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Ms. Contreras February, 2017 Name: ____________________________________________ Freak the Mighty Writing Assignment 1 Characterization and Point of View 1. Choose a character from the novel Freak the Mighty and create a meme from their point of view based on how they have been characterized so far. • Remember, characterization is how the author describes a character’s personality and appearance. • Remember, point of view is the perspective from which the story (in this case your meme) is told. This meme is from the point of view of _____________________________________. PLEASE PRINT AND STAPLE YOUR MEME TO THIS SHEET 2. Provide a 3-5-sentence reflection on your meme by explaining why/how it represents the character you chose. Use a quote that demonstrates characterization to support your ideas! Reflection: __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Brainstorming: What does your character look like? What are your character’s interests? What do they dislike? What are they confused about? What are they afraid of?
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Ms.ContrerasFebruary,2017
Name:____________________________________________
FreaktheMightyWritingAssignment1CharacterizationandPointofView
1.ChooseacharacterfromthenovelFreaktheMightyandcreateamemefromtheirpointofviewbasedonhowtheyhavebeencharacterizedsofar.
• Remember,characterizationishowtheauthordescribesacharacter’spersonalityandappearance.
• Remember,pointofviewistheperspectivefromwhichthestory(inthiscaseyourmeme)istold.
Thismemeisfromthepointofviewof_____________________________________.
PLEASEPRINTANDSTAPLEYOURMEMETOTHISSHEET
2.Providea3-5-sentencereflectiononyourmemebyexplainingwhy/howitrepresentsthecharacteryouchose.Useaquotethatdemonstratescharacterizationtosupportyourideas!Reflection:
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Brainstorming:Whatdoesyourcharacterlooklike?Whatareyourcharacter’sinterests?Whatdotheydislike?Whataretheyconfusedabout?Whataretheyafraidof?
Ms. Contreras
Grim
- “Grim has it fixed in his head I’m at adangerous age” (5) Grim is old, had a slingshot as a kid- He dislikes Max’s father- He is afraid Max will be like his father
This meme represents Grim because Max describes him as a grumpy old man, which is why I chose the
Ms.ContrerasFebruary,2017
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grumpy cat image. Also, Max says that Grim had a slingshot “when he was my age” (5) but that he isn’t allowed to have one because Grim “doesn’t
want to give the dangerous boy any ideas” (6).
Obviously, Grim doesn’t trust Max. For these
reasons, I think that this meme represents Grim well.
