


Mary is also the editor of a review magazine Armadillo for kids. In total, she has written over 80 books, including the aforementioned Stravaganza series and the bestselling picture book, Amazing Grace. She is a true enthusiast of Italy and spends a lot of her time there, which shows in her Stravaganza novels: a series currently in publication. Visit Sample Character Traits from ReadWriteThink for ideas to describe Grace.See also works published under Mary Lassiter Mary Hoffman is a bestselling British author and reviewer, born in 1945.For example, Grace is lively, so you would write "Lively" in the rectangle, then write a sentence or draw a picture about how Grace acts out many of the stories she hears. Underneath each character trait, write or draw an example from the story of how Grace displays the trait.Write one character trait in each of the outer rectangles. Choose four character traits for Grace.In the center circle, put the name or picture of Grace.


Next, read along and listen to Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman (produced by Dallas Reading Plan and Dallas Schools Television (below). Watch the Character Traits and Character Development Lesson (Susan McGannon) and Character Traits in Stories (Mometrix) videos below to learn about internal and external character traits: In this lesson, you will explore the main character by studying character traits, using graphic organizers, and reading Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman. External character traits are things that can be observed on the outside of the character.Internal character traits are thoughts and feelings that happen inside the character.In order to understand or compare yourself to a character in a book or story, it’s important to understand character traits.Ĭharacter traits are adjectives that describe a person or character.
