Happy TUESDAY!
• I hope you are ready to
work.
• Please get seated
quietly.
• First, copy the
information on the
right into your planner.
• Second, NO DOL
today. Instead, take
out your literature
spiral notebook and
prepare to take a few
notes.
• Tuesday: Notes & begin video,
focusing on characterization
(notes)
• Wednesday: Vocab Qz #7, &
intro Vocab #8 (Flashcards due
Thursday.)
• Thursday: Continue video &
study on characterization
(notes)
• Friday: Complete video and
write analysis on characters.
Character
• Character: the story’s actors.
• Fictional characters can tell us a great deal
about what it might be like in another place
and time.
• They can give us insight into ourselves.
• A character is not a face or a name.
Creating Characters
• Characterization: Creating characters
– Character Traits – the things that describe
what a character is like.
• Direct characterization: The author tells us
what the character is like.
• Indirect Characterization: The author tells
what the character is like by using one or
more of five tools.
Indirect Characterization
• Five Tools:
1. Appearance: How a person looks and dresses can tell
us a great deal about them as a person.
2. Dialogue: What a person says can provide clues.
3. Private Thoughts: When the narrator is telling the
story, private thoughts can give clues.
4. Actions: What people do tells us a great deal about
them.
5. Effects: How the character’s actions effects others
gives hints about the character.
Direct Characterization
The author directly states what the character is like.
• The evil Darth Vader plotted his revenge.
• The sweet young princess helped save the
children.
• The cunning and sly fox waited behind a tree in
the woods, hoping his prey would arrive soon.
• The cruel Cruella hoped to make the puppies into
a new coat.
Character Types
• Static & Dynamic characters:
• Round characters are more like real people. They are
complex and have many traits.
• A Stock character is one that we are very familiar with.
They are stereotypical.
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Villain
Hero
Mad scientist
Jock
Cheerleader
Teacher
Static Characters
• A static character is one who does not
change much in the course of a story.
In “The Most Dangerous Game”, Zaroff does
not change. His goals, beliefs, and ideals
remain the same throughout the story and to
his demise.
Dynamic Characters
• A dynamic character changes as a result of
the story’s events.
In “The Most Dangerous Game”, Rainsford DOES change.
In the beginning he is totally unconcerned about the
feelings of the hunted. At the end of the story, he has
changed dramatically in that he is much more empathetic
to the plight of the hunted.
Static & Dynamic Characters
In “Thank you, Ma’m”, one of the characters
is static and one, we hope, is dynamic, but do
not have evidence of that.
Which is static, or unchanging?
(Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones)
Which do we hope is dynamic?
(Roger)
Your Personal Bio-poem
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About you
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First Name
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3-4 adjectives that describe you
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Important relationship (daughter of… )
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2-3 things you love
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3 feelings you have about life
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3 fears you have
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Accomplishments
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2-3 things you want to experience
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Your residence
Line 10 Last name
Bio-poem Example
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This one is on me. It is my personal Bio-poem.
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Bill
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I am funny, caring and cool.
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I am the husband of Rhonda.
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I love God, family and friends.
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I feel happy, excited, and sometimes scared.
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I fear our economy, our president, and spiders.
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I have my education, a house, and a job I love.
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I want to skydive, scuba dive, and fly a jet.
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I live in Lancaster California
Line 10 Alford