Upstairs/Downstairs

Format Your Paper First, divide your paper by drawing a series of stairs from the upper right corner to the lower left corner The left-hand side of the paper is the upstairs, representing a character’s strengths The right-hand side of the paper is the downstairs, representing a character’s weaknesses or challenges

Creating the Upstairs Side Upstairs side contains criteria representing a character’s strengths, dreams, and goals Two Quotations [with citations] Representing a character’s strengths, dreams, and goals Must be at least two sentences long Two Images Must relate to citations Image Descriptions Four (3 words or less) around each image. Must relate to image

Downstairs Side Downstairs side contains criteria representing a character’s weaknesses, nightmares, and obstacles Two Quotations [with citations] Representing a character’s weaknesses, nightmares, and obstacles Must be at least two sentences long Two Images Must relate to citations Image descriptions Representing a character’s weaknesses, nightmares, and obstacles Four (3 words or less) around each image. Must relate to image

Guidelines Quotations, images, and brainstorms must tie-in to theme Must be multicolored No lined paper Use parenthetical citations for quotes Be creative, unique, even unusual