Intensive Reading: Short Story - Character Traits
4.0 Consumer Roles and Responsibilities · 4.4 Reading: Intensive Reading - Short Story (Class Reader): Character Traits
Syllabus tag: Kenya CBC | Grade 8 English | Theme 4.0 Consumer Roles and Responsibilities | Sub-Strand 4.4.1 Intensive Reading: Short Story - Character Traits (2 Lessons)
Lesson objectives
By the end of this topic, you will be able to:
- Identify the characters in a short story
- Use contextual clues to infer character traits of the characters in a short story
- Acknowledge the role of characters in a short story
Summary
A story rarely announces a character's personality directly — instead, it shows what the character does, says, and how others react to them, leaving the reader to work out the traits underneath. This topic covers reading for those clues, and using adjectives precisely to describe what a character's actions actually reveal.