My FingerprintDirect & Indirect Characterization Activity

• Objective: To apply understanding of Direct & Indirect Characterization by describing yourself as if you were a character using both methods.

• DIRECTIONS: For this writing piece, you will use the lines of a fingerprint to create a Fingerprint Poem.

• 1. Complete “STEAL” Chart for yourself.• 2. From “STEAL” Chart, use DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION (adjectives that

describe your “character traits”) followed by INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION (details that show the trait).

• 3. You must have at least 10 traits (2 per element of STEAL) and details/examples that show those traits. Fill up the fingerprint!

• 4. Use COLOR!• 5. Incorporate pictures in-between or behind your words. • 6. Use exciting, creative words – your words make you who you are!• 7. Incorporate onomatopoeia (words that sound like the sound they make:

crash, crackle, sizzle, woof) and sensory language (imagery).• 8. Change the size of your writing (or use capital letters) to make certain

words POP out!

Rubric• Fingerprint Characterization Rubric• • Name of Student: _______________________ Name of Grader:

_________________________• • 10 Adjectives ______/10• 10 Examples/Evidence that show each Adjective ______/10• 1 Example of Sensory Language (Imagery) ______/5• 1 Example of Onomatopoeia ______/5• Color ______/5• Pictures/Images (at least 5) ______/5• Neatness/Creativity ______/5• • TOTAL POINTS: ______/45• • Comments: