Character Traits vs Feelings

In my classroom today we worked on how to distinguish between character feelings and character traits. The kids were asked to meet with their series book club members after a brief mini-lesson. They began by sorting a variety of feeling words and traits words. Then they were instructed to talk about how the character's feelings in their series books have changed across the text so far. Finally, they were asked to identify some traits of the main character in the series and to support their thinking with evidence from the text. They had a great time and the level of talk was excellent! Here's a peek!

PEACE,
Carol