Setting and Character Monday

Today we will describe characters an setting

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What is Inference ?

An inference is something that may be true based on information that we have.

* An inference is supported by details from the text.

*An inference is not written in the text.

Multiple Choice

What is an inference supported by?

• a guess

• details from the text

• the main idea

How to describe a character?

An author describes characters by their thoughts, words and actions. 

Character Traits

We descirbe what a chracters personality by using their thoughts, actions and words. To do this we use adjectives to help us.

We often have to infer because we do not have a picture to guide us.

Using chacters actions words and thoughts to help give us an INFERENCE of what the character is like.

Multiple Choice

What are character traits?

• the struggles in the plot of a story

• descriptive adjectives that tell you what a character is like

• all of the events that happen in a story

• the places where a story happens

Multiple Select

What can you use to figure out what a character's traits are? Choose all that apply.

• what a character says

• what a character thinks

• what a character looks like

• the way a character is named

Multiple Choice

"Joy never wants to share her toys. When her friends come over, she never gives them a chance to play with any of them."

Which character trait best describes Joy?

• generous

• selfish

• smart

• kind

How to describe the setting?

An author describe the setting using the time, place, and environment.

Multiple Select

How can an author describe the setting in a story? Choose all that apply.

• actions

• place

• environment

• thoughts

• time

Multiple Choice

Let's read the following passage from Alice in Wonderland:

Once in the wood, she was anxious to get back to her right size again, and then to get into that lovely garden. But how? Peeping over a mushroom, she beheld a large blue caterpillar sitting on the top with its arms folded...

Which detail from the text provides a clue 🔎 to the place where this passage takes place?

• “Once in the wood…"

• “A large blue caterpillar..”

• “...get back to her right size again...”

• “...with its arms folded”

Multiple Choice

Read the following passage:

As Maribelle hurried down the street, the wind swept the snow along the sidewalk and hid her footsteps, so that it looked as if no one had passed. Above her, the cold, silent skyscrapers of the city loomed. The whole block was eerily silent in the snowstorm, and she pulled her coat tightly around her. Maribelle had only moved here a few months before. She came because she wanted to be a singer. But right now, she was frightened.
Which detail from the passage provides a clue 🔎 to the setting?

• “Above her, the cold, silent skyscrapers of the city loomed.”

• “Maribelle had only moved here a few months before.”

• “But right now, she was frightened.”

• “She came because she wanted to be a singer.”

Lets read the following passage:

Bobby broke into the brand-new high school gymnasium, way past his curfew on the chilly November night. He knew this was wrong, but he couldn’t help himself. He had to see where he would be playing this Friday. His jaw dropped at the sight of the beautiful new building. The shiny basketball court shimmered in the moonlight. In 1940 they promised this gym, ten years later they finally came good on their promise and Bobby was one of the first to get to play in the new facility. He took a deep breath in and grinned at the smell of the new wood on the bleachers. He began to visualize himself playing on the court. The sound of fans cheering and the feel of the ball in his fingertips. He opened his eyes. His heart filled with excitement. Friday could not come soon enough.

Open Ended

Where is the location of the setting?

Bobby broke into the brand-new high school gymnasium, way past his curfew on the chilly November night. He knew this was wrong, but he couldn’t help himself. He had to see where he would be playing this Friday. His jaw dropped at the sight of the beautiful new building. The shiny basketball court shimmered in the moonlight. In 1940 they promised this gym, ten years later they finally came good on their promise and Bobby was one of the first to get to play in the new facility. He took a deep breath in and grinned at the smell of the new wood on the bleachers. He began to visualize himself playing on the court. The sound of fans cheering and the feel of the ball in his fingertips. He opened his eyes. His heart filled with excitement. Friday could not come soon enough.

Poll

How are you feeling about today's lesson?

• I have this!

  😁😁

• I am starting to understand!

  😉😉

• I am pretty unsure of my learning.

  😏😏

• What are we doing?

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