• The Human Spirit
• Defining moments in
life shape one’s identity.
• How do authors create
characters that readers connect with in order to learn about self and others?
We are going to start by examining the characters in the movie we have been watching. Then we will write a brief character sketch on one of our favorite characters from a movie or a book. Section 1 should have both of these sheets done by Tuesday. Sections 3 and 4 have the sheets due on Wednesday.
The Great Debaters Character Study
Choose one character from the
movie that you identify with.
Mr. Tolson (teacher), Henry Lowe (fighter), Samantha
Booke (girl), James Jr.(14), Hamilton
Burgess (glasses speaker), Dr. Farmer (speech writer)
What are his/her
motivations? Why does he/she do what he/she does?
What is the main conflict
that interferes with his/her goals?
How do his/her relationships impact his/her
decisions?
How does the character change over
the course of the story? What life
lessons has the character learned from the experience?
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Trait of the Character
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How is it revealed by what character says, what other say about him/her,
physical description, the character’s actions?
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adventurous, afraid, ambitious, arrogant, bad, bold,
bossy, brainy, brave, brilliant, calm, careful, careless, charming, cheerful,
childish, cowardly, cruel, curious, demanding, depressed, dishonest, eager,
easygoing, energetic, evil, faithful, fearless, foolish, friendly, funny,
gentle, giving, gloomy, graceful, greedy, guilty, happy, healthy, helpful,
honest, hopeful, imaginative, impatient, impolite, innocent, inventive,
intelligent, jealous, kind, lazy, lonely, loving, loyal, lucky, mature, mean,
mysterious, nervous, nice, noisy, obedient, peaceful, pleasant, polite, poor,
proud, quiet, responsible, rough, rowdy, rude, sad, scared, selfish, serious,
shy, silly, sly, smart, sneaky, spoiled, strange, sweet, talented, thoughtful,
thoughtless, trusting, trustworthy, unfriendly, unhappy, upset, warm, weak,
wicked, wise, worried, zany
Your favorite
characters
List characters from movies or books that you remember as
clearly as someone you have met in person.
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What do you love about this character? What did you learn from him/her?
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Choose one of these characters and introduce him/her to us.
My favorite character:
________________________ from ______________________
Character’s name, physical description, background, and
other details about his/her life as established by the writer.
Give us 3 quotes from the story that the character says… as
best as you can remember.
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What are some actions the character does that give us an
idea of who he/she is?
How do you identify with him/her? What lessons did he/she
teach you?
(Include a picture of this character, even if you have to
find something that sort of looks like you think he/she would look like.)
