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Character Analysis Lesson 1: See That When X A Good Example of X Being Was When He/she

This document provides an outline for two character analysis lessons. Lesson 1 involves students analyzing each other's characters by stating positive traits and providing examples. It also includes brainstorming themes and characters of a story. Lesson 2 has students note character descriptions in a story, choose 3-4 words to describe a character, find a quote to support each word, and explain how the quote proves the word is fitting for the character. Students will write three paragraphs, each analyzing a different aspect of the character using a claim, quote, and explanation structure.

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Character Analysis Lesson 1: See That When X A Good Example of X Being Was When He/she

This document provides an outline for two character analysis lessons. Lesson 1 involves students analyzing each other's characters by stating positive traits and providing examples. It also includes brainstorming themes and characters of a story. Lesson 2 has students note character descriptions in a story, choose 3-4 words to describe a character, find a quote to support each word, and explain how the quote proves the word is fitting for the character. Students will write three paragraphs, each analyzing a different aspect of the character using a claim, quote, and explanation structure.

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Character analysis Lesson 1

1. Brief introduction about direct/indirect or inner/outer characterisation + showing/telling (10min) 2. Material: A bowl with students names in it. - Groups: One student picks a name. The group gets 5-10 minutes to prepare to say at least one POSITIVE thing that characterizes the person on the card. You must argue why you think so and you may provide examples: X is very/always/mostly.. We see that when X A good example of X beingwas when he/she - Present the characterisations to the rest of the class (10min) 3. We may do a brainstorm on the main character or themes of the story - to provide ideas for the analysis (10-15min)

Lesson 2
4. Read through the story and note down/underline things that tell you something about the main character(s). It may be direct or indirect description (15min) 5. Come up with 3-4 words - preferably your own words that you believe describe the character (10min) 6. Find one quote in the text for each of your words. - Structure each paragraph as follows: - X is . - We see that/this comes out when/this is clearly shown on page/as in the situation when. QUOTE - Explain how your QUOTE proves that your word is fitting or correct for characterising the main character or his/her RELATIONSHIP with other characters. If you want to raise your analysis to a higher level, you may look a for instance how the description of the environment/setting reveals something about the characters mood or state of mind. The procedure is exactly the same as above: Claim - quote comment/explanation. 7. You now have three paragraphs which present three different aspects of your character.

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