Today's lesson focused on characterization , both direct and indirect. I defined both terms on the board and provided examples. Atticus then reviewed the text and based on the text, in writing ,characterized Bruno's mother (kind sympathetic), the type of characterization employed by the author(indirect), and cited the support for his conclusion . We then discussed how to proceed with this analysis in the following chapter that focuses on Bruno's grandmother. We studied the chapter title and predicted whether Bruno's grandmother( a singer) would likely be a supporter or detractor of the Nazi regime and discussed the regime's denigration of any artist who was not Aryan. We then began reading Chaper 8 in class. HW- finish chapter 8 and write a characterization of Bruno's grandmother identifying the type of characterization employed by the author.