Character Counts!

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Character Counts!

• Looking at your list of character traits and
  people, circle the three individuals that you
  feel you could write the most about.
• These could be the three people you know the best
  or the three people that first popped in to your
  mind when you completed the assignment

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• In your writing notebook, write down the names of
  the three people you are considering and the
  character trait you associate with them
• Underneath each name, write down at least two
  specific examples of how that person demonstrates
  the trait
• If you cannot think of at least two, do not
  choose this person to write about!

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• Now that you have narrowed it down to three
  people, turn to a partner and tell him/her
  briefly about your choices. Also, ask which
  person they feel you have the most information
  about!

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• You now need to narrow you topic down to one
  person and one character trait. Remember, you
  will be focusing on this individual for you whole
  essay, so choose wisely!!!
• On a new sheet of paper, put the individuals
  name and character trait at the top.

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Prewrite

• Create a prewrite using either an outline,
  columns, or bubble cluster
• The center topic should be your individuals name
  and the character trait.
• The 2 subtopics should be the two distinctive
  ways this individual shows the character
  trait--it works best if these subtopics are
  general categories!
• The 2-3 concrete details per subtopic--these
  should be specific events!

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Thesis statement

• You have two options with your thesis statement
  general or specific
• Ex Greg is the most unorganized person known!
• Ex Greg is not organized because his room is a
  pigsty, his backpack is a mess, and he just
  barely gets to the bus stop on time.

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Introduction

• Hook
• Introduce individual give name, brief physical
  description, how you know him/her
• Thesis statement

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Body Paragraphs 2 3

1. Topic sentence
2. Concrete detail 1
3. Commentary
4. Commentary
5. Concrete detail 2
6. Commentary
7. Commentary
8. Concluding sentence, transition

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Conclusion

• Reconnect to hook
• Restate thesis in new vocabulary
• Explain significance of individual in your life