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. We are learning about descriptive words that give a character personality.
3. Exploring ways in which creating characters can help shape our stories.
SUCCESS CRITERA:
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?
In the video, Mat described how he asked his characters questions to get to know them better. Do you remember some of those questions?
In the video, 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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