Character Sketcher
Section 1 p. 1-33
Donald Zinkoff
Your job as Character Sketcher is to identify a character’s actions (traits) and explain prove these traits, identify the character’s goal (which is what the character wants to do or accomplish), identify the problem and solution in the reading, and complete a sketch or illustration of the character.
You need to
be aware that the character traits you will choose will be implied character traits. In
other words, they are not directly stated in the passage. You really want to
use descriptive words for your character traits. You do not
want to use words like good, bad,
nice, and mean.
Sometimes the solution to your character’s problem will not be in the section of the book that you are reading. In this case, you will need to come up with a possible solution for your character’s problem.
When you begin sketching or illustrating your character, try to use any physical descriptions from the text to help you. Your paper should look like this:
Character Traits (3)
Donald was enthusiastic as he was running and racing down the street to go to school. He waved at cars as he ran on the street, smiled to himself and celebrated being on the road to school by jumping in puddles.
Donald got the giggles at school and at home. He laughed through dinner and as he went to bed.
Donald loves school and can’t wait to go to school everyday. In fact he loves going to school so much that he actually goes to school on a Saturday!
Character Goal:
Donald’s goal is to learn as much as he can in the first grade without getting into trouble.
Problem:
Donald’s problem is that he does get into trouble in class such as laughing, yelling out and interrupting the class.
Solution or Possible
Solution:
A possible solution for Donald is that his teacher says he loves school and hopefully will learn to use better self control in his future classrooms.
