high school english paper

We read the book beginning of grief and write an essay according to the requirements of the following document.

Character Analysis Essay – The Beginning of Grief

Pick one of the following characters from the story:

Stanion

Kevin

Carl

Jim

The wife/mother

In a 1-page essay write about this character:

· Paragraph 1—introduce the character

· Who is the character? What are his conflicts?

· Paragraph 2—give examples from the story to explain his conflicts

· What does he/she say and do?

· How does he/she look and feel?

· Paragraph 3—analyze the character

· Why does the character do what he does? (motivation)

· What do other people in the story think about him?

· How is this person complex/complicated? Dynamic or static character?

· Paragraph 4—give your conclusion

· What do you think/feel about him?

Write your essay in good sentences. Use the story and pages from class to help you.

You will be graded on the following:

___accurate description of the character (10)

___examples from the story (10)

___your own conclusions about the character (10)

___using at least 10 vocabulary words from the story (20)

___ using present tense verbs correctly (10)

___ using articles (or NO article) correctly (10)

___general good English usage (20)

___ submit the final draft, first draft, conflict chart, character map, and character analysis all on Teams. (10)

_____TOTAL (100)