with a bandanna. The pirate with the bandanna began shimmying up the mast to the crow's-nest.

• Space Ship

• Pirate Ship

• Ocean

• School

​Theme

​Theme - Message or lesson being taught during the story.

Examples:​

• Courage

• Honesty

• Loyalty

• Importance of family

• Benefits of hard work

• Friendship

• Revenge

• Redemption

Multiple Choice

Chuck wanted to get the new Game Box 9000, but the system cost $400 and he didn't have any money at all. So Chuck did what any motivated youngster would do to earn money: lots and lots of work. He mowed lawns and raked leaves. He did extra chores and searched in the couch cushions for change. He collected and returned cans and bottles. After about a month of working, Chuck earned enough money to buy the new Game.

• Hard work pays off.

• Don't judge a book by it's cover.

• You Can’t Always Get What You Want

• Friendship Is the Best Gift

Multiple Choice

A monkey put his hand into a jar of cookies.  He grasped as many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull out his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the cookie jar.  Unwilling to lose the cookies, and yet unable to withdraw his hand, he burst into tears and bitterly lamented his disappointment. 

• Hard work pays off

• Don't be greedy

• Everyone Has Their Own Special Gift

• Pick Your Battles Wisely

Multiple Choice

One summer’s day, in a field, a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great effort an ear of corn he was taking to his nest.

"Why don’t you come and chat with me," asked the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling your life away?"

"I am helping to store up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and I recommend you to do the same."

"Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper. "We have got plenty of food at present."

But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil.

When winter came, the Grasshopper found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing, every day, corn and grain from the stores they had collected in summer.

Then the Grasshopper knew..........

• Don' t Procrastinate

• Importance of family

• Pick Your Battles Wisely

​Conflict

(Problem)​

• ​The conflict is the PROBLEM in the story.

• The conflict is what is keeping your characters from achieving their goals.

• ​Character vs Character

• Character vs Nature

• Character vs Technology

• Character vs Supernatural

• Character vs Self

• Character vs Society ​

Multiple Choice

Jimmy and Eric compete for the same position on the baseball team.

• Character vs Character

• Character vs Nature

• Character vs Self

Multiple Choice

Alexa caught her friend Jamie stealing from a classmate. Now Alexa must choose between keeping her friendship with Jamie and doing the right thing.

• Character Vs Character

• Character Vs Nature

• Character vs Self

Multiple Choice

Alex and Scott are out at sea on a small fishing boat when a large storm hits. After their boat flips over and sinks during the storm, Alex and Scott struggle to make it back to the shore.

• Character Vs Character

• Character Vs Nature

• Character Vs Self

​Solution

​Solution is how the Conflict or Problem within the story is solved.

Multiple Choice

John didn’t know what to take to school for Show and Tell. He asked his mother for an idea. She suggested he take the ribbon his dog won at the pet parade. What is the solution within the story?

• John did know what to take to Show and Tell

• He asked his mother for ideas

• His dog won a ribbon

Multiple Choice

Emily knew she had to get to school on time, but her mother said she couldn’t

drive her. Emily decided to leave early and walk to school. What is the solution in the story?

• Emily left early and waled to school

• Emily's mother could not take her to school.

• Emily had to go to school.

Multiple Choice

Robert was afraid the flooding river would reach his home. His parents were

away, and he was watching with his little sister. He saddled his horse, and he

and his sister rode to the top of the hill.

• The river was flooding.

• Robert was watching his little sister

• Robert went to the top of the hill.