Character Analysis Mini Project
Directions: The first genre piece you created was a news article. Now, you will have the option of creating a second genre piece that looks at a specific character of To Kill A
Mockingbird. You have the option to create a blog, a POV piece, or an obituary. The requirements for each one is below.
Character Analysis (Choose One of the following)
Option One: A point of view piece
Directions: Choose a character (other than the narrator/ main character) and pretend you are part of the story as that character. Rewrite a scene from that
character’s perspective. Then write a paragraph explaining how this perspective alters the particular scene. 800 words.
Example: Rewrite the Tim Johnson shooting from Atticus’ POV or the trial from Mayella Ewell’s POV
Option Two: Character Blog
Directions: Create a blog from the perspective of one of your characters. Can be on paper or can be digital. Some suggestions are www.wordpress.com or
www.blogger.com. You need at least four blog entries. The blog entries should answer the following questions,
a. a quote/greeting,
b. a paragraph about me,
c.
a blog that argues why I am an important character in the novel and a list of interests/favorites.
d. Use relevant details from the novel to develop your profile. How does the character interact with other characters, advance the plot, or develop the
theme of the novel
e. Use two quotes or details from the book
f.
800 words
Option Three: Obituary
Directions: Create an obituary for a character in To Kill A Mockingbird. The obituary should answer the following questions,
a. a paragraph about the person,
b. a paragraph that argues why they were an important person to the story and in Maycomb
c.
Use relevant details from the novel to develop your obituary . How does the character interact with other characters, advance the plot, or develop the
theme of the novel
d. Use two quotes or details from the book
e. Funeral time
f.
800 words
To submit your blog, obituary, or POV piece article
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Go to turnitin.com
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Enroll in my class with the following information,
Class ID: 8742943
Class Password: Hickman6
4. Click on class and find the assignment labeled Unit 3 Project: Characterization and upload your file and submit
Requirement
Includes basic demographic
information that is presented in
the correct format for the genre
chosen
Lists characters
interests/hobbies
Establishes how the character is
important to the development
of the novel in the correct
format for the genre chosen
Uses two quotes or details from
the novel
Creativity, effort, and
innovation is shown
Total
Accomplished
Proficient
Developing
Not Present
Characterization Examples
Chapter 19 (Part Two) (POV Piece)
The room was stifling, and not just because of the
record breaking temperatures and lack of ventilation. The men of
the jury felt trapped in a room where a tense excitement reigned
and each was afraid to speak his mind about the events of the
past few hours. Jonathan Cunningham sat silent; waiting for
someone else to take the lead on the discussion and afraid of the
once impossible thoughts swarming in his brain.
How could his opinion be so changed in just a few
hours? Jonathan recalled this morning. He remembered putting
on his best clothes, despite being patched and greying. He had
been angry that this young black had raped one of his own – a
white woman. Jonathan had felt excited for this trial. He wanted
Robinson to feel 100,000 volts pulsing through his body as he
fried in the electric chair. That would put these blacks in their
place. In that moment, there had been no doubt about what
would happen in the jury room.
However, as the day waned on and that damned Atticus
Finch began his speaking, the world became confused………
(continued)