Character Traits: Good or Bad? Both?

Our class is learning to analyze characters using character traits. We know that based on their actions and words in a story we can tell what kind of people they are... or animals in some cases. After brainstorming a list of character traits we know, like honest, brave, heroic, selfish, bratty, kind, friendly, and many, many more we categorized the words into a list of good and bad traits. 

Since this activity, other things we have done using our understanding of character traits are:

• defined ourselves using character traits
• written character trait books using the iPad app, Storybook Maker
• read different stories and analyzed the characters within them
• defined a character's traits and supported our thinking using evidence from the text
• had class discussions about character traits we find in a text

We will keep you posted on our character trait study, so listen for more updates. And if you're interested in testing our knowledge, feel free to ask a third grader what kind of character they think you are!