With your HORIZONTAL partner, discuss the following:

With your HORIZONTAL partner, discuss the following:
Start-Up - Discussion 9/22/15 With your HORIZONTAL partner, discuss the following: Which one of the characters in the story (Mama, Maggie, or Dee) do you identify with or relate to the most and why? What is it about that character that you relate to? BE PREPARED TO SHARE!

Now write about the following:
Start-Up - Writing Now write about the following: Which one of the characters in the story (Mama, Maggie, or Dee) DID YOUR PARTNER identify with or relate to the most and why? What is it about that character that THEY relate to?

Character Analysis Essay
Today, you will begin working on an essay based on the reading and discussion of the characters in the story, “Everyday Use.” Your assignment is to write a detailed character analysis of ONE major character in the story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker. The finished product will be A FIVE PARAGRAPH ESSAY!

Your entire essay will focus on ONE character: Mama, Maggie, or Dee. You will be using the Character Analysis Essay Worksheets in Google Classroom to begin your work on this essay. As with summary writing, we will take this one step at a time and you will see some important steps to BUILDING an essay.

In your groups, we are going to generate a list of adjectives that describe the characters in the story. These will help you in writing your essay! (Quad Challenge x 3)

Character Analysis Essay – Step 1
Now go to Google Classroom and open up the document, “Character Analysis Essay – Step 1.” You may not know it yet, but YOU HAVE ALREADY CHOSEN THE CHARACTER YOU WILL BE WRITING ABOUT. You will be writing about whichever character you chose for today’s start-up.

In the first box, enter the name of the character you discussed in today’s Start-Up. Example: Johnny In the second box, enter as many adjectives as you can that describe that character. These can come from your group’s whiteboard exercise, from your own thoughts on the character, or both! Example: kind, loyal, scared, abandoned, traumatized, abused, nervous, heroic, etc. In the third box, you need to think about what lessons the reader can learn from the character that is the focus of your essay. Make notes here! Don’t judge a book by it’s cover Don’t count out the little guy Family is more than blood Courage comes in many forms

Homework Your CHARACTER ANALYSIS ESSAY – STEP 1 worksheet is DUE BY 10 pm TONIGHT!

Exit Ticket What do you think is the scariest or hardest part of writing a multi-paragraph essay? What can I, as I am teaching this process, do to make that part easier for you? What do you think you will need the most help with? (Don’t say, “Don’t make me write it!”)

With your VERTICAL PARTNER, discuss the following:
Start-Up - Discussion 9/24/15 With your VERTICAL PARTNER, discuss the following: Tuesday, your exit ticket asked you to write about things you think are the hardest about essay writing. With your partner, discuss each others answers briefly and why those things are difficult for each of you.

Now, answer the following in your chart:
Start-Up - Writing Now, answer the following in your chart: Do you and your partner have the same fears, struggles, issues with writing essays? If so, what are they? If not, what’s different/easier for you or them?

Character Analysis Essay – Part 2
INTRODUCTION In your introduction paragraph, you will want to include general comments about the character and/or story which lead you to your thesis statement. (EXPOSITION) Be sure you identify the author and title of the story and the character you will be analyzing.

Hook Me Get my attention! Connect me to the character and/or story! Make me want to keep reading! Hook Example When the word “hero” comes up in conversation, most people think of soldiers, firefighters, or comic book characters. Sometimes; however, we find heroism in the most unlikely people.

Introduce Your Character Give me a sentence that connects with your hook and tells me the TITLE, AUTHOR, AND CHARACTER you will be discussing. Introduce Character and Story Example In the story The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the character of Johnny is used to being thought of as a greaser or a criminal, but he proves he is much more than that.

Give me your THESIS STATEMENT Your first paragraph should END with your thesis statement. Thesis Through his actions over the course of the novel, Johnny shows himself to be kind, loyal, and surprisingly heroic and reminds the reader that you should never judge a book by its cover.

A THESIS STATEMENT is a sentence or two that tells the reader what the rest of the essay is about. Good thesis statements do not simply announce a topic; they say something about the topic and provide the framework for your paper. A thesis statement makes a promise to the reader about the scope, purpose, and direction of the paper. It summarizes the conclusion that the writer has reached about the topic. Never start a thesis with, “In this paper I will discuss…”

MY INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH EXAMPLE When the word “hero” comes up in conversation, most people think of soldiers, firefighters, or comic book characters. Sometimes; however, we find heroism in the most unlikely people. In the story The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the character of Johnny is used to being thought of as a greaser or a criminal, but he proves he is much more than that. Through his actions over the course of the novel, Johnny shows himself to be kind, loyal, and surprisingly heroic and reminds the reader that you should never judge a book by its cover.

Now open up Google Classroom and pull up the document titled “Character Analysis Essay – Step 2.” First, you have to come up with a HOOK. Look back at my example or at the notes on the document for help in deciding on a hook. Next, make a connection between your HOOK and your THESIS STATEMENT that includes: the title and author of the story and the name of the character you are analyzing. Then, give me a THESIS STATEMENT that includes your THREE ADJECTIVES and something that can be learned from the character (see box 3 of your step 1 document). Finally, put them all together into a paragraph that is INDENTED, CAPITALIZED, AND PUNCTUATED PROPERLY.

HOMEWORK Your CHARACTER ANALYSIS ESSAY – PART 2 forms need to be completed and ready for peer review and editing by MONDAY’S CLASS. DO NOT TURN THEM IN TO ME YET!

No Exit Ticket Today! Work on your Introduction Paragraph!

Start-Up - Discussion 9/25/15 Last night, you had your Step 2 document to finish up for today’s peer review.Did you finish it? If you finished, are you happy with the result? If you did not, why not?

Check In Not many are finished with their Step 2 work!
If you are finished, I want to take a look at your work today. If you are not finished, you need to finish today. Step 2 paragraphs need to be completed and ready for peer review by Monday.

NO EXIT TICKET TODAY! KEEP WORKING ON YOUR STEP 2!

With your HORIZONTAL PARTNER, discuss the following:
Start-Up - Discussion 9/28/15 With your HORIZONTAL PARTNER, discuss the following: When you are working on a writing assignment for school, do you ever get someone to read your work before you turn it in? If so, who do you get to do it and why? If not, why do you think this might be a good idea?

Now, answer the following in your chart:
Start-Up - Writing Now, answer the following in your chart: When you are working on a writing assignment for school, do you ever get someone to read your work before you turn it in? If so, who do you get to do it and why? If not, why do you think this might be a good idea?

Today’s Objective By the end of the period students will: Read and annotate work written by a peer, using a highlighting key to note errors for that peer. They will also have an opportunity to begin revising their own work based upon notes given to them by a peer. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W

Peer Review and Editing
Today, you will be reviewing a partner’s work and recommending edits to them based on what you see. You will be looking at: Content – What do they say and have they said enough? Voice – Do they say it clearly? G.U.M. – Have they written it properly?

Open up your Character Analysis Essay – Step 2 form. Trade Chromebooks with your VERTICAL PARTNER. Read through their paragraph once silently. Now read through it again. This time focus on Numbers 1-5 on the Peer Review/Edit Checklist. Highlight any mistakes you find in the colors noted on the checklist.

Highlighting Key Yellow – Capitalization errors Beginnings of sentences, Proper names, etc. Blue – Punctuation errors Missing periods, missing commas, etc. Orange – Incomplete sentences Fragments, run-ons Purple – Verb form errors Wrong verb tense, singular/plural, etc.

Now read through it a third time. This time focus on Numbers 6-10 on the Peer Review/Edit Checklist. Answer the questions on the form in the spaces provided.

Once both you and your partner are finished with all three readings, you are ready for the final step. You will read your partner’s paragraph to them OUT LOUD. Both you and your partner should listen for awkward phrasing and possible mistakes. If either of you notices any, highlight them. After you have read their paragraph to them, then you will walk them through your checklist and explain what you marked and why. Then you will switch and they will read your paragraph to you and follow the steps above.

Once you have both had your paragraphs reviewed, you may work on correcting any errors found by your partner.

Homework Your completed CHARACTER ANALYSIS ESSAY – STEP 2 is due BY TUESDAY AT 7:00 A.M.

Exit Ticket Did having a partner read your work help you to find and correct mistakes? What was more helpful: their silent reading and comments or the out loud reading? Why?

With your HORIZONTAL PARTNER, discuss the following:
Start-Up - Discussion 9/29/15 With your HORIZONTAL PARTNER, discuss the following: What are the three adjectives you chose to describe your character? Where, in the story, can you find evidence of those character traits in your character? BE PREPARED TO SHARE!

Body Paragraphs Now you should be done with your INTRODUCTION. It is time to move into Step 3…the body of your essay. We will work on these three paragraphs together because they will all follow the same format. Each of your body paragraphs will focus on one of the three adjectives you chose to describe your character.

Body Paragraphs Go to Google Classroom and open up your Character Analysis Essay Step 3 document.

Body Paragraph #1 Adjective #1 Body Paragraph #2 Adjective #2 Body Paragraph #3 Adjective #3 KIND Topic Sentence/Transition One character trait that Johnny shows is kindness. Example: Johnny proves he is kind in the way that he treats Cherry Valance and her friend Marcia at the Drive-In. Quote/Rationale: In that scene from the story, Johnny tells Dallas Winston to stop messing with the girls. “Leave her alone, Dally,” he says when he sees that Cherry is uncomfortable with the way Dally is talking to her (Hinton 39). Restate Topic Sentence When he stands up to Dally to protect the girls, we see Johnny’s kindness come through. Character Analysis Essay – Step 3 Body Paragraphs To begin, write your first adjective in the top of the first column. Your topic sentence should include that adjective and transition the reader into the paragraph. Then give the reader an example of the character showing that trait. Now add in a quote from that scene in the story as evidence. Cite it!!! Finally, restate your topic sentence to end the paragraph.

Body Paragraphs IMPORTANT NOTE: If you can not find a quote that proves your character has a certain trait, you need to CHANGE YOUR ADJECTIVE!

BODY PARAGRAPHS This process is the same for each of your three body paragraphs… Write in your adjective. Transition in and introduce the adjective (character trait). Give an example. Give a quote as evidence and CITE IT. Restate your topic sentence for emphasis.

BODY PARAGRAPHS Begin working on your body paragraphs. You will have the rest of the period today and all period tomorrow to complete ALL 3 body paragraphs. On THURSDAY, we will be doing another round of peer edits and reviews. If you come unprepared on Thursday, you will not be able to participate, and it will cost you points!

WORK ON YOUR BODY PARAGRAPHS!
Exit Ticket NO EXIT TICKET TODAY! WORK ON YOUR BODY PARAGRAPHS!

Start-Up - Discussion 9/30/15 How close are you to finishing your BODY PARAGRAPHS? Do you have any questions? What are they? Do you need 1:1 help today? With what?

Your goal today is to finish your THREE BODY PARAGRAPHS! ASK FOR HELP IF YOU NEED IT! GET TO WORK! TOMORROW WILL BE A PEER REVIEW/EDIT SESSION USING BODY PARAGRAPHS. IF YOU COME UNPREPARED, YOU MISS OUT AND LOSE POINTS! There will be NO EXIT TICKET TODAY!

With your VERTICAL PARTNER, discuss the following:
Start-Up - Discussion 10/1/15 With your VERTICAL PARTNER, discuss the following: Did you have any trouble finding evidence and/or quotes from the story to prove your character had certain traits? Which ones? Did you end up finding it, or did you have to change adjectives?

Open up your Character Analysis Essay – Step 3 form. Trade Chromebooks with your HORIZONTAL PARTNER. Read through their body paragraphs once silently. Now read through them again. This time focus on Numbers 1-5 on the Peer Review/Edit Checklist. Highlight any mistakes you find in the colors noted on the checklist.

Highlighting Key Yellow – Capitalization errors Beginnings of sentences, Proper names, etc. Blue – Punctuation errors Missing periods, missing commas, etc. Orange – Incomplete sentences Fragments, run-ons Purple – Verb form errors Wrong verb tense, singular/plural, etc.

Now read through them a third time. This time focus on Numbers 6-10 on the Peer Review/Edit Checklist. Answer the questions on the form in the spaces provided.

Once both you and your partner are finished with all three readings, you are ready for the final step. You will read your partner’s paragraphs to them OUT LOUD. Both you and your partner should listen for awkward phrasing and possible mistakes. If either of you notices any, highlight them. After you have read their paragraphs to them, then you will walk them through your checklist and explain what you marked and why. Then you will switch and they will read your paragraphs to you and follow the steps above.

Homework Your COMPLETED BODY PARAGRAPHS are due, SUBMITTED IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM, no later than 7:00 A.M. TOMORROW!

NO EXIT TICKET TODAY! CONTINUE WORK ON YOUR BODY PARAGRAPHS!

Start-Up - Discussion 10/2/15 With your HORIZONTAL PARTNER, discuss the following: Think about the adjectives you used to describe your character. Do you think having those traits has changed their lives? How would their lives have been better or worse if they did not have those qualities? BE PREPARED TO SHARE!

Start-Up - Writing 10/2/15 Think about the adjectives you used to describe your character. Do you think having those traits has changed their lives? How would their lives have been better or worse if they did not have those qualities?

If you have kept up with this process, you should have an essay that is nearly complete. All that remains is to find a way to end the essay that ties it all together and gives the reader something to take away from the reading. Your conclusion has three main purposes: To restate/reemphasize your thesis To give a sense of completion to your writing To leave the reader thinking

First, you have to transition into the conclusion. (Transition sheets) You also want to reconnect with your hook from your introduction. Relating the hook to your character works well. MY HOOK WAS: When the word “hero” comes up in conversation, most people think of soldiers, firefighters, or comic book characters. Sometimes; however, we find heroism in the most unlikely people. SO MY CONCLUSION STARTS: As has been noted, the character of Johnny is a great example of finding a hero in an unlikely place.

Next, you want to take one more chance to restate and reinforce your three adjectives. MY THESIS WAS: Through his actions over the course of the novel, Johnny shows himself to be kind, loyal, and surprisingly heroic and reminds the reader that you should never judge a book by its cover. SO MY CONCLUSION CONTINUES: Johnny’s kindness, loyalty, and heroism are evident throughout the entire story.

Finally, you need to restate the lesson the reader can learn from the character in a way that leaves them thinking. IN MY THESIS, I SAID THAT MY CHARACTER: “reminds the reader that you should never judge a book by its cover.” SO, MY FINAL THOUGHTS ARE: When we focus on who this character really is, it is easy to see that judging him by the way he looks would be a big mistake. We can all learn from Johnny that what is inside a person is more important than what we see.

Open up the Step 4 document in Google Classroom. You will use this to complete your conclusion paragraph. Remember, the first three boxes are one sentence each, then you are combining those sentences into a paragraph in the box at the bottom.

Homework COMPLETE YOUR CONCLUSIONS AND BRING THEM TO CLASS MONDAY READY FOR PEER REVIEW/EDIT.

NO EXIT TICKET TODAY! CONTINUE WORK ON YOUR CONCLUSIONS!

Start-Up - Discussion 10/5/15 With your HORIZONTAL PARTNER, discuss the following: Think about the process we went through to write this essay. Which part of the essay (introduction, body, or conclusion) would you say was the hardest for you to write and why?

Start-Up - Writing 10/5/15 Think about the process we went through to write this essay. Which part of the essay (introduction, body, or conclusion) would you say was the hardest for you to write and why?

Open up your Character Analysis Essay – Step 4 form. Trade Chromebooks with your HORIZONTAL PARTNER. Read through their CONCLUSION paragraph once silently. Now read through it again. This time focus on Numbers 1-5 on the Peer Review/Edit Checklist. Highlight any mistakes you find in the colors noted on the checklist.

Highlighting Key Yellow – Capitalization errors Beginnings of sentences, Proper names, etc. Blue – Punctuation errors Missing periods, missing commas, etc. Orange – Incomplete sentences Fragments, run-ons Purple – Verb form errors Wrong verb tense, singular/plural, etc. Underline - Missing words/Incorrect words there, their, they’re; mistaken meaning

Now read through it a third time. This time focus on Numbers 6-10 on the Peer Review/Edit Checklist. Answer the questions on the form in the spaces provided.

Once both you and your partner are finished with all three readings, you are ready for the final step. You will read your partner’s paragraph to them OUT LOUD. Both you and your partner should listen for awkward phrasing and possible mistakes. If either of you notices any, highlight them. After you have read their paragraphs to them, then you will walk them through your checklist and explain what you marked and why. Then you will switch and they will read your paragraphs to you and follow the steps above.

Homework COMPLETE YOUR CONCLUSIONS! THEY ARE DUE SUBMITTED BY 7:00 A.M. TOMORROW!

NO EXIT TICKET TODAY! CONTINUE WORK ON YOUR CONCLUSIONS!

Start-Up - Discussion 10/9/15 With your VERTICAL PARTNER, discuss the following: Think about the process we went through to write this essay. Which part of the process (eg: writing in steps, peer review, etc.) would you say was the most helpful to you and why?

Start-Up - Writing 10/5/15 Think about the process we went through to write this essay. Which part of the process (eg: writing in steps, peer review, etc.) would you say was the most helpful to you and why?

Today is the final day that we will spend on these essays in class. You will be taking all of the individual pieces that you have written and putting them into their final form: an MLA FORMATTED ESSAY. You will be using a template which I have created for you and placed in Google Classroom.

Go to Google Classroom and open up CHARACTER ANALYSIS ESSAY – STEP 5. FIRST: Remove Mr. Kenny’s last name from the HEADER and replace it with your own. NEXT: Remove Mr. Kenny’s full name from the Titling information and replace it with your full name. THEN: Change the CLASS PERIOD so that it shows your class period.

NEXT: Go to your STEP 2 DOCUMENT. Copy your INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH and paste it where the instructions show. THEN: Go to your STEP 3 DOCUMENT. Copy your THREE BODY PARAGRAPHS and paste them in where the instructions show. NEXT: Go to your STEP 4 DOCUMENT. Copy your CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH and paste it where the instructions show.

Adding a Work Cited Page Go down (enter) the page from your essay until you reach the top of a new page. First, enter the author’s name…last,first Walker, Alice. Next: Enter the title of the story “Everyday Use.” Then: Enter the publication city, publisher, year published and media type New York: Harcourt Print.

FINAL CHECKLIST Make sure that all of your text is in TIMES NEW ROMAN font SIZE 12. Make sure that your document is DOUBLE SPACED. Make sure that you have CITED YOUR QUOTES from the story!

Exit Ticket Would you say that writing this essay step by step was easier or harder than just writing a full essay all at once? Why?

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