How to describe a character?
you will improve your skills of describing characters
you will meet the hero of the novel “Pride” by William Wharton
to sort the necessary information contained in the text
to describe and characterize the character of an excerpt from William Wharton's “Pride”;
to create a consistent text with characteristics of the character
Split into groups. Each group chooses one student from another group and describes him/her, identifying his/her positive features, without giving his/her name. Let the others guess who are you talking about. Write your description here or in the notebook.
Read an excerpt of William Wharton’s novel “Pracowitemu wszystko się udaje” in the lesson „How to describe a character”.
William Wharton
(1925–2008)
An American writer, painter and psychologist. In the 1960s he lived on a barge on the Seine, France together with his family. He wrote for adults. His novels were extremely popular in the 1990s, in particular “Birdy”, “A Midnight Clear” and “Dad”. Some of his books were filmed.
Who is the main character of William Wharton’s text entitled „Pracowitemu wszystko się udaje”? To answer this question accurately, gather information on his:
sex,
age,
family,
interests.
Sture was diligent and displayed extraordinary skills from a young age. Drag the information fitting the boy’s age to relevant spots in the table.
he invented a water pump, he cleared up and swept the yard, he invented a system of gates between pastures, he carried water from the well, he stacked hay, he installed electric light in the house and cowshed, he built a plow to plow the field
| When Sture was 5 | |
|---|---|
| When Sture was 7 | |
| When Sture was 12 | |
| When Sture was 13 |
What do we learn about the character from the following descriptions? Write your conclusions here or in the notebook.
The big tank in the kitchen was always filled with water, despite the fact that Sture had to cover the distance from the house to the wellwell many times.
The boy stacked hayhay and carried fodder from the granarygranary, although he could hardly lift it.
He loved talking with animals and always showed his heart to them.
When he did not know how to make a small generatorgenerator, he would read manuals on electricity.
He gave a present to his parents for his thirteenth birthday – he installed the light in the kitchen and cowshedcowshed.
In the characteristics of a character, the relations between the character and other individuals are important. Write your observations here or in the notebook.
The way the narrator tells about a character also helps with his/her assessment. Find and quote the fragment which describes the way the diligentdiligent boy carried out various works.
Express your assessment of the character. Write your reflections here or in the notebook.
Which one of Sture’s inventionsinventions made the biggest impression on you. Justify your opinion.
Explain why Sture can be called a rationalizer, bearing in mind that a rationalizer is an author of an idea that enhances work or production; a man who implements improvements.
Write an essay in which you will present the main character of the excerpt of William Wharton’s novel. Tell about who he is, where he comes from, how old he is and then present his traits of character and your own assessment of the character. The contents and illustrations from the previous exercise might be helpful.
Keywords
hero, description, character, trait
Glossary
studnia
siano
kopki
spichlerz
obora
prądnica
pług
orać
pastwisko
racjonalizator
konstruować
wynalazek
pracowity
pompa
kuźnia