In our literacy group we have been looking at how authors and directors tell stories about characters.We all noticed how they deliberately used stereo-types for their viewers so can make connects easily.
Blue= Speech Yellow= Appearance Red= Actions Green=Environment
Story Start:
A cramp starts to prickle up my arm and I shake it, trying to get rid of the pain. The noise of students chattering is a noisy blur as I return to my essay. A tall girl with dark brown curls cascading down her back kicked my foot and I wince, rubbing my toe. “Hahaha” the girl sniggered, smirking down at me,
“Look at Katie-pie, the loner”
I glance at her quickly then train my gase back to the ground.
Her friend rolls her eyes, “Come on Mia, she’s not worth our time”. With a last seething glance Mia stalks away with her friend in tow and I lose them in the crowd in seconds, though just before the door at the end of the corridor closes, I can just here the yell of “Lovey, lonely loner”
I bit my lip and tried to ignore the burn in my eyes. I glance back down at papers in my hand and the title in big writing, ‘Hemiptera in the Rainforest’.
“ They're, hemiptera, 7.6 million per square meter” I gobble midlessley, getting a few weird glances from the last of the students leaving but I'm used to it by now. I glance up when a pair of green and brown spotty shoes stop in front of me. “Himph, here we go” I mutter under my breath and pretend to not notice her standing there.
“Kate, Kate” Miss Darins says softly but I keep my eyes down and continue scribbling on the paper. “Kate, love are you alright?”
“Mmm yep, fine” I say, not really paying attention.
She bends down so she is crouched beside me and I get hit by a wave of perfume. “Where are all your friends”
I frown and glance away, watching the last few stranglers as they push through the double doors. “Don’t have any”
“Oh darling” The teacher breaths right in my face and I push back against the wall, skewing my face up slightly. “I can find you some”
Oh because teachers were for finding people friends. I clench my hands to force myself not to roll my eyes.
“My books are all the matters to me” I say, my mind wandering. “Anyway I should keep studying”
A look of maybe hurt or confusion flashed across her face but she quickly re Reuters to her normal expression. “Right and I have to get to a meeting” She stands up and flattens her already flat skirt. “Bye Kate” She says in a clipped voice then hurriedly walks down the hall, disappearing into one of the class rooms.
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