Categories
Characters Have Traits
Learning Objectives
- Lesson objectives
- Understand how characters have traits, skills, and objectives
- Think about one's own traits, skills, and objectives
- Make a plan to improve a skill
- Socioemotional learning objectives
- Responsible
- Planful
Materials
- Worksheet (2 pages)
- Empty toilet paper rolls
- Craft paper or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue or double-sided tape
- Googly eyes
- Decorative materials (e.g., pipe cleaners, feathers, sequins, buttons, etc.)
Instructions
- Gather campers and remind them that games have characters
- In roleplaying games, characters start with traits, skills, and characteristics, and those can change throughout the game
- As campers for examples of traits in roleplaying games
- As playful gamers, we are responsible: we know what are best traits and skills are and how to use them. We are also planful: we think about what traits, skills, and characteristics we have and how we want to grow
- On the character sheet, have campers write an example of how they exemplify each trait. Ask a few to share.
- In the large box, have campers write a plan for how they will gain at least one new skill or develop one trait in the next year
- Leave campers with the craft materials to make a toilet paper roll character