Character Traits

When you read a story watch the characters as if they were real people.

adventurous

greedy

unhappy

aggressive

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?

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Use an organizer while you read.

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?

The Name of Your Character: ________

sneaky intelligent

Name a character trait ________________If possible name another character trait ________________

Read The Excerpt And Identify a Character Trait for

Baboushka

clean helpful

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

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?

She was always cleaning. She doesn’t notice the dazzling star.

She is very proud of her house.

She looks very clean and neat.

She had the tidiest house and most beautiful garden.

I like her.She seems like a nice lady.

Name a character trait for Baboushka: ________________If possible name another character trait ________________

clean

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?

playfulcareless

Identify the character traits of

the main character. Draw an organizer to

help you.

Use an organizer while you read.

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?

The Name of Your Character: ________

Name a character trait ________________If possible name another character trait ________________