MODERN FAMILY CHARACTERS
TV COMEDY CHARACTERSWATCH THE EPISODES
THEN FILL IN THE POWERPOINT & ADD IN SOME DETAILS ABOUT THE CHARACTERS:
1. DRESS CODE
2. BODY LANGUAGE
3. ATTITUDE
4. LANGUAGE USE
5. WHAT STEREOTYPE DO THEY FIT? TRADITIONAL OR MODERN?
6. DO THEY PLAY A ROLE IN THE NARRATIVE? WHAT DO THEY DO?
7. DO WE LIKE THE CHARACTER? CAN WE EMPATHISE WITH THEM?
8. OR ARE WE LAUGHING AT THE CHARACTER?
JAY PRITCHETT
GLORIA DELGADO-PRITCHETT
MANNY DELGADO
CLAIRE DUNPHY(NEE-PRITCHETT)
PHIL DUNPHY
HALEY DUNPHY
ALEX DUNPHY
LUKE DUNPHY
MITCHELL PRITCHETT
CAMERON TUCKER
LILLY TUCKER-PRITCHETT
OUTNUMBEREDCHARACTERS
PETE BROCKMAN
SUE BROCKMAN
JAKE BROCKMAN
BEN BROCKMAN
KAREN BROCKMAN
AUNTIE ANGELA
GRANDAD(FRANK)
TV COMEDY CHARACTERSOUTNUMBERED & MODERN FAMILY
• NOW YOU’VE ALL GOT NOTES ON THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN THE TWO COMEDY
PROGRAMMES ON THE POWERPOINT PRINT OUT.
• PLEASE MAKE NEAT COPIES OF THESE NOTES IN YOUR WORK BOOK. THESE
NOTES SHOULD INCLUDE BIOGRAPHICAL COMMENTS – WHO THE CHARACTERS
ARE, WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, WHAT DO THE DO.
• THEY SHOULD ALSO INDICATE WHAT KIND OF A STEREOTYPE (OR COUNTER-TYPE
THESE CHARACTERS ARE)
• REMEMBER TO USE HEADINGS FOR THE CHARACTERS.
• COMPLETE THIS TASK FOR HOMEWORK.
• IF YOU HAVE MISSING NOTES – PLEASE COMPLETE THESE TOO.
• THERE IS AN SLT BOOK INSPECTION IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE . . .