Description

Is character trait vocabulary the issue?

Sometimes the most difficult part of identifying a character’s personality is having the vocabulary to appropriately label the trait! That’s where these TRAIT-ing cards come in! This is a fun way to help students understand more complex vocabulary for character traits, including obnoxious and compassionate. Students illustrate, define with synonyms, and write a sentence using the trait!

Make it fun!

Implement this one-to-two day study of trait vocabulary with a detailed plan for implementation, positive and negative trait lists, student planning pages, templates, and a grading rubric for the character trait-ing cards. Students choose a positive , negative, or neutral trait, research synonyms and definitions and fill in a character trait planning page for their cards, and then they make their two trait-ing cards.

Have students present their trait-ing cards for oral language practice, then trade them, if you like! These also make great displays, as long as both sides can be seen – or make them part of a literacy station. Put additional templates in a station for students to add on trait vocabulary words as they discover them in reading or speaking!

Please note: because this is an intervention-level skill, it only supports – not fully teaches – the standards listed.

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