https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030 Characters all have their own styles, they act the way that they do for certain reasons and they have emotional responses to what they encounter in the story. Some characters are meant to act a certain way because they are meant to learn something or grow as the story progresses. Here we will take a look at characters and see how their actions effect them and others around them. Students should consider what traits characters show on the outside and what it means for them on the inside, what does it say about these characters based on their actions? Some of the essential questions that I want students to think about are is what actions do you make that characterize yourself? What characters do you like in your stories, how do they compare to yourself? What would a character do i they were put into different situations, do you have an idea on how they would act? en-us 2016-05-23 13:14:59 UTC 2023-03-23 05:24:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Doubleheart.png jabbuhl49 https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117315951 This clip is a brief overview on what character traits and motivations are. I plan to use this video to help students understand about character motivations. This will be a little something that I use to help the students understand a little more about the topic. Then afterward see what questions the students have.]]> 2016-08-01 19:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117315951 jabbuhl49 https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117316189 The video used here is meant to help someone understand why characters do the things that they do through certain video clips of movies. I plan to use the first half of this video as a means of discussion and trying to understanding more about motivations. I hope to use this as a practical means to seeing what would motivate a character before we did it with stories.]]> 2016-08-01 19:56:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117316189 jabbuhl49 https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117316633 In 1936, a young orphan boy named Bud strikes out with his suitcase full of stuff on the look for who his father is. He has a lead on it with a flyer on the Dusky Devastators of the Depression that his mother left behind, they are a band that might hold a clue to who is real father is. Now Bud is on a mission to find these musicians and their leader, Herman E. Calloway to find the answer to his question, is Herman my father? I wanted to use this piece to helps students to see the perspective of characterization from a historical perspective. How this boy is trying to find his father and how living during the great depression might effect his thinking and his actions.]]> 2016-08-01 20:05:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117316633 jabbuhl49 https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117318164 Percy Jackson is a regular boy who has never known his dad. But that all changes when he is attacked by a mythical creature, his life changes. He learns that he is a demi-god, the son of Posiden, and that much of the legends of the reek world are true and are a part of America. Now he must find the lightning bolt of Zeus before the gods of Olympus go to war with each other. I included this book was because I wanted a story that was focused on adventure, where we could see a hero on a journey where he learns more about himself and changes from when we first saw him in the beginning. I also noticed that this is a popular book with students, so I feel that this would be a great book to exploit for characterizations. There are quite a few characters that we could focus on.]]> 2016-08-01 20:44:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117318164 jabbuhl49 https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117374292 This article talks about a teaching technique about characterization that will engage kids. A student picks a character from a book and fills out what they would think would be on that characters phone (if they had one). The students can draw pictures of things that the character might take a picture of, the music that they might listen to, email messages that they might receive from other people in the book, or maybe apps that they might have on their phone. This activity takes characterization and uses it for a fun activity that students will enjoy. I hope to use this with some of the characters that we will be reading in this module like Bud, Not Buddy or The Lighting Thief to see how well students understand characterization and if they can use this skill to guess what characters would do in this context. ]]> 2016-08-02 14:06:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117374292 jabbuhl49 https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117375739 The story follows the tale of a young Vietnamese girl called Ha, and her family as they are displaced from their homeland and take refuge in the United States. When the family gets there they have to deal with many problems, both financially and socially. As time goes on, Ha finds people that she can talk to and does her best to try and get around these challenges that she faces at school. This is another poetry book that I thought would be helpful for characterization, the descriptive imagery allows the students to see what this girl is like and her motivations. I also felt that this is a good book to express about characterization of characters from different countries, who have different ideals. Helping to emphasize that while we may not see certain traits or traditions as important, other culture in fact do.]]> 2016-08-02 14:27:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117375739 jabbuhl49 https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117379699 Stanley Yelnats is a boy that is unjustly accused of stealing sneakers and is sent to a detention center called Camp Green Lake. Here he meets quite a number of colorful characters like Mr. Sir, The Warden, Armpit, and Zero, just to name a few. The punishment that they have for Stanley s digging holes, but what are they looking for? What about Stanley's no good dirty rotten pig stealing great-great- grandfather, how does he fit into this? I found that this book is full of different characters to analyze, not just the main character. The story is also quite humorous, which I would think that the kids would like about this story.]]> 2016-08-02 15:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117379699 jabbuhl49 https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117388210 This story focuses on Jacqueline and her live growing up in the 1960's. In this story we see her life as she lives with her family in the south and in the north, having to deal with segregation and discrimination. All the while Jacqueline is trying to find her niche in the world, which so happens to be writing. The journey that she takes is quite long, focusing in on her feelings and thoughts about what she has to deal with. I wanted to use this book because it focuses on poetry to convey it's story. I think that this would be a great way to use poetry to see how characterization can be pulled from the descriptive use of words that we see. As well as the time period that this girl went through, it would help us see the motivation that she has to find her talent.]]> 2016-08-02 17:34:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117388210 jabbuhl49 https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117390544 The story of Ameila Earhart is conveyed to us from the beginning of her life to the very last time anyone saw her.This book helps us see what this woman was like when she was alive and the actions that she took to become the first female pilot and defy the odds. This book, being about an actual person was one that I wanted to include so students can see how characterization could work with actual people, what can we tell about this person given the actions that she took in her life. While it may not have the personal thoughts or feelings that some of the other books in this category have, it would be good practice for students to try and work on this skill with information that they can perceive from reading about this woman ]]> 2016-08-02 18:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117390544 jabbuhl49 https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117391163 Meet Jack, a boy that happens to be a big daydreamer. You wouldn't think that his daydreams would amount to much or cause trouble, but now they seem to be coming to life and they are starting to turn things upside-down. Fortunately Jack starts to channel special abilities that make him a "conductoid". But in order to make everything right, he needs to tea up with his realistic sister Phoebe to help save the day. I wanted to use this book because of the dynamic of the characters, while one is a dreamer and the other is realistic, it makes the story a little more interesting. It is also a good way to have students characterize these two siblings and see why they think the ways that they do.]]> 2016-08-02 18:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117391163 jabbuhl49 https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117408422 While coming across all of this information on characterization, I kept thinking about how it would apply to actual people. am trying to show students how important it is to connect books and stories to real life, so it would be a great idea to start out by characterizing themselves. In an exercise that is similar to a cultural x-ray, I would like the students to think about what motivates them, what their goals are, what they like, and what they plan to work on. After which, I would like for the students to think about what they are like and what personality traits that they convey to other people. As well as what might be below the surface. I want to make sure that they are thinking critically on who they are and what they have found out about themselves. (Idea came from the following article.) ]]> 2016-08-02 23:44:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117408422 jabbuhl49 https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117408889 The cultural x-ray is a tool that students can use to analyze characters from other cultures. It starts off by drawing a figure and using it to organize the traits of a certain character. Outside of the character are traits that are observable, ones that one can see through the actions that are taken in the book. Inside the character, particularly in the heart, are the traits that we can determine about this character based on the actions that we read about. I would like to use this as a possible means to help student's understand characters, in other cultures or even in our own. I feel that this graphic organizer would be something that interest students and would like to use. ]]> 2016-08-02 23:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117408889 jabbuhl49 https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117409071 One way that students can become more invested in a book is if they create a book trailer like the one that is displayed int he article below. The trailer involves us getting a more dynamic view of the book and helps us understand a little more about what it entails. I hope to use this idea as a possible project where students try to introduce us to a character in one of the books that we are reading, then present it to the class. They can focus on anyone as long as they tell us more about a character, what they do in the book, a bit of their history and what are their motivations are. They might even try to make it a little more interactive by having someone act out the character for the class or have he character answer student questions.]]> 2016-08-02 23:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117409071 jabbuhl49 https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117409262 This article tells us abut the process of authors crating characters in their stories and what the process entail. I want to include this article in my class to helps students understand why the process is important to the story, and what it means if the characters are not compelling.]]> 2016-08-02 23:57:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117409262 jabbuhl49 https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117465401 This is a graphic organizer to helps students find character traits that are stated and what could be inferred from the actions that the character takes. I want to prove this to the students so that they can think about these things while they are reading their stories.]]> 2016-08-03 15:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117465401 jabbuhl49 https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117466858 This article talks about the various ways that characters in a story appeal to us, what are some things that make them memorable and likeable. I wanted to share this article with the class that they think about the characters that they read, I would like to invite them to think about what they like about their own favorite characters and if it relates to what we read in this article. I would also like to have them think about if there are any people in real life that they might look up to in the same way and relate it to how we might like characters who we can relate to or have an interest in.]]> 2016-08-03 15:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117466858 jabbuhl49 https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117560315 I want to make sure that these books and characters create discussion with the student. So I would like to create a book club where the students get together and talk to each other on certain books. Then they will be table to discuss their own thoughts as they focus in on the characters and what they thought about them such as the traits that they observed through the book. We might even have students who bring their own unique ideas that we can discuss upon and think about. Then the students can share with the rest of the class what they found.]]> 2016-08-04 19:23:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117560315 jabbuhl49 https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117618746 This article talks about how people can lose themselves in another character. If they happen to have a connection to a character in the book, then they will start to think a little bit like that character for a while and might even effect their actions. It is interesting to think how we happen to relate and might even mimic some of the characters thoughts and actions if we take away the barrier between a person's self. I hope that I can bring this idea up in class, or at the very least use the idea to help students understand characters a little better by putting them in the character's shoes.]]> 2016-08-05 18:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jabbuhl49/4h8lp44wd030/wish/117618746