The+Outsiders--Characterization+Mini+Unit


 * Ms. Joanna Tysko, 7th Grade Language Arts **
 * Post reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton **
 * Characterization Mini Unit **

**Standards:** RL.7.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. RL.7.3 Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).

**Overview:** We just finished reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and I know you loved it! We are going to dive deeper into the characters we fell in love with and analyze their personalities, choices, and inner thoughts. Through this, we will create a brain dump of ideas about this character using [|__Popplet__] . This will help get the juices flowing for the in depth analysis and text annotations to explain the characterizations using [|__Showme__] . You will use these text annotations to create a beginning and end digital poster through [|__Glogster__]  to see how the character changed (if he/she did). Finally you will create a timeline of change (or consistency) of your character throughout the novel using [|__Myhistro__] .

As we studied in class, there are four key ways to analyze characterization: You are going to create a quick brain dump pulling out what you remember about a specific character. Be sure to select a character that had a main role within the book. Minor characters will be harder to analyze. For this brain dump you will not need specific text citations, but if you can remember any specific parts off the top of your head, be sure to put them down so you won’t forget them for later on in our project. You will sort your characterizations using the four categories above and map them accordingly using [|__Popplet__] . You should have at least three different ideas (popplets) per category. [|__You can see my sample of Johnny by clicking here.__]
 * The Brain Dump: **
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What the character does
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What the character says
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What the character thinks
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How other characters react towards him/her

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Now that your juices are flowing, you will need to find specific text references characterizing your selected person. Just like we annotate poems in class, you will be using [|__Explain Everything__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> to create a brief video annotating parts of the text to analyze characterization from the novel. You should have at least three different textual annotations with explanation of what this shows of the character. Please stick to the same character you used for your Brain Dump. [|__Take a look at my sample of Johnny here.__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity #1: **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">After looking at specific text references, you will create a digital poster through [|__Glogster__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> of the character at the beginning and end of the novel. This poster should show a change of the character if he/she is a dynamic character or similarities on both sides for static characters. Because this is a digital poster, you could include pictures, text, video, and sound. You should have at least five items representing the character at the beginning and five items representing the character at the end. [|__See my sample here of Johnny’s beginning/end Glog.__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity #2: **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A beginning and end picture of a character can be eye opening but truly looking at the events that shape his/her life can be argued as more important. It’s not the product, it’s the process! For your final activity, you will create a timeline path of your character’s main events throughout the story. However, since we don’t exactly know where outside of Tulsa the novel was written, you will make a Cleveland area setting. Think about where parks, fountains, hospitals, movie theatres, and abandoned churches are. We do know the story is set in the fall of 1965, so your dates should align with this specific season. Think about time as well as dates. The entire novel is about 2 weeks, so your timeline shouldn’t be over that in length. Your timeline should be created using [|__Myhistro__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> and should have at least six different events. This site allows you to set up locations, dates, times, description, pictures, and annotate the map. [|__See my sample of Johnny’s journey through my timeline.__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity #3: **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Because you all do amazing things, all activities, including the Brain Dump will be published! Feel free to appropriately comment on each other's projects, but it's not necessary for this Mini-Unit.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Turn In/Publication: **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This Characterization Mini-Unit will be graded as a whole. [|__Please see the rubric linked to this document__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. I will create a separate document for you as an individual, fill in the grades, and share it with your GoogleDocs. You will not receive a paper copy. As a reminder, you will not be able to earn a grade unless you publish your activities on this site! If I can't see them, I can't grade them.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Grading: **