1.5 Short Story Characterization
Completion requirements
Creating - Character Placemats
Just like you, the characters in literature have many unique qualities; they have values and they have goals. They are focused on their futures.
Step 1: Review your notes about character.
Step 2: View the Character Tutorial Video below as some quick review and to get some ideas about how to find textual evidence to support character traits.
Step 3: Read the short story "The Man Who Had No Eyes" on pages 328-330 in your
Sightlines 10 textbook.
Step 4: Complete the Character Placemat Worksheet for each of the characters found in this short story. Choose and download one of the provided formats to complete this assignment. Before you begin make sure you know the
difference between personality/character traits and physical traits and review the meaning of character values. For this assignment, you also need to know the meaning of a character foil.
Step 5:
Save your assignment as
FirstnameLastname1.5Character.
Step 6:
Submit your assignment for marking in the space provided.
What will completing these character placemats help you to know, understand, and do?
Know - you will know the terminology that is necessary to analyze characterization
Understand - will help you to recognize and understand that well written stories require strategic character development
Do - will enable you to analyze and practice character development
Know - you will know the terminology that is necessary to analyze characterization
Understand - will help you to recognize and understand that well written stories require strategic character development
Do - will enable you to analyze and practice character development