Physical Traits
True or false: physical traits give you clues about the character's personality
What is false?
The definition of a character emotion.
What is a character's feeling that can change over the course of a story?
This is the definition of a character trait.
What is a character's personality like on the inside?
Character: Mrs. Kirby
Action: Quacked at the ducks in the park
Theory:
What is... Because Mrs. Kirby likes to visit the ducks, she might not be as mean as Bobby thought in the beginning of the story?
Smith likes to keep things neat and orderly. He has a place for everything that he owns and he makes sure that whenever he is done using something, he puts it back where it belongs. Smith is... (worried, sloppy, or organized)
What is organized?
The definition of a physical trait.
What is something you can see about a character from the outside?
When Mrs. Kirby's hat blew away, she felt this emotion.
What is worried?
You do this to find out about a character's traits.
What is looking at their thoughts, feelings, and actions?
Frank was always honest, but he had to learn how to be this character trait.
What is kind?
Eddie almost always remembers to say "please" and "thank you." He has excellent table manners and is never rude.
What is polite?
These are 3 of YOUR physical traits.
What are _____ , _____ , and _____ .
When Sam said he would always need Fred, Fred thought he was going to cry because he felt this emotion.
What is happy?
These are 3 describing words that can be used instead of nice.
What are kind, caring, and friendly?
At the beginning of the story, Mr. Hatch always sat alone and did not talk to anyone. This was Mr. Hatch's character emotion.
What is lonely?
This is the difference between a character trait and physical trait.
What is... a physical trait describes that character on the outside, and a character trait describes the character on the inside?
This trait could be a physical trait OR a character trait, depending on how you use it in a sentence.
What is strong?
This character began the story feeling scared, but his emotions changed by the end of the story.
Who is Orion?
These are 3 of YOUR character traits.
What are _____ , _____ , and _____ ?
Character: Bobby
Action: Said hello to The Dark and shook its hand
Theory:
What is Orion is polite?
This is the difference between a character trait and character emotion.
What is... character traits usually stay the same for the whole story, but character emotions can change many times during a story?
True or false, physical traits can change over the course of a story
What is true?
This was the reason getting a Valentine changed everything for Mr. Hatch.
These are five character traits of a Saint David's good man.
What is _____ , _____ , _____ , _____ , and _____ ?
Name TWO stories we read where a character's physical traits gave us clues about the character's personality traits or emotions.
What are My Teacher is a Monster and Imaginary Fred?
This is what you need to convince your teacher abut a character's physical traits, emotions, or character traits.
What is evidence from the text?