Characters and Character Traits

Characters

Characters

​Objective:

In this lesson, you will learn about characters.

A character is a person, and animal or another kind of being in a fiction story. Just like people in real life, story characters have traits.

Multiple Select

What is a character in a story?

Hint: there is more than 1 answer

• a person

• an animal

• another kind of being in a fiction story

• where the story takes place

​Character Trait

A trait tells what a character is like.

Character traits are determined by how a character looks, acts, thinks, feels, what they say and things that are said about them.

For example, a character might be proud, brave, or angry.

Multiple Select

Character traits are determined by the way a character...

Hint: There is more than one answer.

• acts

• thinks

• moves

• says

​Time to Practice!

Use your Character Trait Lists

Multiple Choice

Daren showed up at the banquet with food stains all over his dress shirt. He sat down, put his feet on the table, and burped loudly. The other people sitting at the table looked at each other but continued eating. What character trait does Daren demonstrate?

• Tardiness

• Mean

• Rude

• Neat

Multiple Choice

When John and Max fish Lara's purse out of the storm drain and return it to her, what character trait do they both embody (show)?

• foolishness

• honesty

• loyalty

• cowardice

Multiple Choice

Caleb saw his neighbor struggling to get his lawn mower running, so Caleb went over to his neighbor’s house and filled up his lawn mower with gas. When it still wouldn’t start, Caleb lent him his lawn mower. What character trait does Caleb demonstrate?

• intelligent

• helpful

• hateful

• nervous

Multiple Choice

Diamond spent twelve hours working on her Popsicle stick White House yesterday. Today she noticed that there are bushes in front of the building, so she spent another six hours making bushes out of construction paper. What trait describes Diamond?

• perfectionist

• lazy

• imaginative

• wasteful

​STAAR Practice!

Multiple Choice

In paragraph 1, what is the most likely reason Patty sat down on her pillow?

• She was nervous to go to the sleepover.

• She didn't feel very well.

• She was too tired to go to the sleepover.

• She was worried she might be forgetting something.

Multiple Choice

By the end of the story, what can the reader conclude about Patty and her mother's relationship?

• Patty trusts her mother's opinion.

• Her mother knows her very well.

• They spend very little time together.

• They enjoy spending time apart.

Poll

What do you think about character traits?

• I got this!

• I am having some trouble understanding.

• I don't understand but with a bit more p