WHO – How To Identify People In A Story

Read the story straight through

Read it again underlining or making notes on Names and Groups who are mentioned in the story.

Consider who may be affected by this story but aren’t specifically mentioned

For each person or group mentioned consider

• Age
• Gender
• Position in society
• Job
• Family  / Cultural ties
• Beliefs
• Language
• Physical Location and how it affects them
• Physical / mental / emotional state
• Their relationship with God
• Their relationship with others in the story
• Their relationship with those outside of the story
• Actions they take, or fail to take