Happy Monday 9/21/15 Copy the following sentence and tell me everything you notice. The two girls returned with clean faces and hands, and Teenie handed them each an outfit worn by the house serving maids. Copy the following sentence and tell me everything you notice. The two girls returned with clean faces and hands, and Teenie handed them each an outfit worn by the house serving maids.

Character Traits When you read a story watch the characters as if they were real people. adventurous greedy unhappy aggressive fearful

To identify character traits think of the following (Take Notes Reader’s Notebook) : What does the character say and do? What does the character think and feel? How does the character look? What do the other characters think about the character? How does the character make you feel? What does the character say and do? What does the character think and feel? How does the character look? What do the other characters think about the character? How does the character make you feel? shygraceful

Use an organizer while you read. What does the character say and do? What does the character think and feel? How does the character look? What do the other characters think about the character? How does the character make you feel? The Name of Your Character: ________ sneakyintelligent Name a character trait ________________ If possible name another character trait ________________

Read The Excerpt And Identify a Character Trait for Clay “Let me warn you girl. Women don’t need to be reading, so you keep that ability to yourself. And don’t you ever get it in your head to teach a slave to read! My father would have you whipped for such.” His father, walking with swift authority, approached the wagon. People moved out of his way as he walked. Clay seemed a little less sure of himself in the presence of his father, Polly thought.

The Name of Your Character: Clay What does the character say and do? What does the character think and feel? How does the character look? What do the other characters think about the character? How does the character make you feel? Name a character trait for Clay: ________________ If possible name another character trait ________________

Independently read The Excerpt And Identify a Character Trait for Polly “Pleased to meet you, Miss Teenie,” Polly said with difficulty. She didn’t think a negro deserved the title of “Miss”, but some how this woman seemed to require it. Her father taught her to disrespect Negros, but her mother had taught her to respect her elders. Don’t be callin’ me Miss Teenie lessen you want to get us both in trouble. Just Teenie be fine.

Use an organizer while you read. What does the character say and do? What does the character think and feel? How does the character look? What do the other characters think about the character? How does the character make you feel? The Name of Your Character: ________ sneakyintelligent Name a character trait ________________ If possible name another character trait ________________

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Did You Notice? Character traits are descriptive adjectives. We can describe characters using character traits that tells us the specific qualities of the character. An author may tell us the character traits directly, but more often the author will show us these traits by what the character does. Character traits are descriptive adjectives. We can describe characters using character traits that tells us the specific qualities of the character. An author may tell us the character traits directly, but more often the author will show us these traits by what the character does. evil protctive

How does understanding character traits help me understand the story?

Character Traits: Help us understand why characters speak and act the way they do. Help us understand what the characters think or why they have certain beliefs. Help us understand a characters relationships with other characters. Help us predict what characters might do next. Help us make inferences and to draw conclusions about events in the story. Help us understand why characters speak and act the way they do. Help us understand what the characters think or why they have certain beliefs. Help us understand a characters relationships with other characters. Help us predict what characters might do next. Help us make inferences and to draw conclusions about events in the story.

Lets Review Character traits are descriptive adjectives. We can describe characters using character traits that tells us the specific qualities of the character. An author may tell us the character traits directly, but more often the author will show us these traits by what the character does. vain

To identify character traits think of the following: What does the character say and do? What does the character think and feel? How does the character look? What do the other characters think about the character? How does the character make you feel? What does the character say and do? What does the character think and feel? How does the character look? What do the other characters think about the character? How does the character make you feel? playfulcareless

NOTE: Choose a character from “Copper Sun”, using the graphic organizer and identify a character trait. NOTE: You may choose Mr. Derby or Teenie.

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Use an organizer while you read. What does the character say and do? What does the character think and feel? How does the character look? What do the other characters think about the character? How does the character make you feel? The Name of Your Character: ________ Name a character trait ________________ If possible name another character trait ________________