Making an ABC Book

Choose one or two items from the chart below to create pages for an alphabet book for all to share. Each page should include a large capital letter, an illustration or some artistic impression, and a paragraph (at least 5 sentences) explaining your letter representation. Design your page with an interesting format and type font. Your page should be vertical. The following words are examples you may use but are not limited to:

 Character Sketcher

1.  Your job as Character Sketcher is to think carefully about your assigned character as you read. You will be given a passage with a page and paragraph where you can find information about your character. Reread the passage carefully. As you are reading, think about descriptive words that capture how your character acts or looks. You do NOT want to use words like good, bad, nice, and mean. Be sure to use your “Descriptive Character Traits” page for help. In addition, you will create an artistic impression of your character. When you begin artistically representing your character, try to use any physical descriptions from the text to help you. Your “artistic impression” of the character will probably be on a separate piece of paper.

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2.  Your job as Character Sketcher is to think carefully about your assigned character as you read. You will be given character traits that describe your character. You need to be aware that the character traits you will be given are implied character traits. In other words, they are not directly stated in the passage. So, your job is to find passages that support these traits. In other words, if you are given the trait determined then you will be searching for a passage where your character is acting determined. Remember to write the page and paragraph number and explain how your character is acting determined. In addition, you will create an artistic impression of your character. When you begin artistically representing your character, try to use any physical descriptions from the text to help you. Your “artistic impression” of the character will probably be on a separate piece of paper.

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3.     Your job as Character Sketcher is to identify a character’s actions (traits) and explain or 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 an artistic impression 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 will want to use descriptive words for your character traits. You do NOT want to use words like good, bad, nice, and mean. Be sure to use your “Descriptive Character Traits” page for help.

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 you character’s problem. When you begin artistically representing your character, try to use any physical descriptions from the text to help you. Your “artistic impression” of the character will probably be on a separate piece of paper. The next page gives you an example of how your paper may look with the character information.

     Implied Character Traits (3)

1. (Trait) _________________ p.______ par.________

(Explanation or proof of trait)

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

2. (Trait) _________________ p.______ par.________

(Explanation or proof of trait)

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

3. (Trait) _________________ p.______ par.________

(Explanation or proof of trait)

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

Character’s Goal:

_______________’s goal is to

____________________________________________________________________.

Problem:

_______________’s problem is

____________________________________________________________________.

Solution or Possible Solution: ___________________________________

____________________________________________________________________.

Character Sketcher 1

You are invited to learn more about Peter. Please take notes on how Peter acts and looks.

v    To begin, reread the following passages, determine “descriptive words” that capture Peter’s personality and explain why the words describe Peter.

v    Reread page 18 and the first two paragraphs on page 19. Which words describe Peter?____________________________________

v     He acts _____________________because_____________________

________________________________________________________.Focus on page 19 paragraphs one and two.

v    Reread page 22 paragraph two. Which words describe Peter?___________________________________________________

v     He acts _____________________because_____________________

________________________________________________________.

v    Reread page 24 paragraph one. Which words describe Peter?___________________________________________________

v     He acts _____________________because_____________________

________________________________________________________.

Then, use the passages that describe Peter’s actions and appearance to help you complete an artistic impression of Peter.

v    Page 1 paragraph 2; page 20 paragraph one; page 15 next to last paragraph.

v    Other passages you noticed.

Character Sketcher 2

You are invited to learn more about Molly. Please take notes on how Molly acts and looks.

v    To begin, think about “descriptive words” that capture Molly’s personality and try to find passages in Chapter 3 that show how Molly is acting. Think about why or how those words describe Molly in the passages. Remember these will be implied traits. Use the traits below to help you.

v    Choose 3 of the following traits and find passages in Chapter 3 that demonstrate Molly acting:

v     On page _______paragraph_______ Molly acts ________________________ because/when ____________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________.

v     On page _______paragraph_______ Molly acts ________________________ because/when ____________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________.

v     On page _______paragraph_______ Molly acts ________________________ because/when ____________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________.

Then, use the passages that describe Molly’s actions and appearance to help you complete an artistic impression of Molly. Page 19, last paragraph, gives you some information about Molly’s appearance. Are there any other passages you noticed?

Character Sketcher 3

Your job as Character Sketcher is to identify a character’s actions (traits) and explain or 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 an artistic impression 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 will want to use descriptive words for your character traits. You do NOT want to use words like good, bad, nice, and mean. Be sure to use your “Descriptive Character Traits” page for help.

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 you character’s problem.

When you begin artistically representing your character, try to use any physical descriptions from the text to help you. Your “artistic impression” of the character will probably be on a separate piece of paper. The next page gives you an example of how your paper may look with the character information.

You will be learning about Black Stache.  Think about the following traits as you read Chapter 4-The Sea Devil:

    Implied Character Traits (3)

(Trait) _________________ p.______ par.________

(Explanation or proof of trait)

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

(Trait) _________________ p.______ par.________

(Explanation or proof of trait)

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

(Trait) _________________ p.______ par.________

(Explanation or proof of trait)

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

Character’s Goal: _______________’s goal is to_____________________

____________________________________________________________________.

Problem: _______________’s problem is_____________________________

____________________________________________________________________.

Solution or Possible Solution: ___________________________________

____________________________________________________________________.

Character Log

At the beginning of a novel, authors usually introduce the main characters.  As we read, we will discover more about some of these characters and come to know many of them very well.  Create a section in your notebook for characters-a character log. In this section you will record the name of each main character below and describe what you found out about each character as you read pages 1- 36.  Note something that the character said, did, how the character acts, and looks.