The Potato Chip Champ
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Third Grade
4. Today we are going to be learning about characterization. It is a tool that authors use on order to describe their characters to you. What words did the author use to describe Champ? What words would you use to describe him. Using these words in order to describe Champ is characterization. How would you describe Walter? Can you give me a sentence using those words for Walter?
5. Let’s look at this page where the author describes Walter. Who can tell me what Walter’s shoes look like? That’s right, they are dirty! What does that tell you about him? He doesn’t care that his shoes are dirty or that his bike is worn out. What do you think Walter would say if he had a dirty hat? Describe that to me. Now that we have read the whole book together, how would you characterize Walter and Champ?
6. Characterization is what authors do to help their readers understand the characters in their stories. Without it, characters in stories would just be names, and we would have no idea what they were really like. This helps us understand the characters better, and to be able to relate to them. Who can relate to how Champ feels when it comes to Walter? You know how you can relate and what traits you can see based on the characterization that the author uses.
7. As a class, the students will come up with a set of ten words or short phrases that the author uses to describe Champ, five from the story and five on their own. Breaking into groups, the students will use the words they have found and thought of themselves to create a short paragraph characterizing Champ. Some groups will have to share their paragraph with the class if the teacher has decided that the paragraph has the elements of characterization based on observations they have gathered from peeking in on the group work.
8. After the paragraphs about Champ are created, the teacher will assess learning based on the success of the groups. If each group has at least two sentences successfully characterizing Champ, it can be assumed that a general understanding of characterization has been acquired.