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?
shygraceful
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 ________________