“He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit”

I can describe characters in a passage or story by how they look, act, and feel (traits).

Big Ideas

• A character trait is a quality that sets one person or thing apart from another.

• A character is the “who” in the story.• A character has many traits, roles, and

similarities to other characters based on how they are described in the story and how they act in the story.

• A character’s traits, actions, and roles can change throughout the story.

dialect

Definition Characteristics

Examples Memory Clue

“Put some shrimp on the barbie, bloke.”

A regional style of language

Southern drawl, British accent, “Valley Girl” speech, Irish brogue.

“He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit”

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Character Trait

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Evidence:

What character traits does your character exhibit? Use the evidence from your chart and be sure to include evidence-based text.

Which character changes during the story? How does he change?

Remember the SEE process:Turn the question into a STATEMENTGive Examples and EVIDENCEEXPLAIN how your examples support the topic sentence.