Creating a Character

Hey there Mr. Dunlop's grade 9 drama class! Today we're going to have our class online and we're going to look at how to create characters on the page. We're going to work mentally and digitally at creating a character by filling out facts and giving your character a social media presence.

I want you to go to http://www.humansofnewyork.com/ and choose one person to use as the inspiration for your character. These are real people living in New York, each picture comes with a quote that can help guide you in your characterization. 

You have the period to create a social media profile (facebook, twitter, blog, etc.) of a character of your creation inspired by HONY; be creative! Try to include as many details as you can, you can use this sheet as an idea of different elements you should consider. Be sure to write somewhere on your profile that this profile is not a real representation of the person photographed and was completed as part of a drama class project.

Use the following resources to help guide you and give you some further insight into creating a character:
http://fictionwriting.about.com/od/crafttechnique/tp/createcharacter.htm 

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