Creating Characters that Readers Care About

For Thursday - Find 'THE SONG' - you know, the song that you hear and you think..."That's my song"  -I originally stated longer than  two years - ultimately, you just need to make sure that  you and the song have a relationship spanning over a decent time period.

H/W

Recap - Today we looked at crafting characters that readers care about. Remember the tips below on how to build solid characters.

• 1) Identity the person’s name and relationship to others in the story.
• For example: Uncle John is your father’s eldest brother and 
• is married to your mother’s second cousin
• 2) Describe, as if to a blind person, how the person looks
• 3) Describe character’s values, attitudes, interests  
• 4) Describe their habits, quirks, moans
• 5) Put your character into a vignette (short situation)
• then: Mix and Match and play with the order of your sentences 

e.g.

When I walked into the cinnamon-scented kitchen, Mother looked up, a smile spreading across her thin face and a twinkle in her cornflower-blue eyes. She wiped the flour from her arthritic hands on the well-worn, yellow apron before hurrying over to hug me. I was shocked to notice that with age, she had begun to shrink and now stood on her toes in order to embrace me. I’d been away too long.

or

• Wednesday - Naive Narrative - In class Reading Response (make sure you have read the story BEFORE class and identified any red flag moments). You will have 30minutes to write about the NARRATOR: Link to Story
• Thursday -Subjects and Predicates practice worksheets 1+2 

Homebase

Craft out your ideas for our 'Super CWW skit' - We start writing the skit tomorrow!