Characters!

What are characters?

• Characters – live in a story

• ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’

• Things happen to them

Inventing a Character

• What is your character’s day like?

• Write two sentences about it.

Getting to know Characters

• What can we say about the following characters?

What is this?

What is she like?

What is his name?

Where is he from?

Why is he laughing?

Inventing a Character

• Answer these Questions:

1. Where does she or he come from?

2. Where does s/he live?3. What does s/he look like?4. What does s/he do?

Setting

What is setting?

• Setting:

1. Where?

2. When?

What is setting?

• Is the place real or made up?

• Examples:

What is Setting?

• Can be big: an entire world

• Or small: a house.

• Every setting has characters and what else?

Thinking about settings…

• What can we say about the following places?

Give This Place a Name

What lives here?

How does this place feel?

What is this place like?

Who lives here?

What kind of place is this?

Creating a Setting

• Questions to ask yourself:

1. What is the name?

2. How big is it?

3. In what world?

4. What is the time?

5. Who lives there?

Remember

• There is no wrong way

• Be creative

• Use your imagination

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