Fri. Oct. 21, 2016: Major Writing Assignment: Step One

Today, the students worked on completing step one of their major assignment. We are working up to writing an essay, so these early steps will be necessary to make the later steps easier. This portion of the assignment is due on Monday. I have pasted it below for those who were absent. I did suggest to the students that they find quotes to support their assertions.

ELA B10: Unit One: Equity and Ethics

Major Assignment

Step One: In your portfolios, you will find a sheet with personality traits.

Today, I want you to pick a character from the short story “Harrison Bergeron” and determine which personality traits describe this person (write down all of the ones you think work).

I then want you to try to find evidence to support these traits. If you cannot find evidence to support a trait, get rid of it!

            e.g.      Mary is compassionate

                        (evidence: She helped Mrs. Martin garden after Mrs. Martin broke her ankle and

                        refused the money Mrs. Martin offered for her services.)

Your goal is to come up with THREE personality traits for this character with EACH TRAIT supported by ONE example (evidence) OR ONE personality trait for this character supported by THREE examples.

e.g.      Mary is compassionate, responsible and helpful.

                                    Compassionate:  After Mrs. Martin broke her ankle, Mary felt

                                                compassionate enough to offer to help Mrs. Martin with her

                                                gardening.

                                    Responsible: She was responsible enough to be able to babysit Reilly and

                                                keep him from doing anything destructive (he is a very difficult

                                                child who likes to flush toy cars down the toilet).

                                    Helpful: She helped her teacher clean up after the bookcase fell

                                                over.

OR

            e.g.      Mary is compassionate.

                                    Evidence 1: She helped Mrs. Martin garden after Mrs. Martin broke her

                                                ankle and refused the money Mrs. Martin offered for her services.

                                    Evidence 2: She helped her teacher clean up after the bookcase fell over.

                                    Evidence 3: She babysat Reilly when Reilly’s mom needed to get

                                                groceries and refused the money Reilly’s mom offered for her

                                                services.

           

Once you have done a point form outline on one character (see options above), you are then to do it for two more (so you have a total of three).

This will have to be handed in in this rough form on Monday.