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
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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
• 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?