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Character Traits
DEFINITION:
A character trait describes a person's unique personality. Character
traits control how a person acts in a given situation. For example,
an optimist will always look at the bright side, while a pessimist will
view the same situation in a negative way. An optimist will see the
glass of water as half full. The pessimist will see it as half empty. This is a list of
some character traits. Print the list and add to it as we work through
the next three lessons. You will be scored on your understanding of
character traits using the rubric below. |
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Character Traits
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Definition | Example |
honest** curious caring thoughtful persistent intelligent resourceful optimistic pessimistic generous organized artistic humorous deceitful |
| ** Character, Civility and the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, December 1999, page 3, Letter from David P. Driscoll, and James A. Peyser |
| Advanced |
All character traits are defined Five to six additional
character traits were added to the list |
| Proficient | All character traits
are defined. Three to four additional character traits were added to the list. Provided some examples of what character might do or say which illustrates the character trait. |
| Needs Improvement | Most character traits
are defined. One or two additional character traits were added to the list. Provided few examples of what character might do or say which illustrates trait. |
| Warning | Few character traits
are defined. No additional character traits were added to the list. Examples of what character might do or say which illustrates the character trait are not present. |