Have you completed all of last

week’s readings?

WELCOME TO TITLE ONE

READING
PLEASE RUN YOUR AUDIO SET UP WIZARD
 AGENDA
•CHARACTER ELEMENTS
•READ ALOUD OF PART OF
“DESPICABLE ME” SCRIPT
•REVIEW WHAT IS DUE
CHARACTER
ELEMENTS
Physical Appearance

Speech and Interaction

Actions

Thoughts and Feelings

 Despicable Me Characters

← Gru Margo →

Minions

← Agnes Edith →
 CHARACTER’S
PHYSICAL
APPEARANCE

A writer may describe how a character looks

and dresses. This often reveals what a
character is like!

Look for…
❖ Clothing
❖ Hair/Facial Features
❖ Facial Expressions
❖ Body Language
 Look for…

CHARACTER’S ● What the characters say

● How the characters talk with other
characters
SPEECH AND ● The relationships between the characters

INTERACTION
WHAT THE CHARACTER SAYS AND HOW
THE CHARACTER INTERACTS WITH
OTHERS HELPS YOU LEARN ABOUT THE
CHARACTER.
 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

We will be reading a
portion of the movie
script on the next
slide!

Gru Margo Edith Agnes

 Despicable Me Script
GRU: CLEARLY WE NEED TO SET SOME RULES. RULE NUMBER ONE: YOU WILL NOT TOUCH ANYTHING.
MARGO: AHA. WHAT ABOUT THE FLOOR?
GRU: YES, YOU MAY TOUCH THE FLOOR.
MARGO: WHAT ABOUT THE AIR?
GRU: YES, YOU MAY TOUCH THE AIR.
EDITH: WHAT ABOUT THIS?
[HOLDS A RAY GUN IN HER HANDS, THE LASER SIGHT AIMED RIGHT AT GRU]
GRU: [SCREAMS, HOLDING A FRYING PAN FOR PROTECTION] WHERE DID YOU GET THAT?
EDITH: [SHRUGS] FOUND IT.
[GRU TAKES IT AWAY FROM HER]
GRU: OKAY, RULE NUMBER TWO: YOU WILL NOT BOTHER ME WHILE I'M WORKING. RULE NUMBER THREE: YOU WILL
NOT CRY, OR WHINE, OR LAUGH, OR GIGGLE, OR SNEEZE OR BARF OR FART! SO NO, NO, NO ANNOYING SOUNDS. ALL
RIGHT?
AGNES: DOES THIS COUNT AS ANNOYING?
[LETS GO OF MARGO'S HAND AND PUCKERS HER CHEEKS]
GRU: [STOPS AGNES] VERY!
[SIGHS IRRITATED]
GRU: I'LL SEE YOU IN SIX HOURS.
[LEAVES THE KITCHEN]
MARGO: OKAY, DON'T WORRY. EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE FINE. WE'RE GONNA BE REALLY HAPPY HERE. RIGHT?
[TURNS HER BACK]
MARGO: AGNES?
AGNES: [EATING] MMM?
 CHARACTER’S
ACTIONS

A WRITER MAY TELL ABOUT A CHARACTER BY THE

WAY THE CHARACTER ACTS.
 Poll:

What does this scene show you about the

characters’ relationships?

A. They are helpful and loving.

B. They are mean and rude.
C. They don’t care about each other.
D. They don’t know one another.
E. I do not know, or I am unsure.
 CHARACTER’S
THOUGHTS AND
FEELINGS
A WRITER MAY TELL ABOUT A
CHARACTER BY REVEALING THE INNER
THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS OF THE
CHARACTER.

THE WRITER MAY STATE DIRECTLY, OR

YOU MAY HAVE TO INFER.
 Waterfall

What do the minions’

expressions share about
their feelings?
 WHAT IS DUE?
• 2.06 LESSON AND GRADED ASSIGNMENT DUE TONIGHT, 2.07 DUE TOMORROW
• ANYTHING YOU HAVE NOT YET COMPLETED (OVERDUE ASSIGNMENTS AND READINGS).
• CHECK YOUR QUIZZES TO SEE IF YOU SHOULD RE-ATTEMPT ANY.
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