Characterization can characters change
- 1. “ Lamb to the Slaughter” Characterization throughout a text – Can characters change?
- 2. Objective: SWBAT describe how Mary’s thoughts and actions characterize her in the beginning of the story. Pre-Reading/Warm-Up Directions: Complete the questions below. We will check them as a class after three minutes. What does the phrase “lamb to the slaughter” make you think of? Brainstorm a quick list of thoughts, feelings, pictures, movies, etc. that you associate with the words “lamb” and “slaughter,” and then write your thoughts on what the idiom “lamb to the slaughter” might mean. Lamb: __________________________________________________________________ Slaughter: _______________________________________________________________ Lamb to the slaughter: ___________________________________________________________________
- 3. Objective: SWBAT describe how Mary’s thoughts and actions characterize her in the beginning of the story. Key Point #1 : A character is a person (or animal) in a story, poem, or play. Every character has his or her own personality, which an author uses to assist in forming the plot of a story. The process of revealing the personality of a character in a story is called characterization . The author shows what a character is like through: External details, such as dress or looks A character’s thoughts, actions, and dialogue (speech) What other characters say or think about that character Key Point #2 : We have to use our own judgment to decide what a character is like based on the evidence in the text. For example: If a character continuously lies to other characters in a text, we can infer that she is dishonest based on her words/dialogue. If a character volunteers her time to helping the homeless, we can infer that she is compassionate and generous from this action. Key Point #3: When characters interact with one another, it often creates conflict . There are several types of conflict, but today we’ll focus on conflict as the struggle or clash between opposing characters. Conflict can directly affect character development.
- 4. S-T-E-A-L Graphic Organizers S-T-E-A-L What are we searching for in the text? What does this say about the characterization? Looks Acts Says Thinks
- 5. Check for Understanding S-T-E-A-L Blog Post: Directions: Answer the following question, in your own words, & based on our notes on our class Blog! What are the 5 components we look for in characterization & how to they characterize a character?
- 6. S-T-E-A-L : Characterize Mary Directions: Read Aloud (1-11): Follow along as your teacher reads paragraphs 1-11 aloud. As you follow along you should be tracking the text and underlining any words or actions that help you characterize Mary Examine the underlined segments of the text we just read aloud. Identify which part of S-T-E-A-L these segments are Use these segments as evidence to support your characterization of Mary – on the next slide
- 7. S-T-E-A-L Characterize Mary Directions: Use the underline segments of the text to help you fill-in the graphic organizer below characterizing Mary
- 8. S-T-E-A-L : Characterize Mary Partner Reading (12-32): Take turns reading aloud with your partner, alternating turns between each paragraph. As you read both of you should be underlining words or actions that help you characterize Mary.
- 9. Initial Characterization of Mary Post-Reading Directions: Fill-in the blanks below to complete your exit ticket for the day. Then post your response to the class BLOG!! In opening of Roald Dahl’s “Lamb to the Slaughter,” Dahl characterizes Mary as ________________________________. He does this through her ______________________(thoughts, actions, speech, looks) in the following quote from ____ paragraph in the text: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- 10. Objective: SWBAT describe how Mary’s thoughts and actions characterize her in the end of the story Directions: Read Aloud (33-46): Follow along as your teacher reads paragraphs 33-46 aloud. As you follow along you should be tracking the text and underlining any words or actions that help you characterize Mary. . Examine the underlined segments of the text we just read aloud. Identify which part of S-T-E-A-L these segments are Use these segments as evidence to support your characterization of Mary – on the next slide
- 11. S-T-E-A-L Characterize Mary Directions: After the read aloud, fill-in the graphic organizer below. Refer back to the previous slide – Examine the highlighted segments of the text. What causes Mary’s actions/thoughts/looks/speech? What key point does this prove?
- 12. Objective: Analyze a Mary’s progression throughout the text. What caused Mary to change and what new character traits did she develop?