National Safety Pin glaucous • \GLAW-kus\

• adjective
Day - Actor
1955
1 a : of a pale yellow-
James Dean was killed green color
in a car crash.
2 : having a powdery or
waxy coating that gives
a frosted appearance
Did you know: and tends to rub off

Nairobi, Kenya, is
the world's center
for tourist safaris.

SEPTEMBER 30TH 2009

TODAY IS A YELLOW DAY
Write down the VOCABULARY
 AGENDA
•Daily WAR Day Three – Yellow Day (Vocab)

•Hand in One Page Character Analysis Essay

•Continue Characterization – Character Motivation

•What motivates us? Activity

•Read Short Story –

•Identify Characterization (Direct/Indirect)
that reveals Motivation for actions.
CHARACTER MOTIVATION
The reason why a character does what he or she does— why
he acts, thinks, or feels a certain way (may be stated directly,
or the reader may have to infer the motivation)
In fiction, it is why a
 When the bell rings for lunch you… character feels real to us, it
 But Why? makes a character human.
 We get angry at our parents for
nagging us… Without reason, we have no
 But why?
way to relate to a character.
Character motivation is the
underlying reason why we Even the bully, or villain has
do the things we do. a reason for why they are
evil.
•Tragic up-bringing
Understanding a person’s
•Poor parenting
motivation is the key to
•Being bullied
understanding why someone
does something. themselves
•Etc…

Whomever the character is,

CHARACTERIZATION ASSIGNMENT:
 In a group of three, while one student reads, the other two fill out the
chart. (You should rotate every couple of minutes.)
 On a sheet of notebook paper, please draw and complete this chart:
 Write in five actions done by Sammy and in the story;
 Write two actions done by Queenie in the story;
 Write two actions done by Stokesie in the story;
 For each action, infer what her motivation was (in other words, why did
she do what she did?);
 Finally, provide evidence to support your answer—what in the story gives
you clues about her motivation? Be specific!
 Motivation: the reason or inspiration behind an action
 Fear motivated me to run quickly down the dark alley!
 My hunger motivated me to make a sandwich.

Action Motivation (Infer) Evidence

(Characterization)
QUESTION OF THE DAY