Character Description
YEAR LEVEL DESCRIPTION- Students create a range of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts including imaginative retellings, reports, performances, poetry and expositions.
Judging Standards
Writing an interesting and detailed character description.
Must
Write three full sentences with correct boundary punctuation.
Use descriptive words (adjectives) to describe a character's appearance.
Should
Write four full sentences with evidence of correct boundary punctuation and possibly attempts other punctuation.
Use interesting adjectives to describe a character's appearance.
Could
Write a cohesive paragraph with a minimum of four varied sentences with correct boundary punctuation and possible attempts at other punctuation.
Use interesting and varied adjectives to describe a character's appearance and possibly their personality.
Include at least one simile which makes sense.
Lesson One | How to write a description | I DO
Learning Intention
We are learning how to identify adjectives to describe a character's appearance and personality.
Success Criteria
Participating in class discussion to identify adjectives on a mini whiteboard from a character description.
A character description is when you write about a character in great detail. You can write about what a character looks like, this helps the reader have a clear picture of what the character looks like. Think of it like giving clues to the reader!
Lesson Two | Improving character description | WE DO
Learning Intention
We are learning to use adjectives to improve sentences which describe a character's appearance.
Success Criteria
Completed worksheet using given adjectives to complete character descriptions.
Watch to 3:54
What were the words she used to describe her monster character?
Who can remember the language features she used?
Activity
character_description.pdfWe Do: Let's work together to improve the description of King Enk.
You Do: On your own or with a partner, try to improve the character description of Redbush.
Plenery
Share your improved character descriptions with the class.
Why is it important to add descriptive information to a character?
Lesson Three | Monster character description | WE DO
Learning Intention
We are learning to use adjectives to describe the appearance of a monster using a plan for our writing.
Success Criteria
Completed worksheet using a plan to create a character description of a monster.
Watch from 3:54, pause at 4:26, watch to 6:18
Together let's use the template to write some adjectives to describe the monster.
Activity
monster_description_wedo.pdfPlenery
Let's read the description together.
What describing words have we used?
Are there any words we could replace with more interesting ones?
Is this a good character description? Why?
Lesson Four | Monster character description | YOU DO
Learning Intention
We are learning to use adjectives to describe the appearance of our own monster using a plan for our writing.
Success Criteria
Completed drawing of our own monster with a plan for describing words used to write about our character.
Descriptive Words
A4.pdft2-e-5235-physical-appearance-adjectives-a3-display-poster-.pdfActivity
my_monster_description.pdfSpend 10 minutes creating a quick drawing of your monster.
List some describing words of your monster.
Try to think of a simile.
Can you think of some describing words for its personality?
Must
Create a drawing of your monster.
List at least 4 describing words.
Should
Create a drawing of your monster.
List at least 6 describing words or groups of similar words to describe one feature.
Could
Create a drawing of your monster.
List at least 8 describing words or groups of similar words to describe the monster's appearance or possibly its personality.
Create a simile for one the descriptions.
Plenery
Share your monster and plan with the class.
Is it successful at clearly describing the monster in an interesting way?
Lesson Five | Monster character description | YOU DO
Learning Intention
We are learning to write a character description of a monster using adjectives to describe its appearance.
Success Criteria
Completed character description of our own monster using adjectives to describe its appearance.
Activity
In your writing project book, write a character description of your monster using full sentences.
Must
Write three full sentences with correct boundary punctuation.
Use descriptive words (adjectives) to describe a character's appearance.
Should
Write four full sentences with evidence of correct boundary punctuation and possible attempts other punctuation.
Use interesting adjectives to describe a character's appearance.
Could
Write a cohesive paragraph with a minimum of four varied sentences with correct boundary punctuation and possible attempts at other punctuation.
Use interesting and varied adjectives to describe a character's appearance and possibly their personality.
Include at least one simile which makes sense.
Plenery
Share your writing with the class.
What describing words have you used?
Have you used a simile?
Is it successful at clearly describing the monster in an interesting way?
Lesson Five | Editing | YOU DO
Learning Intention
We are learning to use a checklist to edit our own work and improve our writing.
Success Criteria
A completed checklist.
Use the checklist to help you find any errors in your own work.
Must
Be able to correct your capital letters and full stops.
Must be able to use Capital letters for proper nouns (names).
Must not have capital letters in the middle of words or sentences.
Should
Check to see whether you have repeated any describing words and change them so they are different.
Check that your sentences make sense when you read them at aloud to yourself and correct them.
Could
Add in a simile if you haven't.
Check that your simile makes sense, you have compared two similar things together.