1. Upstairs/Downstairs

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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