How do you recognize common character traits?

1. How do you recognize common character traits?

2. In this lesson, you will learn how to recognize common character traits by making comparisons to similar character types in other readings.

3. We get to know characters by noticing the things they do, say, and think. In “The Story of Arachne, Nature’s Weaver” we got to know Arachne as a very skillful, but arrogant, weaver.

4. Not comparing character types from book to book to help understand what we read. X x

5. Arachne Athena Antagonist “bad guy”

6. What does this show us about this antagonist? Athena (antagonist) Character Traits • disguises herself • sneaky • threatens Arachne • threatening • harms Arachne • dangerous

7. Do these traits of one antagonist remind me of any other antagonists? Athena’s Character Traits Big Bad Wolf • disguises himself • sneaky • threatening • threatens little pigs • dangerous • harms little pigs

8. When a character does, thinks, or says something, ask yourself, “What does this tell me about this character?” 1 • Compare to character traits of • someone of the same character type • (archetype) in another story. 2 3 Jot comparisons down on a sticky note.

9. In this lesson, you have learned to recognize common character traits by making comparisons to similar character types (archetypes) in other readings.

10. Use the steps from the lesson to compare Arachne’s character type to a similar character type in the story you are currently reading. What similar traits can you identify? Arachne Main character ---------------------- ---------

11. Compare Arachne’s character type to a similar character type in the story you are currently reading. What similar traits can you identify? Arachne Main character ---------------------- ---------

12. Compare Athena’s character type to a similar character type in the story you are currently reading. What similar traits can you identify? Athena: Main character: -------------------- ---------

13. What similar traits can you identify? • Compare like character types • from two different books. Jot down similarities. Character 1 Character 2 --------------------------- ---------

14. You need a quick quiz for this lesson. Because you will need another text, you can keep it vague, such as, “Pick a character from the text “X”. What are that character’s traits? Compare this character to a character from another book or story.” Learnzillion will fill in the “X”.  1. Pick a character from Text X. What are that character’s traits? 2. Compare character traits from the character in TEXT X to a character in “The Story of Arachne, Nature’s Weaver.”