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DESCRIPTIVE WRITING ASSIGNMENT: Part One Objective: Students will create vivid descriptions of themselves using sensory words and adjectives. Students will answer the following in essay form: 1. Who are you? Make a list of all the qualities that describe who you are. For example: Are you a student? a musician? an athlete? Are you friendly? outgoing? serious? happy? Come up with a list of five to ten qualities. Understanding who you are will make it easier for you to describe yourself. Remember the reader should be able to answer the following questions in his/her mind. • What kind of person is he/she? • What is his/her personality like? • What is the person like? • What does he/she look like? • What is this person’s life like? • Can you create a picture in your mind of the person being described? RUBRIC FOR MARKING Focus:  Writing sticks to the topic All sentences relate back to the topic, “Who are you?”  Interesting & clear topic sentence that tells the reader what the paragraph will be about Content: All details answered the above questions  Clear concluding sentence that summed up what the paragraph was about  Essay included at least 15 sentences Style:  Variety of sentence styles and lengths  Didn’t just use single adjectives as descriptions  Vivid adjectives and other descriptive words created a clear picture of who you are Conventions: Indented Sentences begin w/ capital letters & end with correct punctuation Spelling was clear 12-11—A, 10-9—B, 8-7—C, 6-5—D, 4-0—F YOUR SCORE: ___ 