Activity Overview
As students read, a storyboard can serve as a helpful character reference log. This log (also called a character map) allows students to recall relevant information about important characters. When reading a novel, small attributes and details frequently become important as the plot progresses. With character mapping, students will record this information, helping them follow along and catch the subtleties which make reading more enjoyable!
Use a character map to help track the different characters that are discussed in The Things They Carried.
Kiowa
- Physical Traits: 19 or 20 years old; Native American; devout Baptist; carries an illustrated New Testament and his grandfather’s hunting hatchet; keeps moccasins for silence
- Character Traits: Practices his heritage; practices his faith; likes to be in churches; tries to comfort O’Brien after he kills a man; a good person; moral; upstanding
- Quote
“And Kiowa had been a splendid human being, the very best, intelligent and gentle and quiet-spoken.Very brave, too. And decent.”
Other characters included in this map are: Lieutenant Jimmy Cross, Tim O’Brien, Rat Kiley, Norman Bowker, and Ted Lavender.
Template and Class Instructions
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Student Instructions
Create a character map for the major characters.
- Identify the major characters in The Things They Carried and type their names into the different title boxes.
- Choose a character from the "1900s" tab to represent each of the literary characters.
- Select colors and a pose appropriate to story and character traits.
- Choose a scene or background that makes sense for the character.
- Fill in Textables for Physical Traits, Character Traits, and a Quote.
Lesson Plan Reference
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
| Proficient 33 Points | Emerging 25 Points | Beginning 17 Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Character Picture & Scene | The characters and scenes are both appropriate for the book's characters. | Many of the characters and scenes match the book's characters. | More than half of the characters and scenes do not match the characters in the book. |
| Accuracy of Notes | Most of the information of the notes is correct. | Many of the notes have correct information, but some are incorrect or missing. | Less than half of the information of the notes is correct and relevant. |
| Effort | Work is complete, thorough, and neat. | Most of the sections of the character map were at least attempted and work is presentable. | Character map is unfinished and/or disorganized. |
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