G7 English P4 Unit 2
STEAL character analysis examples
Student Revision
Learning Objectives
I will be able to...
Analyze a character from a novel using STEAL evidence.
Language Objectives:
I will be able to...
Use target language (infer, this shows that, this means that, must be,
might be) to present the above information to my audience.
Character Analysis (STEAL)
Character and STEAL
• Use STEAL to infer something about this character.
• Try to identify one example of each: Speech, Thoughts, Effect on
Others, Actions, Looks
• Use these examples to infer at least three things about the
character’s personality, or about their lives. (You can mention
inferences about their feelings if appropriate. But, the focus is on
their personality.)
• Use evidence: short quotations from the text with the page number.
“He was an impatient boy.” (p11)
• Make predictions based on this new information.
Examples of STEAL Character
Analysis
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl
Part 2: Characters and STEAL
----Grandparents
Speech:
OK
From their speech, I can infer that Charlie’s
grandparents love to tell their grandson Charlie stories.
BETTER
I can infer that Charlie’s grandparents are happy, caring
people, because their speech sounds so excited when
they tell Charlie stories. ‘True?' cried all four of them at
once.’ The word ‘cried’ shows that they are excited.
They get excited because they love Charlie, and love to
make him happy.
Part 2: Characters and STEAL
----Charlie
Effect on Others:
OK
From his effect on others, I can infer that he is a good
child and loves his family.
BETTER
Charlie has a very good effect on his grandparents. He
makes them happy by going to see them every day. The
author tells us that: ‘when Charlie…was in the room,
(Grandpa) seemed to grow quite young again.’ This
shows us that Charlie has a positive effect on Grandpa, by
making him feel happy and young again. He is definitely a
good, caring grandson, who treats his grandparents well.
Part 2: Characters and STEAL
----Charlie
Actions:
From his actions I can infer that Charlie is a very patient
and kind boy. When he walked past the chocolate factory
he held “his nose high in the air and took long deep
sniffs of the gorgeous chocolatey smell all around him.”
Even though Charlie clearly likes chocolate a lot he only
gets to eat it “once a year.” However, he does not
complain to his parents. This means that he respects his
family a lot.
Note the use of transitional words and phrases here.
Part 2: Characters and STEAL
--Willy Wonka
Actions:
From his actions I can infer that Willy Wonka is a very
adventurous and creative man. He went “way out to India
and built …. a colossal palace entirely out of chocolate.”
Willy Wonka must have travelled very far to get to India,
so he must be quite brave and adventurous. It must be
very difficult to build a palace out of chocolate in such a
hot place, so I think he must be very clever and creative.
• Vocabulary: Use a range of interesting vocabulary for making
inferences about the character’s personality.
• Grammar: Use the Present Simple to make inferences about
the character’s personality. Use the Past Simple to talk about
events in the novel, and when making inferences about
character’s lives in the past (past events.)
• Cohesive devices: Use conjunctions and transitional phrases
accurately.