Character Development... the process of creating a persona (character) for your story that includes the changes and personal growth this persona experiences during the story.
Understanding Character Types
Developing Characters for Your Stories
Character Checklist & Brainstorming Elements
for CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
Analyzing Character Development in Three Short Stories About Women
Make PREDICTIONS:
Read BACKGROUND Info. KATE CHOPIN
READ the Story... ANSWER related Questions CREATE Trading Cards JOURNAL Responses
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Make PREDICTIONS:
Read BACKGROUND Info. SUSAN GLASPELL
READ the Story... ANSWER related Questions CREATE Trading Cards JOURNAL Responses Use the same questions from previous story. |
Make PREDICTIONS:
Read BACKGROUND Info. WILLIAM FAULKNER
READ the Story... ANSWER related Questions CREATE Trading Cards JOURNAL Responses Use the same questions from previous story. |
JOURNAL RESPONSES will be graded on a scale of 1-5 (1=weak; 5=excellent) by looking at the following categories:
- Careful reading of stories
- Careful reading of historical facts and author biographies
- Personal connections with the stories
- Reflection on important issues or concerns
- Insightful reading
VENN DIAGRAM
- Compare the three settings: descriptions, objects, and moods.
- Compare the female characters in each of the three stories: personality and actions.
- Compare the code of behavior for a woman in each of the three stories.
- How do these three women defy the code?How do the authors’ backgrounds and events during the time the stories were written affect the way stories were written?
- Focus on the differences and similarities of the societies in the three stories.
- Two writers are women and one is male. Does this affect the way in which women are described in the stories? How
In small groups you will write a script in which the three women from the stories (Mrs. Mallard, Mrs. Wright, and Emily) meet today and discuss the problems and conflicts of their times. A fourth character, a contemporary woman, should also be included. You will decide who this character is. She can be based on your personalities individually, combined or completely made up.
REVIEW THE SCRIPT GUIDELINES FOR MORE DETAILS. Your group will present your script to the class by either reading it out loud or role-playing the characters.
REVIEW THE SCRIPT GUIDELINES FOR MORE DETAILS. Your group will present your script to the class by either reading it out loud or role-playing the characters.