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Communication/Social
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At a Glance
Students will: ü
Explore relationships among characters ü Discuss possible characterisations and conflicts |
Purpose: to identify qualities of characters in a text; to explore relationships among characters in a text; to explore functions of characters in a text; to discuss possible conflicts among characters with others. Materials: paper Preparation: none Time: 30 - 60 minutes |
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Teacher’s Notes |
Procedure: 1.
Select a story with complex characters. Prepare the students by asking them to
think about the qualities of some of the stronger characters. If they have been keeping a journal or log,
they may use this to refer to their responses to certain characters. 2.
Draw several geometric shapes on the board: circle, triangle, oval, rectangle, square,
cylinder…) Ask students to consider
what types of personality each shape suggests to them. 3.
List the characters in the text you want the students to
discuss. Have the students choose
three characters and ask them to devise a shape to represent each
character. Have them write the
character’s name in the shape. 4.
In the middle section of the paper, have students group
the shapes, keeping in mind that the placement and size of the shapes should
show the relationships of the characters to one another. 5.
On the board, have some students draw and explain their
geometric shapes. Have them justify
the shape, placement and size. 6.
Students can use arrows, dotted, jagged lines, varying
shades to better explain the relationships. 7.
Have the students write about what their geometric
design represents about each character.
Have them explain the colour, shape, size, and placement using
specific details from the story or novel. |
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