Using the acronym STEAL, students will practice analyzing a character. This lesson includes an explanation of the STEAL strategy, a video demonstration, and two options for student practice or assessment.

There are five main methods of indirect characterization: speech, thoughts, effect, action, and looks, often abbreviated STEAL. Use this STEAL chart and reference guide in your classroom, so students may easily apply indirect characterization techniques to any short story, poem, or novel.

Beginning: Mini Lesson - Character Traits (see attached PowerPoint) You’ve all already identified some of your own character traits in your journals! A character trait is a word that describes a person and focuses on their personality.

Character Traits − adjectives that are used to describe a character. The author can tell us these traits directly, but more often the author will show us these traits in action. Our job as readers is to draw a conclusion about the character traits (to infer them). Provide a direct quote from the story for each example! of STEAL? caring.

Are you looking for an engaging STEAL characterization lesson with notes and graphic organizers? This resource teaches students how to use STEAL for character analysis and introduces students to direct and indirect characterization.

The STEAL strategy mini-books also are ideal for accountability purposes after independent reading. Teacher Hack: Print the STEAL analysis mini-books and store inside paper gift bags. When needed, open the bags and hang from a hook or stand upright on a flat surface.

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STEAL Characterization Chart Text_____ _____ _____ Character_____ Types of Characterization Direct Citation from Text (This should be copied word for word, in quotation marks - don’t forget the page number!) What can we infer from this citation… (An inference is an educated guess ...

Choose a book that you know well and apply the STEAL chart to analyze the characters. Remember- Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, Looks. Click to start.

Teach your students how to analyze a character from any text with ease using STEAL character analysis! This resource contains a warm-up activity to engage your students, editable Google Slides so you can make it fit any text, and a graphic organizer for your students to demonstrate what they have l...