How To Do A Portfolio

Portfolio
Can be handwritten*
Minimum Length: 15 pages (if typed, 18 double-spaced)
Include:
1. Character List
2. Character Map (can be made on Prezi)
3. Three Diary entries in the voice of a character of your choosing with 150- word Rationale
4. Compare and Contrast Essay (500 words) book v. movie – handouts will be given
5. Review
6. New Ending
7. Interview with AuthorGUIDELINES
Character List: Must include as many characters as possible; even the small ones. Please write defining features/characteristics for all.

Character Map: Can be hand drawn, made in prezi, etc. Must be an overview of the novel.

Diary Entries and Rationale: Your rationale must include why you chose the character you did, how they have been impacted in the novel, why youmade certain decisions. Diary entries must have proper format!

How to Write a Compare/Contrast Essay
Compare and contrast essays are the other big essay types in academic writing. These essays will follow a specific question and are fairly easy to complete. There are several ways to write this type of essay. The most important thing to remember is structure. Many wonderful essays fall victim tothe woes of bad structure, making any ingenuity to fall by the wayside. Go over the rules on how to write a general essay, and then structure your compare/contrast essay in one of the following two formats:
1. Introduction
2. Your introduction — like the five-paragraph-essay, should open generally (with a quotation, anecdote, generalization), and lead into the thesis statement.
3. Topic 1
4.This next portion of your essay (which may consist of one paragraph or several) should cover only the first topic of the comparison and contrast. Compare/Contrast essays take two topics and illustrate how they are similar and dissimilar. Do not mention topic 2 in this first portion.
5. Topic 2
6. This next portion of your essay (which may also consist of one or more paragraphs) should cover thesecond of the two topics. Do not discuss Topic 1 in this section. Since you have already gone into great detail about it, you may allude to Topic 1 briefly; however, do not analyze Topic 1 in this section. This portion of the paper is to discuss Topic 2 in great detail.
7. Topics 1 and 2 Together
8. Now that you have analyzed both Topic 1 and Topic 2 independently, now it is time to analyze themtogether. This section may also be one or several paragraphs.
9. Conclusion
10. The conclusion — like the introduction — should be a generalization of the thesis. This paragraph should express your certainty and absolute knowledge on the subject matter. You should reaffirm your thesis (essentially restate it in new words) and show how you've proven it.
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1. Introduction
2. Yourintroduction — like the five-paragraph-essay, should open generally (with a quotation, anecdote, generalization), and lead into the thesis statement.
3. All Comparisons (Topics 1 and 2)
4. This section — which should consists of several paragraphs — should go through all similarities you find in the two topics on which you are writing. There should be at least three comparisons (essentially three shortbody paragraphs) in which you give an example from both topics of comparisons in each.
5. All Contrasts (Topics 1 and 2)
6. This section — which should consist of several paragraphs — should go through all differences you find in the two topics on which you are writing. There should be at least three contrasts (essentially three short body paragraphs) in which you give an example from both topicsof comparisons in each.
7. Conclusion
8. This conclusion is wrapping up everything you have just proven in your paper. It should restate the thesis in a new, more official way, and you should feel quite confident in your writing.
Here is a quick breakdown on how the Compare-Contrast Essay should appear:
• Type A:
◦ Paragraph 1: Introduction (with Thesis)
◦ Paragraph 2: Topic 1 (Comparison...