New Writing Assignment Character Sketch: Our newest writing assignment is writing a character sketch of a person who is close to you or of yourself as though you are a character in a book. You are going to write about this person using show not tell.( 10 marks)
We learn about characters in three ways: by what they say, by what they do and by what others say about them....although the last way is the least reliable. The way to do this assignment is to choose a person to write about ( it could even be yourself) put this person in a situation or location and begin describing them through the activity as if you are writing part of a story.
Example: Mom in the kitchen making dinner dealing with teenage son
"Briiiaaan, get in here, did you drink the last drop of milk and leave it in the fridge for someone else to put in recycling, how many times do I have to go over this with you?"
"OK mom don't freak out he said, rolling his brown eyes as if to say, what's the big deal." His almost 6 foot frame leaned longingly into the fridge as he scoured through it looking for something to eat.
" There's nothin' in here, when are you going to get some decent food for us to eat?"
Finding a day old burrito, he pops into the microwave pushes the buttons and awaits his feast. Almost burning his fingers, he takes it out and like a programmed robot, heads straight to the computer to check his Facebook account.
After numerous scans through Facebook, his phone buzzes and he reaches over to attempt to do two things at once, which causes him some difficulty. After some time, he realizes he is in desperate need for a drink but is too lazy to head back to the kitchen. " Hey mom he charms, can you do me a favour?"
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