Name:
Class Period:
Due Date:
Title of Courage Book:
Part I: Characterization in Reader’s Workshop Titles
A. Indirect Characterization: Use the character webs you have collected in your writer’s notebook to indirectly
characterize the main character in your chosen novel. Identify three things that showcases his or her courage
(Speech, Thoughts/Feelings, Effect on Others, Actions, Looks–don’t just tell me about their appearance though).
Book Title:
Acts of Courage
Character
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B. Provide one other character trait for your character and give two example (with pg. number) of how that
character showed that trait. Since traits are repeated behaviors, provide one example from the first half of the
novel and one from the last half.
Character:
Trait:
Creative Characterization
Choose one of the options below. For either option, keep in mind the traits and feelings of your character:
1. Write a journal entry from the perspective of your character after something significant happens in the
story. Do not just repeat what the character says and does in the story. Really try to put yourself in the
shoes of your character and think about what he or she would feel.
2. Write about how your character would feel if they came to PCMS for a day with you. What would they
do, think, say, etc.? Who would they sit with at lunch? Would they be friends with you? Why/why not?
Get creative, but stay true to your character.
Part II: Conflict
Choose a conflict that impacted your character and then answer the following questions
.
Conflict:
Type of Conflict:
How did conflict influence your character’s
decisions and actions?
How did conflict lead to change in your character?
Part III: Literary Analysis
Figurative Language: Choose two different types of figurative language found in your book and analyze how it
was used to add to the meaning of the text. (metaphor, simile, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, personification,
oxymoron, allusion, pun, idiom.)
Example 2
Example 1
Type:
Type:
Text (w/ page #):
Text (w/ page #):
How it adds meaning to the text:
How it adds meaning to the text:
Part IV: Theme
Use the outline below to answer the following question: What is a theme (besides “it takes courage to be an
individual”) that is prevalent throughout the story. Use claim, evidence, and analysis to answer this. Claim
(statement of a theme in the story), evidence (examples from the text), analysis (explanation of how those
examples explain the theme).
What do you think the theme of the story was? Provide a complete answer and use evidence from the text.
Claim:
Evidence 1 w/ pg. number:
Analysis of evidence:
Evidence 2 w/ pg. number:
Analysis of evidence 2:
Part V: POV
What POV is the story told from? _______________________________________________________
How does this point of view affect you as the reader?
Part VI: Final Reflection
After reading the book, think about how much you enjoyed the book. Answer the questions below.
1. Did you like the book? Why or why not?
2.
What was your favorite part of the book? Why?
3.
What was your least favorite part of the book? Why?