Identifying Physical and Character Traits: Interactive Learning Activities
Engage students in defining and recognizing physical and character traits through interactive activities using familiar figures, classroom discussions, and online practice exercises. Encourage individual reflection with a creative word cloud activity to enhance understanding. Conclude with a motivating video showcasing individuals achieving goals despite challenges.
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Traits Learning Objectives: Students will define a trait; physical trait and character trait. Students will identify five of their physical or character traits.
[Insert image/video of a person students know well (yourself, school staff, famous/historical person, sports figure, artist, actor, etc. This person will be used in next two lessons]. Kick-off Discussion: What makes this person unique, or special? What are some ideas about this person s: Strengths Talents Weaknesses Personality characteristics Physical characteristics
Look around the room at peers: Recognize the different physical traits you see: long or short hair, color of hair, dimples, smiles, eye color, tall or short, color of skin, freckles These are Physical Traits Classroom Discussion:
Now, think about how different peers act: Friendly, moody, grumpy, happy, shy, smart, outgoing, helpful, funny, creative These are Character Traits Classroom Discussion:
Map It Practice Online Activity: Trait: a characteristic, feature, or quality of a person Additional Practice There are 2 types of traits: 1. Physical Traits 2. Character (or personality) Traits
Map It Practice Online Activity: Additional Practice Add4-5 physical traits for each person.
Map It Practice Online Activity: Additional Practice What character traits do you notice?
Individual Traits Extension Activity: Create your own visual word cloud by entering your list of traits in a word cloud generator. Choose one here: http://www.edudemic.com/9-word-cloud-generators-that-arent- wordle/ Word Clouds Get creative, choose your font, size, orientation, and background color make it you!
Watch a short video from the pepnet 2, Achieving Goals! Career Stories of Individuals Who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Ambitious Achievers- Vol 5: http://www.pepnet.org/resources/ag5 Meet Rosa Lee Gallimore (a Performing Artist) Matthew Baker (a caterer) Application Activity: Traits for Careers Video What physical traits did you notice? What character traits did you notice? What traits would be important for each of these careers?
[Insert image of the character you will be discussing] Synthesis Activity: Discussion Prompts: Cross Curriculum What were the character s action in the story? What personality traits does the character have? What text evidence helps you draw conclusions about the character s traits (based on what a character says, thinks, feels, and does)?
