1. 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

2. Take out your notebooks Take notes if … You learn something new You will need to study it later You learn a new word You come across words in bold print You find an example of a bold word

3. What is Characterization? COPY THE BOLD TERMS Characterization =

4. What is Characterization? COPY THE BOLD TERMS Characterization = The art of creating characters

5. OVERVIEW 5 Direct Characterization Techniques Actions: What characters do Thoughts: What characters think Speech: What characters say Opinions: The opinions of other characters Appearance: The way characters look Indirect Characterization What we can infer (guess) about the character

6. ACTION Characterization = Action =

7. 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.

8. Actions

9. Actions Characterization = The art of creating a character 5 Direct Characterization Techniques 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?

10. THOUGHTS Characterization = Action = Thoughts =

11. 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.

12. Thoughts

13. THOUGHTS Characterization = The art of creating a character 5 Direct Characterization Techniques 1. Actions: What characters do 2. Thoughts: What characters think Indirect Characterization What examples did you find? Why is thought important to characterization? What we can infer (guess) about the characters based on their thoughts?

14. SPEECH Characterization = Action = Thoughts = Speech =

15. 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.

16. Speech

17. Speech Characterization = The art of creating a character 5 Direct Characterization Techniques Actions: What characters do Thoughts: What characters think Speech: What characters say Indirect Characterization What examples did you find? Why is Speech important to characterization? What we can infer (guess) about the character?

18. OPINIONS OF OTHERS Characterization = Action = Thoughts = Speech = Opinions of others =

19. 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.

20. Opinions of Others

21. What is Characterization? Characterization = The art of creating a character 5 Direct Characterization Techniques Actions: What characters do Thoughts: What characters think Speech: What characters say Opinions: The opinions of other characters Indirect Characterization What examples did you find? Why is opinion important? What we can infer (guess) about the character

22. 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.

23. Appearance

24. APPEARANCE Characterization = The art of creating a character 5 Direct Characterization Techniques Actions: What characters do Thoughts: What characters think Speech: What characters say Opinions: The opinions of other characters Appearance: The way characters look Indirect Characterization What examples did you find? What is the importance of appearance in characterization? What we can infer (guess) about the character?

25. How much did you learn? Define characterization. Name the five methods of characterization. Provide one example of each of the methods of characterization.

26. 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.

27. Vietnam War

28. Vietnam War

29. 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?