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- What does the character think and
feel
- How does the character look?
- What do the other characters think
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- How does the character make you
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What does the How does the
character think and
character say and do? character look?
feel?

What do the other

How does the
characters think about
character make you
the character?
feel?

Name a character trait:

___________________________ If possible, name
another character trait: __________
Once upon a time, in a small
village in Russia there lived a
woman called Barbara. Barbara
was very proud of her house. 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.
A l l 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 Barbara
didn’t even notice the dazzling
star – she was far too busy
cleaning her house.
 What does the
What does the How does the
character think and
character say and do? character look?
feel?

What do the other

How does the
characters think about
character make you
the character?
feel?

Name a character trait:

___________________________ If possible, name
another character trait: __________
What does the character
say and do? What does the
How does the
character think and
She was always cleaning. character look?
She doesn’t notice the feel?
dazzling star.

What do the other

How does the
characters think about
character make you
the character?
feel?

Name a character trait:

___________________________ If possible, name
another character trait: __________
What does the character
say and do? What does the character
think and feel? How does the
She was always cleaning. character look?
She doesn’t notice the She is very proud of her
dazzling star. house.

What do the other

How does the
characters think about
character make you
the character?
feel?

Name a character trait:

___________________________ If possible, name
another character trait: __________
What does the character How does the
say and do? What does the character
think and feel? character look?
She was always cleaning.
She doesn’t notice the She is very proud of her
She looks very neat
dazzling star. and clean.
house.

What do the other

How does the
characters think about
character make you
the character?
feel?

Name a character trait:

___________________________ If possible, name
another character trait: __________
What does the character How does the
say and do? What does the character
think and feel? character look?
She was always cleaning.
She doesn’t notice the She is very proud of her
She looks very neat
dazzling star. and clean.
house.

What do the other

characters think about the
character? How does the
character make you
She had the tidiest house feel?
and the most beautiful
garden.

Name a character trait:

___________________________ If possible, name
another character trait: __________
What does the character How does the
say and do? What does the character
think and feel? character look?
She was always cleaning.
She doesn’t notice the She is very proud of her
She looks very neat
dazzling star. and clean.
house.

What do the other

characters think about the How does the
character? character make you
feel?
She had the tidiest house
and the most beautiful I like her. She seems
garden. like a nice lady.

Name a character trait:

___________________________ If possible, name
another character trait: __________
What does the character How does the
say and do? What does the character
think and feel? character look?
She was always cleaning.
She doesn’t notice the She is very proud of her
She looks very neat
dazzling star. and clean.
house.

What do the other

characters think about the How does the character
character? make you feel?

She had the tidiest house I like her. She seems like a
and the most beautiful nice lady.
garden.

Name a character trait: Clean

If possible, name another character trait:
__________
What does the character How does the
say and do? What does the character
think and feel? character look?
She was always cleaning.
She doesn’t notice the She is very proud of her
She looks very neat
dazzling star. and clean.
house.

What do the other

characters think about the How does the character
character? make you feel?

She had the tidiest house I like her. She seems like a
and the most beautiful nice lady.
garden.

Name a character trait: Clean

If possible, name another character trait: Hard-
work
- Character traits are descriptive
adject
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character traits that t e l l us
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A long time ago, Nyame the god of the sky
gave Ananzi a huge pot which held a l l the
wisdom of the world. Nyame told Ananzi
to share the wisdom with everyone he
met.

The pot was filled with wonderful

pictures, stories, music and many more
exciting ideas. Whenever Ananzi looked in
the pot he learned something new.

Ananzi didn’t want to share the wisdom.

“I wi l l keep it for myself!” he thought.
He tied a rope around the pot and then
tied it around his waist. But the pot was
too heavy and kept getting in Ananzi’s
way.
Ananzi’s son watched him climb the tree.
“Tie the pot to your back”, he shouted, “It
wi l l make it easier to climb.”

So Ananzi tied the pot to his back and very

soon he was at the top of the tree. But
when he got to the top he was very angry.
“My son knows more than I do and I have
the pot of wisdom,” he cried.
 What does the
What does the How does the
character think and
character say and do? character look?
feel?

What do the other How does the

characters think about character make you
the character? feel?

Name a character trait:

___________________________ If possible, name
another character trait: __________
- Help us understand why
characters speak and act the way
they do.
-Help us understand what the
characters think or why they
have
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- How does Ananzi feel about his son?
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have with the people who now have
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could Ananzi learn from the
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- Character traits are descriptive
adjectives.
-We can describe characters using
traits that t e l l us the specific
qualities of the character.
- An author may t e l l us the
character
traits directly, but more often the
author w i ll show us these traits
by what the character does.
- What does the character say and
do?
-What does the character think and

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look?
-What do the other characters think
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