The wondrous WHO of your story
Nearly every story needs a WHO – a character or characters who have adventures, solve problems, and who guide readers through a story. Here’s everything you need to start creating engaging, interesting characters for your stories!
Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:24 Meet the creators
01:16 What makes an interesting character?
03:08 What does your character want and what is stopping them?
05:25 Questions we can ask about our characters
06:07 Final words of advice
06:42 Here's what we've learned
Learning Intentions
1. Learning about story characters traits and how we can discover these.
2. Learning about descriptive words that give a character personality.
3. Exploring ways in which creating characters can help shape stories.
SUCCESS CRITERIA:
1. Experimented with different features and traits of story characters.
2. Have the beginnings of a character that can be used in a story.
Discussion Questions
PRE-VIDEO:
- Do you have a favourite story character? Why is that character your favourite? What do you like about them?
- Think about your favourite person in the real world.
- How would you describe them?
- What words can you think of to describe their PERSONALITY?
POST VIDEO:
- According to Mat and Melissa, what makes a good story character? What sort of things do YOU think makes a good story character?
- Why is it important to think about the characters in your story? What sorts of things might you want to know about them when you’re writing your story?
- Mat described how he asked his characters questions to get to know them better. Do you remember some of those questions?
- Melissa talks about using character brainstorms as a tool to find out things about her character’s personality. Do you remember what sort of things she said she jots down?
Curriculum Links
Australian Curriculum V9.0 Links
ENGLISH Y3-4
Language:
● Text structure and organisation: AC9E3LA03, AC9E4LA03
Literature:
● Literature and contexts: AC9E3LE01, AC9E4LE01
● Engaging with and responding to literature: AC9E3LE02, AC9E4LE02
● Examining literature: AC9E3LE03, AC9E4LE03
● Creating literature: AC9E3LE05, AC9E4LE05
Literacy:
● Analysing, interpreting and evaluating: AC9E3LY03, AC9E4LY03, AC9E3LY05,
AC9E4LY05
● Creating texts: AC9E3LY06, AC9E4LY06
GENERAL CAPABILITIES
LITERACY
Writing:
● Creating texts: Crafting ideas Level 5-6
Reading and Viewing:
● Understanding texts: Comprehension Level 5-6
CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKING
Generating:
● Create possibilities: Level 3
Reflecting
● Transfer knowledge: Level 3
CREATORS
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