Who is This Character?
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A large, dark furred wolf with pointed ears is described. It clung to a mesh fence with its powerful teeth, snarling and backing away towards an exit with a blood-curdling roar, revealing it to be a threatening character.
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- 1. Who is this character?clung to the mesh fence by its powerful teeth , snarlingbacked away, retreating towards the exitblood-curdling roarlarge dark fur pointed ears
- 2. Characterizationishow the author reveals the personality of the characters.What does the character do?
- 3. How does the character look (or dress)? Actions Looks
- 4. Open-Mind PortraitPurpose: To record detailsfrom the text that help youmake inferences about thecharacters personality.Today we will be recordingdetails about the actions and looks of The Cat in theHat.SpeechThoughtsEffect onOthersLooksActions
- 5. Open-Mind PortraitPurpose: To record detailsfrom the text that help youmake inferences about thecharacters personality.Today we will be recordingdetails about the speech and thoughts of The Cat inthe Hat.SpeechThoughtsEffect onOthersLooksActions
- 6. Open-Mind PortraitPurpose: To record detailsfrom the text that help youmake inferences about thecharacters personality.Today we complete our portrait by recordingdetails about the Catseffect on othersin The Cat inthe Hat.SpeechThoughtsEffect onOthersLooksActions
- 7. Types of CharactersProtagonistAntagonistCharacter who opposes the protagonistOften the bad characterCharacter at the center of the actionOften the good character
- 8. This week your job will be to identify the protagonist and antagonist several picture books about wolves.
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- #2: The author reveals the personality of a character through details in the text.
- #3: Using details from the text about the characters speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and looks, the reader can make inferences about the characters personality traits. (Reminder: To make an inference you need to combine evidence from the text with your own prior knowledge.)
- #8: Wolf image hyperlinked to video of the traditional version of Little Read Riding Hood.