Who said it? Characters and feelings
In a story the characters speak. A speech mark pair (“…”) shows the words, and the sentence tells who speaks: Nour asked, “Can we build a boat?” We can find who said it by reading the words and the name. Characters also have feelings. We find feelings from what they say and do. We use adjectives for feelings: worried, excited, proud, grateful, surprised. Remember our story ‘The Little Wooden Boat’: Nour asked to build a boat, her uncle said they must wear gloves, and in the end the cousins felt proud and excited. Read the questions about the book’s story on pages 98 and 99 with a grown-up. Think about who says what, but do not copy the sentences. Here is a table of our own story.
| Words | Who said it? | Feeling |
|---|---|---|
| “Can we build a boat?” | Nour | excited |
| “You must wear gloves.” | Uncle Adel | careful |
| “Look! It floats!” | Tarek | surprised and proud |
| “Thank you, Aunt Hoda.” | Nour | grateful |
Can we build a boat?
You must wear gloves.
Look! It floats!
Thank you, Aunt Hoda.
Feelings and speakers. The grown-up reads four sentences from our story and the child says who said it and how the person felt. Then the child writes a speech sentence for each of two characters, for example: Tarek said, “Look at the boat!” and a feeling for each.