Titled: "Presentation Outline-Process Wrting" (2014-02) From Ed_4280

Presentation Outline

Introduction:

-title (Character Development), presenters, learning goal (Provide information for future teachers in order for them to effectively guide students as they create characters.)

Part 1:

-Why give so much attention to character development?

Part 2:

1^st Dimension

-main character traits  (protagonist, followed minor characters)

-naming

-character types

(When do writers begin to develop characters?)

Part 3:

-2^nd Demension

motivation, backstory, purpose, drive

Part 4:

3^rd Dimension

-actions, behaviours, what they do, why they do it, character outcomes

àcould come before or after character’s development by the writer

àcharacter outcome regarding how they play out into the storyline; they’re aggressive during a certain aspect of the story and it leads to them being judged by their peers

àminor characters and protagonists: minor characters are helping the protagonist develop throughout the story through their behaviors and actions

àprotagonist’s actions determine his outcome

àoutcome is everything

àjk rowling had a shit day so hermonie ended up with ron

Part 5:

-Editing process- refining characters

Part 6:

-Activity

-Each table is given a genre; develop a character to fit that genre (7)

-horror genre

-fantasy genre

-adventure genre

-young adult novel (think age appropriate)

-romance genre

-tragedy

-comedy

Checklist:

-physical

-emotional

-psychological

-backstory

-behavioral

-motivations

-character outcomes

Part 7:

-Closing

…..maybe depending on how long the presentation is we can use the chicken noodle soup story and read half in the beginning and the other half in the end.

…..look into character development in poetry