📚 Topic Summary
Understanding how characters feel and why they act the way they do is super important for reading comprehension. Describing a character’s feelings involves identifying emotions like happiness, sadness, anger, and fear, and understanding how these feelings motivate their actions. Often, authors show these feelings through what a character does, says, or thinks, rather than directly stating them. Recognizing these clues allows us to understand the character’s motivations and connect with the story on a deeper level.
🎭 Part A: Vocabulary
Match the following terms with their correct definitions:
- Term: Empathy
- Term: Motivation
- Term: Infer
- Term: Trait
- Term: Conflict
- Definition: A struggle or disagreement within a story.
- Definition: To guess or conclude something based on evidence.
- Definition: A quality or characteristic that belongs to a person.
- Definition: The reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.
- Definition: The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
✍️ Part B: Fill in the Blanks
Read the paragraph below and fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word from the word bank. Word Bank: Joyful, Anxious, Hesitated, Determined, Observed.
Sarah felt _______ as she waited for the results of her exam. She _______ before opening the email, unsure of what to expect. When she finally saw that she had passed, she felt _______ and _______ to celebrate with her friends. John _______ her reaction and knew immediately she had done well.
🤔 Part C: Critical Thinking
Think about a character from your favorite book or movie. Describe a time when the character’s actions did not match their stated feelings. What do you think was the reason for this disconnect?
