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Character Night: Project Map and Student ResourcesStudents: Listed below you will find the necessary tasks needed to complete your character Night project. Throughout the school year, your teachers will be focusing on these different areas through minilessons, review sessions, and workshops. You be receiving handouts and supplementary materials, including rubrics, to guide you on your completion of this project.
Project Timeline
Choose Your CharacterResearch Proposal FormsCreate a Timeline for Your CharacterHandout: "Tips/Directions for Creating a Timeline"Web SourcesWriting the Biographical Research PaperPrewritingRefocusing Your ResearchRevising Your Thesis Statment; Handout: "Writing a Thesis Statement"Revising Your OutlineDraftingIntroductory Paragraph with ThesisTransitionsWord ChoiceIncorporating Your Research and Balancing SourcesConclusionsRevisingReviewing Content, Organization, and Style ChoicesReviewing DocumentationEditingGrammarPunctuation & CapitalizationUsageMLA Style & DocumentationTypes of Documentation RequiredWorks Cited: Citing Print and Electronic SourcesParenthetical (in-text) DocumentationFormatting Your Paper in MLA StylePreparing Your Speech & PracticesFinding Your Focus/AngleNotecardsPropsWriting the Program Bio for Your CharacterThe PerformanceCostumesPropsSlides and Other Audiovisual Aids