Character Sketch
Mode of Discourse: Description
Literary Form: Fiction and/or non-fiction prose, poetry
Literary Form: Fiction and/or non-fiction prose, poetry
Deliverable
Please compose a piece of writing that combines a character sketch with a place description and/ or an object description. This piece of writing can be fictional, non-fictional from direct observation, or a combination of the two.
Length: 800 words + or - 10% Format: MLA Point of view: 3rd person Time: Narrative past tense Details:
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Steps
1. Graphic Organizer
2. Rough Draft 3. Checklist in Pairs 4. Peer Edit 5. Self-Edit 6. Writing Center Edit (Optional) 7. Student-Teacher Meeting (Optional) 8. Polished Draft |
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Student Example
"Oceanic Eyes" is an example of a piece of fictional descriptive writing composed by a student for my class. The student combines a character sketch with a place description. As you read, notice the writer's use of sensory description and figurative language.
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Highlighted Objectives
Character Sketch
LAFS.910.W.1.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Writing Process
LAFS.910.W.2.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
LAFS.910.W.2.5: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
LAFS.910.W.2.6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
Final Product
LAFS.910.L.1.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
LAFS.910.L.1.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
LAFS.910.L.2.3: Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
Write and edit work so that it conforms to the guidelines in a style manual (e.g., MLA Handbook, Turabian’s Manual for Writers) appropriate for the discipline and writing type.
LAFS.910.W.1.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
- Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
- Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic.
- Use appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts.
- Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic.
- Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and conventions of the discipline in which they are writing.
Writing Process
LAFS.910.W.2.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
LAFS.910.W.2.5: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
LAFS.910.W.2.6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
Final Product
LAFS.910.L.1.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
- Use parallel structure.
LAFS.910.L.1.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
- Use a semicolon, with or without a conjunctive adverb, to link two or more closely related independent clauses.
- Use a colon to introduce a list or quotation.
LAFS.910.L.2.3: Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
Write and edit work so that it conforms to the guidelines in a style manual (e.g., MLA Handbook, Turabian’s Manual for Writers) appropriate for the discipline and writing type.