Character Traits

1. adventurous Character Traits When you read a story watch the characters as if they were real people. greedy aggressive unhappy fearful

2. To identify character traits think of the following: • What does the character say and do? • What does the character think and feel? • How does the character look? • What do the other characters think about the character? • How does the character make you feel? graceful shy

3. Use an organizer while you read. The Name of Your Character: ________ Name a character trait ________________ If possible name another character trait ________________ sneaky intelligent

4. Read The Excerpt And Identify a Character Trait for Baboushka Once upon a time, in a small village in Russia there lived a woman called Baboushka. Baboushka was very house-proud. She had the tidiest house in the village and the most beautiful garden. She was always cooking and cleaning, scrubbing and sweeping, polishing and painting. Page 1 – Go To Next Slide clean helpful From: BBC CBeebies Stories

5. All the villagers were out in the square talking about a bright new star that had just appeared in the sky. Everyone was very excited about the star because it brought great news. But Baboushka didn't even notice the dazzling star - she was far too busy cleaning her house. Lets Use An Organizer

6. The Name of Your Character: Baboushka She was always cleaning. She doesn’t notice the dazzling star. She looks very clean and neat. She is very proud of her house. She had the tidiest house and most beautiful garden. I like her. She seems like a nice lady. Name a character trait for Baboushka: ________________ clean If possible name another character trait ________________ hard worker

7. Did You Notice? • Character traits are descriptive adjectives. • We can describe characters using character traits that tells us the specific qualities of the character. • An author may tell us the character traits directly, but more often the author will show us these traits by what the character does. evil protective

8. How does understanding character traits help me understand the story?

9. Character Traits: • Help us understand why characters speak and act the way they do. • Help us understand what the characters think or why they have certain beliefs. • Help us understand a characters relationships with other characters. • Help us predict what characters might do next. • Help us make inferences and to draw conclusions about events in the story.

10. Lets Review • Character traits are descriptive adjectives. • We can describe characters using character traits that tells us the specific qualities of the character. • An author may tell us the character traits directly, but more often the author will show us these traits by what the character does. vain

11. To identify character traits think of the following: • What does the character say and do? • What does the character think and feel? • How does the character look? • What do the other characters think about the character? • How does the character make you feel? careless playful

12. Identify the character traits of the main character. Draw an organizer to help you.

13. Use an organizer while you read. The Name of Your Character: ________ Name a character trait ________________ If possible name another character trait ________________