WORK WITH YOUR TABLE GROUP: • Summarize the key events in chapter one • Go over the characters introduced in chapter one
TAKE OUT YOUR CHARACTER CHARTS • As I come around and check, share what you wrote about each character with each other • Add what you missed to your own chart, and if you noticed someone missed a detail, explain it
PONYBOY
SODAPOP
DARRY
TWO-BIT
GREASERS
SOCS
STEVE RANDLE
PONYBOY’S MOM AND DAD
JOHNNY
DALLY
DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION • Character traits that are clearly stated by the narrator • Usual examples: physical appearance, what “kind of person” someone is, obvious descriptive adjectives
INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION • Implied by the narrator, but never explicitly said • Requires you to read between the lines and make inferences • Examples: • a narrator describes something the character does or says and leaves the reader to draw his/her own conclusions • narrator makes a general statement about the kind of life a character has had
COMPLETE THE CHARACTERIZATION EXERCISE • Work independently or with a friend
CLOSING ACTIVITY In the space provided write a paragraph describing the house these three brothers live in. It’s not clearly described, so use what you know about their lives to make inferences.