Brainstorming Steps
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Choose an individual you know well and admire.
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List the individual’s characteristics and accomplishments.
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Think of how your character reacts in certain situations.
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Give reasons why this person is important to you.
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Write down some highlights about his or her life.
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Describe your character with very specific words.
More Brainstorming Questions
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What is your character’s best feature?
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If your character’s friends described him/her,
what would they say?
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What does your character like to do for
enjoyment?
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What does your character look like?
What is your character’s personality like?
Descriptive Words
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lively, funny, entertaining, loving,
hardworking, mischievous, kind,
sensible, honest, organized, outgoing,
thrifty, creative, blonde, Swedish,
helpful, surprising, adventurous,
sporadic
Paragraph 1 – Introduction
Give your character’s name, physical characteristics, and background
information (How do you know this person? What do they do for a
living, or what do they want to be when they grow up?)
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Paragraph 2
Describe one event or situation that reveals the individual’s personality
and character traits.
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Paragraph 3
Describe a second event or situation that reveals the individual’s
personality and character traits.
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Paragraph 4
Describe a third event or situation that reveals the individual’s
personality and character traits.
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Paragraph 5 – Conclusion
Explain why you chose this person to write about and why is he or she
important to you.
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Rubric
CONTENT
DESCRIPTIVE
WORDS
FORMAT
TRANSITIONS
Writer provides
the reader with
three examples
that adequately
portray the
individual in the
sketch.
Sketch contains
at least ten
descriptive
words, and the
writer uses vivid
words and
phrases that
draw pictures in
the reader's
mind.
Writer uses the
five paragraph
format, and each
paragraph
contains six
sentences in
each paragraph.
Writer uses
transitions
throughout the
sketch.
(30 points)
(30 points)
(15 points)
(25 points)