{"id":113,"date":"2014-05-14T02:13:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T02:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tedb-wp.byu.edu\/?page_id=113"},"modified":"2015-05-19T21:59:31","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T21:59:31","slug":"lesson-3-character","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/?page_id=113","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 3.Character"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><em>Students will demonstrate their ability to develop a character by composing a character\u2019s circumstances journal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>ASSESSMENT<\/strong>:<\/h4>\n<p>Students can be assessed on their completion of the practice character journal and later on the quality of work in their characters\u2019 circumstances journals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>MATERIALS NEEDED:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Collection of character props (more than enough for one per student), jar of Popsicle sticks with students\u2019 names written on them, extra chalk\/markers for writing on the board, copies of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Lesson-3.Character-Journal-Assignment-and-Rubric.docx\">Lesson 3.Character Journal Assignment and Rubric<\/a>,\u00a0sheets of unlined paper, crayons, colored pencils<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Step One\u2014Hook<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the beginning of class, have a variety of household items and props (kitchen utensils, articles of clothing, office items, small trinkets, etc.) displayed on a table at the front of the room.\u00a0 Encourage the students to walk around the table for a few minutes to get a good look at every item and then ask them to return to their seats.\u00a0 Draw the Popsicle sticks one by one.\u00a0 When students\u2019 names are called, they should pick an item from the table and take it back with them to their seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Transition<\/em><\/strong>: Once all of the students have items, direct them to list characteristics about it on a sheet of paper.\u00a0 For example, a leather glove might be described as soft, worn, black, stylish, wrinkled, warm, etc.\u00a0 Move around the room as they do this, offering support and motivation to students who are struggling to generate ideas.\u00a0 Inform the students that the more descriptive words they can come up with about their prop, the better.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Step Two\u2014Group Practice<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Direct the students to get into small groups (of 2 or 3 people) and share their character props and lists with their group members.\u00a0 The group members should offer their own ideas about characteristics they see in each other\u2019s props.\u00a0 Tell the students to expand their list of characteristics as much as possible with the assistance of their classmates.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Step Three\u2014Discussion<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What were some of your favorite characteristics you heard listed about others\u2019 items or that you came up with about your item?<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What are some of the visual, physical traits and circumstances we can use to describe a character?<\/p>\n<p>As they think of these qualities, students should write them on the board as a graffiti wall. Add items from this list to the board as necessary:<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Height and weight<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Coloring<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Age<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Facial features<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Clothes they wear<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Food they eat<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Occupation<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Personal Hygiene<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 House they live in<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hobbies<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Education<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Voice<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gestures<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Posture<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Step Four\u2014Independent Practice<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Put the drawing supplies and paper out for the students\u2019 use and instruct them to create a picture of their character from <em>Almost, Maine<\/em> using details from the script and ideas from the graffiti wall. Move around the room and offer advice about how individuals can incorporate characteristics from the class discussion to their illustration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Step Five\u2014 Directions<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As students are finishing up the final details of their artwork, distribute the character journal assignment handout to every student.\u00a0 Tell the students that the journal is due on the final performance day.\u00a0 Each question should be answered in a paragraph with supporting examples from the script.<\/p>\n<p>For now, a shorter version of this same assignment is due the following class period.\u00a0 They should take 10-15 minutes to answer each of the questions about themselves (NOT their character) in 1-3 sentences before next class period.\u00a0 Encourage them to remember the discussion about character traits and circumstances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE: Students will demonstrate their ability to develop a character by composing a character\u2019s circumstances journal. &nbsp; ASSESSMENT: Students can be assessed on their completion of the practice character journal and later on the quality of work in their characters\u2019 circumstances journals. &nbsp; MATERIALS NEEDED: Collection of character props (more than enough for one &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3842,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113\/revisions\/3842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}