CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTIONS

💡 Learning steps

  • Use well-chosen adjectives to describe what your character looks like

  • Avoid writing a police-description. Pick two or three key things to describe that make your character unique

  • Use props and accessories to help describe the character

  • Introduce your characters creatively

✏️ Lessons

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Lesson CDA1

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Lesson CDA3

Lesson CDA4

PERSONALITY

💡 Learning steps

  • A general introduction to character descriptions

  • Choose a character name that suits their personality and background

  • Use other characters’ reactions to tell the audience more about the main character

✏️ Lessons

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Lesson CDB1

Lesson CDB2

Lesson CDB3

MOVEMENT

💡 Learning steps

  • Use verbs and adverbs to show how a character moves and interacts with the setting

  • Use more precise vocabulary choices to avoid pleonasms and to precisely describe how the character acts

  • Don't hit the pause button; describe the character as they are interacting with the setting

✏️ Lessons

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Lesson CDC1

Lesson CDC2

Lesson CDC3

MOODS & FEELINGS

💡 Learning steps

  • Include how the character is feeling

  • Use 'show don't tell' to imply the character’s mood or feelings

  • Include sensory character descriptions - describe the sounds your characters make when they move or breathe

  • Include sensory character descriptions - describe the sounds your characters make when they laugh or eat

  • Include sensory character descriptions - describe how your character smells

✏️ Lessons

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Lesson CDD1

Lesson CDD2

Lesson CDD3

Lesson CDD4

Lesson CDD5