Agenda and Objective 8/28/09

AGENDA (What we do)

• HAND OUT PICTURE FORMS!!!!!!!

• Characterization (making characters) Lesson

• Group Project: The Things They Carried

OBJECTIVE (Why we do it)

• Give students chance to order pictures

• Learn characterization

techniques

• Prove what you have learned

Take out your notebooks

Take notes if …a. You learn something newb. You will need to study it laterc. You learn a new wordd. You come across words in bold printe. You find an example of a bold word

What is Characterization?

COPY THE BOLD TERMS

Characterization =

What is Characterization?

COPY THE BOLD TERMS

Characterization = The art of creating characters

OVERVIEW

5 Direct Characterization Techniques1. Actions: What characters do2. Thoughts: What characters think3. Speech: What characters say4. Opinions: The opinions of other characters5. Appearance: The way characters look

Indirect CharacterizationWhat we can infer (guess) about the character

ACTION

• Characterization =• Action =

ACTIONS: What to do during the video…

• Write down examples of action you see in the video.

• Think about why action is important to characterization.

• Make inferences about the character based on their actions.

Actions

Actions

Characterization = The art of creating a character

5 Direct Characterization Techniques1. Actions: What characters do

What examples did you find in the video? Why is action important to characterization?What can we infer (guess) about the character

based on the action?

THOUGHTS

• Characterization =• Action =• Thoughts =

THOUGHTS: What to do during the video…

• Write down examples of thought you see in the video.

• Think about why thought is important to characterization.

• Make inferences about the characters based on their thoughts.

Thoughts

THOUGHTS

Characterization = The art of creating a character

5 Direct Characterization Techniques1. Actions: What characters do2. Thoughts: What characters think

Indirect CharacterizationWhat examples did you find?Why is thought important to characterization?What we can infer (guess) about the characters based on their

thoughts?

SPEECH

• Characterization =• Action =• Thoughts =• Speech =

SPEECH: What to do during the video…

• Write down examples of speech you hear in the video.

• Think about why speech is important to characterization.

• Make inferences about the character based on their speech.

Speech

Speech

Characterization = The art of creating a character

5 Direct Characterization Techniques1. Actions: What characters do2. Thoughts: What characters think3. Speech: What characters say

Indirect CharacterizationWhat examples did you find?Why is Speech important to characterization?What we can infer (guess) about the character?

OPINIONS OF OTHERS

• Characterization =• Action =• Thoughts =• Speech =• Opinions of others =

OPINIONS OF OTHERS: What to do during the video…

• Write down examples of opinion words you hear in the video.

• Think about why action opinions are important to characterization.

• Make inferences about the movie based on these opinions.

Opinions of Others

What is Characterization?Characterization = The art of creating a character

5 Direct Characterization Techniques1. Actions: What characters do2. Thoughts: What characters think3. Speech: What characters say4. Opinions: The opinions of other characters

Indirect CharacterizationWhat examples did you find?Why is opinion important?What we can infer (guess) about the character

APPEARANCE: What to do during the video…

• Write down examples of appearance you see in the video.

• Think about why appearance is important to characterization.

• Make inferences about the character based on their appearance.

Appearance

APPEARANCECharacterization = The art of creating a character

5 Direct Characterization Techniques1. Actions: What characters do2. Thoughts: What characters think3. Speech: What characters say4. Opinions: The opinions of other characters5. Appearance: The way characters look

Indirect CharacterizationWhat examples did you find?What is the importance of appearance in characterization?What we can infer (guess) about the character?

How much did you learn?

1. Define characterization.2. Name the five methods of characterization.3. Provide one example of each of the methods

of characterization.

VIETNAM: What to do during the video…

• Write down examples of characterization you see in the video.

• Think about how characters are important in this video.

• Make inferences about the characters based on what you see.

Vietnam War

Vietnam War

The Things They Carried

• What does the quote tell us about the character?

• Does the author tell us something directly about the character or did we have to infer (guess about) the information?