Words that show characters
Discuss characters and settings across a range of texts and identify how language — adjectives, verbs, dialogue and descriptive phrases — presents them in different ways
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Words that show characters means practising the idea at the table with a short text or prompt and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.
Materials: Sentence strips or sticky notes; Pencil. 1. Say the goal of Words that show characters in plain words once. 2. Adult shows one sentence and marks the target grammar feature once. 3. Child finds or fixes the feature in three short sentences and reads each aloud. 4. Fresh check: one fresh sentence mark or fix. Record and stop. Done: three correctly marked or fixed sentences. Proof: parent note of examples and results. Stop: End after the fresh check; keep optional challenge for another day.
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The Eagle & the Jackdaw
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The Eagle & the Jackdaw supports noticing words that show characters. Not a character biography.
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Before you openAsk the learner which words show what the jackdaw wants or feels.
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Public Library of Congress Read.gov Aesop page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt. The story text is public domain on this page. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. This is reading text, not an automatically marked comprehension quiz.
Library of Congress / Read.gov. “The Eagle & the Jackdaw.” Public-domain text linked only; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute a separate edition.
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Check understanding
- Find the words that show a character is grumpy in one story and cheerful in another (e.g. 'stomped', 'grumbled' vs 'skipped', 'giggled')
- Compare how two texts describe a beach setting and list the descriptive words each uses
- Explain how what a character says (dialogue) tells the reader what they are like
“Can your child point to the words in a story that show a character is grumpy or kind — like 'stomped' or 'giggled'?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Reading Comprehension
- Age range
- Ages 7–8
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