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Learning Goals:1. To identify characters traits for each
character
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2. To identify the setting
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People, animals, and imaginary creaturestotake part in the action of the story.
Usually theres !" main character #ho
takes part in all of the action.
$inor characters are less%important and
interact #ith the main character to make
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the
story mo&e along.
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demanding
'old
angry'ossy
"asygoing
childish
(uiet
strict
grumpy
thankful
stu''orn
confused
annoyed
arrogant
sneaky
acti&e
scared
grateful
secreti&e
unfriendly
carefulimpolite
mysteriousnaughty
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$any times #hile reading, you feel aconnection #ith a character. $any times,it is
'ecause you and the character sharesome ofthe same traits, or personality.
)haracter traits are not al#ays told. *orinstance, if +o''y gi&es a homelessperson
-, you might infer +o''y is kind. "&enthough the author didn t tell you the
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character is kind, it is implied.
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"/cerpt from 0 ays ait3 'y "rnest 4eming#ay
5 #ent up to him and found him ine/actlythe position 5 had left him, #hite%faced, 'ut #iththe tops of his cheeks flushed 'y the fe&er,staringstill, as he had starred, at the foot of the 'ed.
5 took his temperature.0 hat is it63
07omething like a hundred,3 5 said. 5t #as one hundred%t#o and four%tenths.05t #as a hundred and t#o,3 hesaid. 0 ho said so630The doctor.308our temperature is all right,3 5 said. 05ts
nothing to #orry a'out.305 dont #orry,3 he said, 0'ut 5 cant keep
from thinking.301ont think,3 5 said. 09ust take it easy.3
05m taking it easy,3 he said andlooked
straight ahead. 4e #as e&idently holdingtight onto himself a'outsomething .
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esponse to Literature:
2hat is the 'est
#ay to descri'ethe 'oy6 Use atleast t#o detailsfrom the te/t to
support yourans#er.
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"/cerpt from 0!adia the illful3 'y 7ue le/ander
;nd less she #as listened to, the less
she #as a'le to recall 4ameds faceand&oice. ;nd the less she recalled, themore her temper raged #ithin her,destroying the peace she had found.
+y e&ening, she could stand it nolonger.7he #ent to #here her father sat,
staring into the dessert, and stood'efore him.
08ou #ill not ro' me of my 'rother4amed
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Time and place #here a story takes place
Time may 'e past=present=future>
day=night>fall=#inter=spring=summer
Place may 'e real or imaginary
7etting often plays role in conflicts ? ho#theyare resol&ed.
7etting can influence characters actions.
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"/cerpt from 07couts 4onor3 'y ;&i
7ince 5 gre# up in +rooklynin the 1@ABs, the only grass 5kne#
#as in "''ets *ield #here the
odgers played. ther#ise,my
#orld #as made of slatepa&ements, streets of asphalt Corco''lestoneD, and skies full of tall'uildings. The only thing0country3 #as a puny pin oak treeat our cur', #hich #as noticed,mostly, 'y dogs.
esponse to Literature:
hen and #heredoes this story takeplace6 2hat #ordsor phrases descri'e
the setting6
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"/cerpt from 0 ays ait3 'y "rnest 4eming#ay
5t #as a 'right, cold day, the
ground co&ered #ith a sleet that hadfroEen so that it seemed as if all the'are trees, the 'ushes, the cut'rush,
and all the grass and the 'aregroundhad 'een &arnished #ith ice. 5 took
the young 5rish setter for a little #alkup the road and among a froEencreek, 'ut it #as difficult to stand or
#alk on the glassy surface and the
red dog slippedand slithered and5
fell t#ice, hard,once droppingmygun and ha&ing it
slide a#ay o&er theice .
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esponse to Literature:
hen and #here
does this story takeplace6 2hat #ordsor phrases descri'e
the setting6