1. Clear your desk of everything but a pen or pencil

2. Ten minutes of book love
Please have your packet out on your desk for a check

3. Please put your name on the bottom of the quiz you are grading

4. Direct Characterization
an aspect of a character the author explains outright
Example: “IT was a much younger man, and not as tall as father either, but he wore the same type of uniform, only without as many decorations on it.”
What do we know about this man, based on how he’s described here?

5. Indirect Characterization
an aspect of a character the author does not say outright, but implies
“He looked the boy up and down as if he had never seen a child before and wasn’t sure what he was supposed to do with one: eat it, ignore it, or kick it down the stairs”
What do we know about this man, based on how he’s described here?

6. Find your 2 o’clock Partner
Read through the different examples of indirect characterization and write down what you can infer about each Character.

7. Turn and talk to a partner:
why would the author choose to tell a story about this time period from the perspective of a child?

8. Writing exercise: write about one of the time periods below from the perspective of a 9-year old child:
American 1920’s
American Great Depression
WWI
the atomic bomb

9. Homework:
Chapters 4-6 and packet Due Tuesday