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Group Activity

Split group

Work on google slide

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in a group

15min

Characterisation

What makes this excerpt on characterisation successful

• Characters’ appearance
• Characters’ speech, thought and action
• Interaction with others

Let’s Evaluate

Success Criteria

Show, don’t tell

1. Look at the telling sentence(s) in the next slide.
2. Your group need to choose 1
3. Write an excerpt as modelled lesson to show the character(s)’ reaction in the Padlet Page or coloured paper given to you.
4. Before you write, you can plan you what you want to include in the characterization template shown in the next slide (Print the slide for each group)
5. Write your excerpt.
6. Check that you have included the Success Criteria.

Group Writing Activity

Change the ‘telling sentences to ‘showing sentences

Telling Sentences

1. Samantha was mad when John took her candy.
2. Jackie was very sad when she lost her puppy.
3. Mabel was jubilant to be chosen at a leader.
4. Amy was frightened when she heard the loud bang.
5. Amos was brave to stand up to the bully.

Group Writing Activity

Change these ‘telling sentences to ‘showing sentences

Group 1

Telling Sentence #2

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Tears streamed down her cheeks.

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“My puppy! “ she cried in sadness

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She cried in Mother’s arms

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Group 1.1

Telling Sentence #_4__

She was trembling with fear. She had legs like jelly. She jumped with fear

“Ahhhhh!What was that?”Amy croaked with fear.

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Amy turned as white as sheet, She had dark black eyelids with black long hair.

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She looked around trying to find the source of the sound, the loud bang.

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Group 2

Telling Sentence #5

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Amos is tall and lanky.

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“Hey that's not nice!”Amos remarked angrily to the bully

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The bully slapped Amos on the face. Amos cried in pain

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Group 2.1

Telling Sentence #1

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Her face turned as red as a tomato.

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It seemed like steam was billowing out of her nostrils.

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Clenched her fist.

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“How dare you take my candy!”Samantha hollered at John.

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Samantha hollered and bellowed at john.

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Group 3

Telling Sentence #1

-Samantha’s face was red with rage.

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-”How dare you!”Samantha yelled at her top of her lungs as she rushed to John like a raging bull.

-”You always annoy me!”she burst out in a fit of pure rage.

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-Samantha’s nostrils flared as she screamed at John,”Hey why did you take my candy!”

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Group 3.1

Telling Sentence #4

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Samantha's’ face was red with fury as she found out that her enemy, John took her favourite candy she was in a fit of pure rage.

Samantha had smoke billowing out of her ears “ Why did you take my candy without my permission? Stop taking my candy!” Samantha shouted at John

Samantha almost slapped John's’ face out of fury “ Stop taking my things without my permission! If you do it again i will tell our teacher!” Samantha screamed at John.

Group 4

Telling Sentence #5

Despite Amos’ puny frame, he mustered up his courage to stand up to the ferocious bully.

-After all the times that the bully, James, bullied Amos, he finally decided that that was enough.

-”Why does James always target me?” Amos thought to himself one night while lying down in bed.

-Amos yelped in pain as James pinned him against the wall.

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Group 4.1

Telling Sentence #4

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Amy turned as white as a piece of paper

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Amy yelped as john pinned her against the wall

Group 5

Telling Sentence #_4__

pale as a sheet

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like a deer in the headlights

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stood rooted to the ground ,

covered her ears

“What was that!”she screamed

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legs were trembling

“What is wrong dear?” mother asked

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Group 5.1

Telling Sentence #1

Appearance

Action, Thought & Speech

Interaction with Others

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face as red as a tomato

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eyes narrowed into slit

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bloodshot eyes

clenched her fist

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stomped her feet

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“How dare you!”

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“Where is my candy?”

punched him in the face

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threw an eraser at him

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Group 6

Telling Sentence #4

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1. Samantha’s face was as red as lava

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2.Steam was billowing from her ears

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1. ”John!Give me back my candy!”
2. Clenched her fist

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1.John pointed a finger at Samantha and laughed

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Group 6.1

Telling Sentence #5

Amos shouted,”Quit it!”.Then, he ran to the teacher’s staff room.

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He told the teacher and the teacher punished the bully,

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A towering figure loomed over Amos ,as he clenched his fist and shot a stink eye at the bully.