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INVESTIGATING CHARACTERIZATION Session 1: A Deep Dive Into Perspective starting with a Read-Aloud SLIDESMANIA.COM  Reading Unit: Unit Overview Investig...

INVESTIGATING CHARACTERIZATION Session 1: A Deep Dive Into Perspective starting with a Read-Aloud SLIDESMANIA.COM  Reading Unit: Unit Overview Investigating Bend 1 A Deep Dive into Perspective Characterization Sessions 1 - 7 Things I’ll Need Every Day: My reader’s notebook Something to write with Bend 2 Sessions 8 - 14 Author’s Craft: Analyzing How Authors Bring Characters to Life My book to read! Post-its or writing paper/RNB Bend 3 Sessions 15 - 21 Investigating Authorial Control SLIDESMANIA.COM Created by Julie Lemanski, SLIDESMANIA.COM [email protected]  Session #0 A Preview of Each Day First, the Mini Lesson Third, Independent Work Time Every day will begin with one mini lesson. After the mini lesson and reviewing the anchor chart… Always come to the mini lesson with your notebook, Make a plan for your 30 minutes of independent something to write with, and your book. work time: The mini lesson will last 5-10 minutes. ○ What kind of thinking work will I practice today? ○ How will I set up my notebook page to convey Second, the Anchor Chart my thinking work? The Fourth, the Share Anchor Charts... Follow the directions of the Share. The Share will be different every day…...are a visual Sometimes you might be asked to post to a Padlet....are a collection reminder of what...will change Sometimes you might be asked to upload a picture of all the mini you can practice throughout the of your notebook. lessons during unit Sometimes you might be asked to film a Flipgrid to independent work share with classmates. time Sometimes you might be asked to complete an Exit Ticket. SLIDESMANIA.COM SLIDESMANIA.COM  CHARACTERIZATION Character’s perspective- How does a character see the world or how he interprets/responds to How authors develop characters. what happens. It is a literary device that is used To understand character’s step-by-step in literature to highlight perspective we pay close attention to and explain the details about a the details like character’s character in a story. background,environment,personality traits,relationships that show what character’s motivations and obstacles are. SLIDESMANIA.COM SLIDESMANIA.COM  We will study how authors develop In this Unit characters. We will investigate characters’ perspectives. SLIDESMANIA.COM SLIDESMANIA.COM  We will be studying short stories by multiple authors, then we will choose one of the author’s to stick with, the focus of this entire unit will be on characters. IN THIS BEND We will be studying “Character’s Perspectives” SLIDESMANIA.COM SLIDESMANIA.COM  Turn and Talk Rick Riordan What authors have you enjoyed the most? Have you read more than one book by a particularGary Paulsen author? Jerry Spinelli Jean Craighead George Cynthia Lord J. K. Rowling SLIDESMANIA.COM  Guiding Question What is it that makes writers’ stories so compelling/interesting? What makes these authors so great? SLIDESMANIA.COM  Discuss CHARACTERS What are How do. we they?. get to know about them? SLIDESMANIA.COM  A character is a person, or sometimes an animal, who takes part inCharacter the action of a short story or other literary work. Characters and how we get to know them: Through the author’s physical description of them Through their actions Through their words (dialogue) Through their inner thoughts Through what other characters say and think about them 10 SLIDESMANIA.COM  Character: A Person/Animal In A Story Some Types: Dynamic: changes over the course of the story Static: does not change Round: fully developed and active Flat: no development, just in the story Protagonist: main character that readers cheer on Antagonist: villain/Character that aids the conflict Foil: opposite in personality to the protagonist Stock: archetypal with fixed qualities recurring in different fictional works SLIDESMANIA.COM  Characterization Direct Indirect Narrator explicitly Author requires the describes the audience to infer what a background, motivation, character is like through temperament, or what the character says, appearance of a character does, thinks or what others say about the character. SLIDESMANIA.COM  Direct Characterization Learning About Characters (Telling) ○ Author description. Indirect Characterization (Showing) ○ Speech - what the character says, what this reveals about the character ○ Thoughts - what the character thinks, do words/actions match thoughts. ○ Effects on others - how the character treats others or how others react to the character ○ Actions - what the character does, does behavior align with speech/thoughts ○ Looks - appearance and the impression the appearance creates SLIDESMANIA.COM  Character’s Inner Outer Attributes. Build on adjective capacity Build on vocabulary to describe characters. Physical/ emotional/ psychological attributes. (THE ASPECTS OF CHARACTERIZATION) SLIDESMANIA.COM  Describe characters in 3D - look for tensions, nuances, and variants in their description/actions SLIDESMANIA.COM Investigating Characterization Mini Lesson SESSION 01 Independent Work Time Make sure you have... Today, you will learn how to read Your reader’s notebook with attentiveness, alert to the way Something to write with Your book authors insert details at the start Etc... of the story that help the reader begin to understand the perspective of the main character(s) Anchor Chart SLIDESMANIA.COM SLIDESMANIA.COM  Starting with a Read-Aloud (mentor text) Read to There’s Only Today SLIDESMANIA.COM  LET’S READ THE TEXT WITH THESE QUESTIONS IN MIND. JOT AS YOU LISTEN. CAPTURE THE DETAILS OR PHRASES THAT STAND OUT. SLIDESMANIA.COM  Jotting down… In your reading notebook: What does the boy hope to do? What obstacles are in his way? SLIDESMANIA.COM  Small details and specific phrases show a character’s perspective It’s a way out. A LINE THAT STANDS OUT HERE IS SLIDESMANIA.COM  CHARACTER’S PERCEPTION. PERSPECTIVE MOTIVATION HIS NEIGHBOURHOOD IS NOT THAT GREAT. PLAY BASKETBALL OBSTACLES LEAVE THE NEIGHBOURHOOD Problems with the neighbourhood? SLIDESMANIA.COM  Reading on… One way to know about Character’s perspective is by paying attention to his experiences in the past. Pay attention to how the character sees the world.WHY DOES HE FEEL THE WAY HE DOES?What made him want to get out of his neighbourhood? Jot down key details and phrases when reading. SLIDESMANIA.COM  The fate of your Hoop Development What are you noticing about the characters feelings and why he feels this way? It helps to recall specific parts of the text to talk about these ideas. Remember you can always discuss his wants and desires, and the barriers that get in his way as well. SLIDESMANIA.COM  Note books SLIDESMANIA.COM