{"id":71,"date":"2025-02-15T23:03:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T23:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/discoveringstudent\/chapter\/shaping-character-2\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T14:01:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T14:01:48","slug":"shaping-character-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/discoveringstudent\/chapter\/shaping-character-2\/","title":{"raw":"Shaping Character","rendered":"Shaping Character"},"content":{"raw":"Have students access the student chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/discovering\/chapter\/character-shapes\/\">Character Shapes<\/a> and go through the instructions with them:\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\r\n\r\nHave them take a piece of paper, then draw a vertical and horizontal line to divide it into quadrants.\r\n\r\nWith a light pencil, have them draw simple shapes like rectangles, circles and triangles overlapping in each quadrants:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>two<\/strong> in the upper left, <strong>three<\/strong> in the upper right, <strong>four<\/strong> in the lower left, and <strong>five<\/strong> in the lower right.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThen have them draw over those shapes with heavier pencil strokes or a pen,\u00a0to create creatures or characters inspired by those geometric forms.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHave students trade drawings with another student. How would they describe the character in the drawing?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNext, have them access the student chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/discovering\/chapter\/shaping-character\/\">Shaping Character<\/a> and go through the instructions. 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