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• Go to Google Classroom
• Date your paper under yesterday's grammar warm up
and complete DAY 5 and paragraph
section of DAY 6 of the HOMOPHONES file.
• For the Day 6 paragraph, rewrite it correcting all
mistakes (punctuation, capitalization, etc.)
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Battle of the Books
• Introductory meeting on Wednesday 9/14 during AE
Time (study hall day)
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Answer this question in your notes...
As readers, how do we get to know and
understand the characters in a story?
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We get to know characters through an
author's use of
characterization
the way an author reveals what a character
is like and how he/she changes / develops
through the story.
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Think of it in terms of a new
student walking into the
classroom...
the new kid
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What is the very first thing you
notice about a new person?
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So let's say this new kid sits down in the
desk beside you...How else might you get to
know him/her?
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Now you go sit with your friends at lunch.
How could you find out more information
about this new kid?
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Well...this is the same way that we as
readers get to know characters!
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Physical appearance
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Speech and actions
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dialogue
vs. dialect
Define dialogue -
Define dialect -
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Other characters' reactions
How do others
treat the
character?
What do they say
about him/ her?
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Narrator's direct comments
What
qualities
does the
narrator
say the
character
has?
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Characterization -
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direct vs. indirect
the techniques a writer uses to develop a
character
other
character's
Physical
appearance
thoughts,
character's
reactions
narrator's direct
comments
speech and
actions
What do
What does
What does the
others say
the character
character think,
about the
look like?
say and do?
character?
What qualities
does the
narrator say the
character has?
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Turn to pg. 68 in your Literature book
Thank You, M'am
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Characterization and conflict - Your assignment:
Read "Thank You Ma'am." Select one character and support the author's
development of this character with evidence from the text. Create a
chart like the one below.
Roger
Mrs. Jones
METHOD OF CHARACTERIZATION
LINE(S) FROM THE STORY
Physical appearance
Character's thoughts, actions and speech
Other character's reactions
Narrator's direct comments
What is an example of an external conflict in this story?
What is an example of an internal conflict in this story?
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