Describing characters by

looking for evidence in

the story

Katie Morag

What words could you use

to describe what Katie

Morag is like?

Some words may describe what she

looks like:-

red hair, wears a tartan

skirt and wellington

boots

We know that Katie Morag

has red hair and wears a

tartan skirt, from looking

at the pictures in the books.

What else can we say about

Katie Morag by looking at

the pictures?

Some words and pictures may

describe who is in her family:-

Her full name is Katie Morag Mc Coll.

Katie Morag is the eldest girl in the

family. She has a brother called Liam

and a new baby sister.

Her Grannie Island lives across

the bay and Katie Morag visits

her often.

Some words and pictures may

describe where she lives:-Katie Morag lives on the Island of Struay. She lives

above the Post office and Shop. Later on, when the

new pier is built, they build a Bistro.

Katie’s mum, Mrs Mc Coll is the post-mistress.

Her dad, Mr Mc Coll is the shop-keeper.

The Mc Coll’s have lots of pets, including

cats and dogs.

Some words and pictures may

describe what she likes to do:-

Katie Morag likes to walk by the bay

and find things that the sea has thrown

up.

She likes paddling in the pool under the

Redburn Bridge. She also likes helping

her mum deliver the mail.

How do we know Katie Morag likes

doing these things?

We know Katie Morag likes doing these things because

we have read a few Katie Morag stories and looked at the

pictures.

In the story about Tiresome Ted, we find out she likes

walking along the bay and finding things to turn into

presents.

What did she like doing in the story with her

Big Boy cousins?

Is Katie Morag ... ?

Some words may describe her character –

what she is like as a person and how she

gets along with other people.

Thinking about how she feels about different

things happening around her

also helps us know what

she is like as a person.

Is Katie Morag

jealous?In the story of Tiresome Ted, Katie Morag shows jealousy

towards her new baby sister. She is cross that the new

baby is getting all the attention.

She gets very angry about this and kicks her favourite

teddy into the sea. Then she begins to feel ashamed about

what she did and how she feels. After a quiet time at her

Grannie Island’s she starts to think about her family again

and returns home “looking like her old self again.”

Is Katie Morag clever?

Clever people have good ideas.

So, what good ideas does Katie

Morag have?

She had a thoughtful idea to solve

Grannie Island’s problems with getting

Alecina ready for the Show Day.

Can you remember what her

idea was?

Is Katie Morag clever? Clever people can solve

problems.

So, what problems does Katie

Morag solve?

She has a big problem with

smudged addresses when

she has to deliver the mail.

How does she solve

this problem?

Is Katie Morag naughty?

How else could you describe

Katie Morag’s character?

Which story made you think she

was like this?

What exactly did she do or say

that make you think this?

In each story we learn something

new about Katie Morag and life on

the Island of Struay.

Both the story and the

pictures teach us new things.

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