Characterization & Character Traits

Using the strategies practiced in class, complete the graphic organizer below.

Portion of the Text	Character Who is the character in the story?	Characterization What does the character say, do, think?	Trait What trait best describes the character? Why?
pg. 242 Paragraph 4: “I threw it on my brother’s bed and looked at it for a long time before I slipped it on and went out into the backyard, smiling a thank you to my mom as I passed her in the kitchen.”	Gary Soto	tries on the jacket sits on the bed, combs hair, attempts to look “normal” in the jacket thinks the jacket is ugly courteous to mother: “…smiles thank you to my mom as I passed her in the kitchen.”	Gary Soto is respectful. Although he did not receive the jacket he wanted, he still tried on the jacket and attempted to make it look decent on him. Instead of disrespecting his mother for not buying him the jacket he wanted, Gary “smiles thank you” to her and appears grateful for her purchase. Other possible traits are: thankful tolerant polite dutiful