Name _____________________ Period _____

Personal Essay

A Person I Admire

Getting Started

Audience:– Fifth Grade Students– Parents and Families– Teachers and Principals

Purpose: Write an essay describing a person you admire

Voice: Personal Essay

Format: Multiple Paragraph Essay

Paragraph One Opening/Lead

Paragraph Two Physical Traits

Paragraph Three Redeeming Quality #1

Paragraph FourRedeeming Quality #2

Paragraph Five Closing/Concluding Paragraph

Descriptive Essay Map

Topic #1Detail

Detail

Detail

Topic #2Detail

Detail

Detail

Topic/ #3Detail

Detail

Detail

Subject Statement and Lead

Personal Essay Graphic Organizer

Paragraph #3

Paragraph #4

Closing/Conclusion

Paragraph #2

Paragraph #5

Paragraph #1

Admirable Personality Traits and Redeeming Qualities

Admirable Qualities and Personality Traits Evidence Of Qualities and Traits

Admirable Personality TraitsRedeeming Qualities

Person Redeeming Qualities Evidence

Herman Boone

Bill Yoast

Julius Cambell

Gary Bertier

Brainstorming

Person Qualities I Admire/Personality Traits Evidence

Introduction

The introductory paragraph has a few important functions.

Paragraph #1 Beginning

Grab The Reader’s Attention

Present the Subject of the Essay

Briefly Explain Topics

Lead

Topic Sentence

Support Sentences

Physical Characteristics

Detail Digging Questions Elaboration

Detail #1

Detail #2

Detail #3

Detail #4

Detail #5

Detail #6

Paragraph 2 Middle

Story That Shows This Quality

Paragraph Three

MiddleRedeeming Quality #1

Fill in redeeming quality #1 here.

Story That Shows This Quality

Paragraph Four

MiddleRedeeming Quality #2

Fill in redeeming quality #2 here.

Conclusion End

Leave the reader with a clear understanding of subject

Sum up the main points of the essay

Finish with a powerful sentence

Paragraph 5

Revision WorksheetRevision Questions

Ideas Does my essay have a clear focus? Have I used an effective lead? Have I used specific details, examples, and facts? Have I elaborated on details, examples, and facts?

Organization Is my essay broken into effective paragraphs? Are my paragraphs connected to each other and to the subject? Do I have effective topic sentences for each paragraph? Are my body sentences organized to help create meaning? Have I used an effective closing for my essay?

Voice Do I use language in an engaging way that keeps readers interested? Does my writing show that I care about the subject? Does my writing show that I am thinking about the reader? Does my writing present an appropriate level of language? (not too informal)

Word Choice Do I use specific nouns? Do I use interesting adjectives? Is my writing free of wordy phrases and unnecessary words?

Sentence Fluency Are my sentences complete? Are they clear and easy to understand? Did I try to vary my sentence structure?

Conventions follows the basic rules of grammar follows the basic rules of spelling follows the basic rules of capitalization follows the basic rules of punctuation

Things That Are Bugging Me

Editing Worksheet

Editing Checklist

Conventions

Do my sentences follow the basic rules of grammar?

Are all my words spelled correctly?

Have I followed the basic rules of capitalization?

Are all my sentences punctuated correctly?

Does my essay look neat and presentable?

I want to focus on the following areas:

Publishing/Computer Cluster Guidelines 

Publishing Guidelines

12 point font

Black

Times New Roman, Calibri, Comic Sans

1.5 Line Spacing

Title

First and Last Name

Period

Check paragraph indentations and spacing.

Publishing Format

TitleFirst and Last Name

Period #

Personal Essay Rubric

Name:

Period:

Title: A Person I Admire

Type: Personal Essay

Length: Multiple Paragraphs

Writing Process Rubric

Prewriting brainstorms and plans writing

Rough Draft Writing uses plan to generate rough draft

Revising makes revisions

Editing proofreads and edits writing

Publishing writing is neat and presentable

Six Traits RubricIdeas essay is informative with a clear focus has an effective lead contains specific details, examples, and facts elaborates on details, examples, and facts

Organization essay is broken into effective paragraphs paragraphs are connected to each other and subject paragraphs have effective topic sentences body sentences are organized to create meaning essay has an effective closing

Voice speaks in an engaging way that keeps readers interested shows that writer cares about the subject shows that the writer is thinking about the reader presents an appropriate level of language (not too informal)

Word Choice specific nouns are used to create meaning interesting adjectives writing is free of wordiness

Sentence Fluency sentences are clear and easy to understand shows a variety in sentence beginnings and lengths

Conventions follows the basic rules of grammar follows the basic rules of spelling follows the basic rules of capitalization follows the basic rules of punctuation

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