One for the Murphy's - Describing Characters

Write a minimum of 2 paragraphs describing one of the characters we've encountered so far in the novel One for the Murphy's.  Your post should be a minimum of 10 sentences; however, you may need more than 10 sentences to complete this!


Your first paragraph should include ideas such as:

• describe what we know about the biographical information of the character (age, family relationships, location, etc.)
• describe how the character is feeling.  Support your ideas with proof from the text.
• describe the personality traits of the character.  Support your ideas with proof from the text.
• describe how the character has changed as we've been reading. What makes you think this?
• do you have any predictions about this character?  What makes you think this?

Your second paragraph should focus on answering the following question:

• How does Carley's life compare/contrast (compare = things that are the same, contrast = things that are different) to your own life?  

Remember, effective writers go through each step of the writing process.

1. PLAN out your ideas.  Use your character template.  Talk to people.  Jot down ideas.
2. ORGANIZE your ideas.  What order makes sense?  What should go in each paragraph?
3. WRITE your first draft
4. EDIT for spelling, capitalization, run-on sentences.
5. REVISE by adding more information, removing ideas that are off topic, move around ideas into a new order

Your blog post must be completed and published by Wednesday, October 22.