English 8
Mrs. McDonald
Composition #3 Second Quarter Conferenced Essay
Assignment: A one paragraph personality sketch of a short story character.
Topic: Choose one of the characters listed below. Brainstorm some personality traits (using adjectives not nouns) which you believe your chosen character possesses. Be sure that you can support the personality trait through something you read about the character in the story.
Kass (from “Mary”) Mrs. Flowers (from “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”)
Crescent (from “Then He Goes Free”) Carol (from “Louisa, Please Come Home”)
TOPIC SENTENCE EXAMPLE: In the short story entitled “Louisa, Please Come Home” by Shirley Jackson, it is evident that Paul’s personality trait of dishonesty leads to Louisa’s rejection by her family.
Due Date:
Rough draft
(B) Thursday, October 20; (A) Friday, October 21
Final Original
Tuesday, 25 October 2005 by All by Break
Skill/Concept
Stressed:
The ability to describe a character in terms of a personality trait and
how that trait is shown through something that
occurs in the story.
Requirements:
1.Original
title. The same rule applies as for your proceeding
essays. DO NOT use the title of the story or the
name of the
character. Catch the reader’s attention &
use your imagination.
2.Write a well-developed one paragraph essay
describing your chosen
character in terms of her personality trait and
how it relates directly
to some event in the
story.
3.DO NOT USE contractions or to be
verbs.
4.DO USE present tense, third person, correct
heading, and correct
spelling, punctuation, sentence structure and
vocabulary
5.Type or word process the final copy of your
original using the MLA style.
6.Double space heading and
essay.
7.Essay will be worth 100
points.
8.Essays will be conferenced and revisions will be worth 100
points.