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Characterization _The Mighty Miss Malone_

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Characterization _The Mighty Miss Malone_

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  1. Characterization “The Mighty Miss Malone” Warm-up In the chat, type the name of your favorite character. Think about how that character behaves. Think about the personality of that character. Think about things that the character does and says. Thinking about your character’s actions, create a hashtag for your character. Example: Superman #Heroforall!

  2. The Mighty Miss Malone is author Christopher Paul Curtis’s follow-up to 2000’s Newbery award-winning Bud, Not Buddy—both stories of young African Americans set in Great Depression-era Flint, Michigan. This time, 12-year-old Deza Malone—new in Flint from Gary, Indiana, where she was at the top of her class—is the narrator. When her father doesn’t return from a trip to find work, Deza, her brother Jimmie, and her mother go looking for him, journeying across the land by hopping aboard a boxcar. For a time, the Malones make their home outside of Flint, Michigan, in a “Hooverville,” a ragtag encampment of hoboes and wayfarers. When Deza begins again at a new school, her teachers, unlike her beloved former teacher Mrs. Needham, treat her unfairly because of her race. As this excerpt begins, Deza has been busying herself helping Stew, the woman in charge. I can: Characterize the narrator by using thoughts, actions and word choice. (R.L.6.3) Let the kids watch the Intro video in StudySync

  3. Read the story, “The Mighty Miss Malone” from your textbook at home or in Study Sync. https://apps.studysync.com/#!/library/texts/3523/read What does Deza look like? Where does Deza live? What are Deza’s interests? What is Deza’s personality like?

  4. Character Analysis Questions Directions. Break the kids into Break Out Meets and provide each group with a question. Then come back as a group to discuss all of the questions together as a class to determine what Deza Malone is like as a character. Question 1 Recall Denza’s initial thoughts. What does she think about what her teachers in Flint say and do? What do these thoughts reveal about Denza’s character?

  5. Question 2 Focus on Denza’s words and actions as she interacts with the little boys who come to the camp. What do her actions and words indicate about the type of person she is? Question 3 Denza’s responses to change develop the plot. How does her relationship with the camp and Flint change over time? Find text evidence. Question 4 When life gets hard for Denza, what does she do? Find text evidence of her reaction to challenges.

  6. Use the STEAL method to determine character traits about Deza Malone.

  7. Your Turn: Make sure you have read, “The Mighty Miss Malone.” Complete the STEAL Chart, (Character Analysis) for Deza Malone. (Turn in when finished.) Begin i-Ready homework if finished with assignments.

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