1. DYNAMIC V. STATIC CHARACTERS ROUND V. FLAT CHARACTERS

2.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azUsjQwF_UI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azUsjQwF_UI LET’S WATCH A SHORT VIDEO

3. SO … LET’S SEE HOW WELL YOU WERE PAYING ATTENTION! TURN ON YOUR QUIZDOMS NOW!

4. TRUE OR FALSE A static character CHANGES in the course of a story.

5. TRUE OR FALSE A static character can also be called a flat character.

6. TRUE OR FALSE A dynamic character is a character who changes during the course of a story.

7. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DOES NOT REPRESENT A DYNAMIC CHARACTER? A)Changes in personal values B)Changes in attitudes C)Changes in hair color D)Changes in personality traits – for ex.: from cowardly to courageous

8. WHICH WORD MEANS … LITTLE OR NO CHANGE A)Static B)Dynamic

9. TRUE OR FALSE The protagonist of a story is usually a dynamic character.

10. LET’S FILL OUR NOTES PAGE  Static – to show little or no change  Static characters –  characters who do not change in the course of a story  Supporting characters  Are flat characters  Main Idea  Static characters do NOT change!

11. LET’S FILL OUR NOTES PAGE  Dynamic – reflecting change  Dynamic characters –  characters who change during the course of a story  They change in their personal values, beliefs, attitudes, the way they look at life, personality traits  The main character  The protagonist  Are round characters  Main Idea  Dynamic characters change!

12. LET’S FILL OUR NOTES PAGE  Flat character  Only 1 or 2 personality traits  Does not change during course of the story  They do not grow in maturity  Are static characters  Main Idea  Flat characters – only 1 trait - do NOT change!

13. LET’S FILL OUR NOTES PAGE  Round character  Shows many personality traits – several sides to their personality  Changes internally during the story  Are dynamic characters  The protagonist is always a round character  Main Idea  Round characters – many personality traits revealed – changes

14. LET’S FILL OUR NOTES PAGE SSummarize DDynamic characters are characters that undergo a major internal change during the course of the story. SStatic characters do not undergo any internal change during the story. RRound characters are well-developed characters with many personality traits and who change during the story. FFlat characters have only 1 or 2 personality traits and do not change during the story. Dynamic = changes Static = no change Round = many traits revealed Flat = only 1 or 2 traits revealed

15.  Remember that last class novel we read? Choose a DYNAMIC character from that novel and write a BRIEF essay describing this dynamic character. Be sure to include examples from the story that SUPPORT your opinion that the character you chose is in fact a DYNAMIC character. YOUR TURN …