Character

Traits
adventurous

When you read a story

watch the characters as if
greedy
they were real people.
aggressive

unhappy
fearful
 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
 Use an organizer while you read.
The Name of Your Character: ________

Name a character trait ________________

If possible name another character trait
sneaky ________________ intelligent
 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.
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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

 The Name of Your Character: Baboushka

She was always

She looks very
cleaning. She doesn’t She is very proud of
clean and neat.
notice the dazzling star. her house.

She had the tidiest I like her.

house and most She seems like a nice
beautiful garden. lady.

Name a character trait for Baboushka:

clean
________________
If possible name another character trait
hard worker
________________
 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
 How does
understanding
character traits help
me understand the
story?
 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.
 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
 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
 Choose a book
and identify the
character traits of
the main character.
Draw an organizer
to help you.
Use an organizer while you read.
The Name of Your Character: ________

Name a character trait ________________

If possible name another character trait
________________