how ylp has helped me - Varun's version

Before Ylp I had no confidence. Before Ylp I couldn’t present. Before Ylp I couldn’t even socialize.

Greeting fellow ylpers, facilitator, co-facilitators and judges. Today I am here to talk about how ylp has helped me. 

Over the years I wasn’t a very confident at all. In front of a crowd, I just couldn’t speak up. I felt nervous with all of the gazes of the audience staring at me, I would feel the pressure and either forgot what I was saying or talk extremely quite. Because of this, my teachers felt that I was unconfident and shy.

One of my teachers felt extremely bad about this. She knew that I wouldn’t participate in class or even ask her any questions. Because of this she got very frustrated and took out all of her anger on my parents at their interview. It left a very bad expression towards them.

But then a friend of my dad told him about Ylp. But at first, I felt that it was going to quite annoying going every morning. So I tried to do the jobs where you didn't have to present. But in the end, I still had to do presentations anyways.

The teachers commented on my small, small successes. They gave positive feedbacks and gave gentle requests.For my improvements, they gave me positive feedback. It made my fears go away and I started to gain confidence.  Then after one year my first milestones came. Our group did a marketing pitch but after we presented  I then truly felt good about myself and started to gain self-confidence. After that, I had next milestone and my next one. after each one, I became more, and more confident. I  then started to feel more proud of my skills.  During this time not only did my skills in ylp improve but also did my skills in school did as well. Everyone there saw my improvement. And, my teachers started to feel good about me. Through that process, I became almost an entirely different person. I gained confidence, self-motivation, and the will to fight against my fears.That was how ylp had helped me.

How YLP helped me - final editing done by arun 9:30 pm

Before Ylp I had no confidence to speak to others, public speaking was only in my dreams. Before Ylp I could not present even to my school class. Before YLP my social skills were nonexistent.

Greeting fellow ylpers , facilitator, co-facilitators and judges. Today I am here to talk about how ylp has helped me.  

Over the years I wasn’t a very confident at all. In front of a crowd I just couldn’t speak up. I felt nervous with all of the gazes staring at me. Then I would feel the pressure and either forgot what I was saying or talk extremely quite. Because of this my teachers felt that I was un-confident and shy. One of my teachers felt extremely bad. She knew that I wouldn’t participate in class or even talk to her. Because of this she got very frustrated and took out all of her anger on my parents. It left a very bad expression towards them. 

A friend of my dad told him about YLP that was 2015. At first I felt uneasy and afraid of YLP classes. Snack break is the only thing that made me comfortable.  

Week after week of practice at  YLP made me realize my uneasiness in front of people is just a feeling - a momentary feeling.  a BIG THANK YOU to YLP to make me realize all uneasiness will eventually go away.  

I am thankful to YLP for having regular contact classes, providing motivation. YLP made me realize it is OKAY to accept attention.  a BIG thank you to YLP making me comfortable to accept attention. 
  
Next big thank is about small roles which YLP gave. We were all given chances to take up different roles from time keeper to chairperson for the meetings  - I understood the importance of small roles.
  
YLP teachers appreciated me on my small, small successes.  small but steady appreciation on my improvements - these made my fears go away and I started gaining confidence.

Our first milestone came. Our group did a marketing pitch. The presentation went well. I then truly felt good about myself. My fear of people has reduced.  

We had our next milestone and the next one. During this time my presentation skills improved. Mybehaviorr improved. School teacher's complaints stopped. Now I am in front of you, giving this speech. thanks to YLP teachers and my fellow ylp classmates. 

thank you for listening.

How YLP helped me 8:25 PM

Before Ylp I had no confidence to speak to others, public speaking was only in my dreams. Before Ylp I could not even do a presentation in front of my school class. Before YLP my social skills were non-existent.

Greeting fellow ylpers , facilitator, co-facilitators and judges. Today I am here to talk about how ylp has helped me.  

Over the years I wasn’t a very confident at all. In front of a crowd I just couldn’t speak up. I felt nervous with all of the gazes staring at me. Then I would feel the pressure and either forget what I wanted talk or just mumble. Because of this, my teachers felt that I was un-confident and shy.

One of my teachers felt extremely bad. She knew that I wouldn’t participate in class or even talk to her. The teacher got very frustrated and took out all of her anger on my parents during Parent Teacher meeting. these type of not so good feedbacks are common in most of Parent Teacher meetings.

A friend of my dad told him about Ylp. at first I had a tough time adjusting to YLP classes. snacks were only thing I liked.  yes. snacks it is. 

Week after weeks of practice at  YLP, made me realize my SHYNESS is just a feeling - it is a temporary feeling.  this is my first learning. Shyness is just a feeling. a temporary feeling.  

The second important thing which I learned, it is OKAY to accept ATTENTION when my friends or audience gives to me. similar to the attention you are all giving me now. this is my second learning at YLP-  Learn to accept attention. 

Next big learning is about how YLP gave me small roles and prepared me for bigger roles. Initially, I was given the role of time keeper, took on small projects in a small group and finally chairpersons for those meetings - I understood how valuable these groomings turned out to be. this is my third learning - small roles are important too. 

  

Positive feedbacks and gentle request to correct myself, small but steady appreciations on my improvements - gave me confidence. this is my fourth learning small and steady appreciations go a long way.   

Our first milestone came. Our group did a marketing pitch. The presentation went well. I then truly felt good about myself. My fear of people has reduced.  

We had our next milestone and the next my one. During this time my presentation skills improve. My behaviour improved. My teachers start to feel good about me. Now I am in front of you, giving this speech. thanks to YLP teachers and my fellow ylp classmates. 

How YLP has helped me

Before Ylp I had no confidence. Before Ylp I couldn’t present. Before Ylp I couldn’t even socialize.

Greeting fellow ylpers , facilitator, co-facilitators and judges. Today I am here to talk about how ylp has helped me. 

Over the years I wasn’t a very confident at all. In front of a crowd, I just couldn’t speak up. I felt nervous with all of the gazes of the audience staring at me, I would feel the pressure and either forgot what I was saying or talk extremely quite. Because of this, my teachers felt that I was unconfident and shy.

One of my teachers felt extremely bad. She knew that I wouldn’t participate in class or even ask her any questions. Because of this she got very frustrated and took out all of her anger on my parents at their interview. It left a very bad expression towards them.

But then a friend of my dad told him about Ylp. But at first, I felt that it was going to quite annoying going every morning. So I tried to do the jobs where you didn't have to present. But in the end, I still had to do presentations anyways.

. the teachers commented on my small, small successes. They gave positive feedbacks and gave gentle requests .For my improvements, they gave me positive feedback. It made my fears go away and i started gaining confidence.  The after one year my first milestones came. Our group did a marketing pitch and then we presented and I then truly felt good about myself and then my fears lessened. After that, I had next milestone and my next one. I  then started to feel more any more confident in my skills.  And not only that but during this time did my presentation skills improve and did my teachers start to feel good or better about me. Through that process I became almost an entirely differrent person.That was how ylp had help me.

Thank you for lisening.

YLP - TYPED BY AKILA

Befor YLP I could have never gotten the confidence to present in front of a crowd. Before YLP I couldn't even act. Before ylp I couldn't even socialise

Before YLP my presentation skill were very horrible. I would stammer, studder and do all kinds of things. Because presenting was what I sucked at the most.

But not just my presentation skills were the things were lacking. 

How YLP Youth Leadership Program helped me overcome my Shyness

As I look back right from elementary school I was labelled as a kid who does not open his mouth, shy and lacks self confidence. I am here standing in front of you, telling you how Youth leadership program of CFLIcanada helped me gain self confidence and subsequently how I was able to slowly get out of social anxiety.

Varun is a shy, quiet kid who does not open his mouth. Even when I say Good morning , Varun does not say Good morning - that was my 4th Grade teacher, 'What is the use of putting him in extended french in school' Varun does not open his mouth at all - my 6th Grade teacher,  Varun is a quiet kid who keeps to himself - lacks self confidence - that was my 7th grade teacher. 

in fact I used to spent hours preparing for school presentation - spends hours and hours of work preparing for it. only to go the presentation and feel uncomfortable standing in front of group of people to explain my project.  

Week after weeks of practice at  YLP made me realize my uncomfortableness in front of people is just a feeling - a momentary feeling. This shyness will go away. this is my first learninig. Shyness is just a feeling. will eventually go away.  

I am thankful to YLP for having regular contact classes, providing motivation. YLP made me to accept it is OKAY to accept attention when my friends or audience gives to me. like for example the attention you are all giving me to me now. this is my second learning at YLP. Learnt to accept attention.

Next big thank is about small roles which YLP gave. I was given the role of time keeper , working in small groups to do assigned projects and finally chairpersons for those meetings - I understood how important the role played by YLP in providing me small roles that helped prepare me for big roles.
  

YLP teachers commented on my small, small success. positve feedbacks and gentle request to correct up . small but steady appreciation on my small improvements - these made my fears go away and i started gaining confidence.

The after one year my first milestones came. Our group did a marketing pitch and then we presented and I then truly felt good about myself and then only did my fears lessen. After that I had next milestone and my next one. And not only that but during this time did my presentation skills improve and did my teachers start to feel good or better about me. That was how ylp had help me. 

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Description  Traditional Violin and Mridangam percussion instrument
Time Spent during the last year  120 hours 
Awards or Achievements : Stage performance- I performed on stage as part of senior students group in October 2016. I have written music theory and practical exams.  




Description  Youth Public speaking & Social issues based short film making. Part of Youth Leadership Program by Centre for Leadership and Innovation http://www.cflicanada.ca/ CFLIcanada is a non-profit organization with objectives of promoting leadership skills amongst young Canadians 
Time Spent  100 hours 

Awards or Achievements Short film chosen for Honorable Mention for the year 2016.  I was selected as a star speaker for the class 2016.

Description Soccer, Track and Field 
Time Spent per year during the last year 75 hours 
Awards or Achievements   3rd place in Jump Event in Toronto School District Board sport event year 2016

214 words Updated - Player One Controlled

Last summer, my parents and I were made aware of a program called Ydocs, a competition where youths make short documentaries with only mobile phone. I joined as a participant in 4th Annual YDocs Youth Film Festival at Metropolitan Centre, Toronto.

Technology is a queer thing. It brings you gifts with one hand, and stabs you in the back with the other. This quote came to my mind during our team's title selection discussion.  Our team decided to do a short film on "Video Game Addiction" among youth.

The organizers briefed us with film making fundamentals. I was selected to be main character in the documentary. I was excited and nervous, as I had never acted before.

It is a challenge to get everyone to agree on the time and place of film shooting. Constant follow-up and phone calls helped. It was fun to shoot in different locations. Following weeks of film shoot, reshoot and editing,  the short film was finally ready.

We created a poster, gave a stylish title “Player One Controlled“ and presented the film in front of an audience. It was fun to work with a new group of friends and our film got an ‘Honorable mention’. 

For some time now, I have been going to a confidence building program to help me overcome the uncertainties of public speaking. This program was called the “Youth Leadership Program” or YLP.

Last summer, my parents and I were made aware of a program called Ydocs, a competition where youths make short documentaries and compete for 1^st place. After I heard about this program, I thought that it would be quite interesting to participate in it.  

Once I arrived at the center for Ydocs, each participant was designated a team and a documentary topic.  Our  topic was “Video Game Addictions”.We were briefed about the lighting, camera and editing techniques involved in movie making. 

It was fun to work with my new group of friends. But also a challenge to get everyone to meet I was selected to star in the documentary. It was a honor and  a huge challenge as I had ever acted before. .It was fun to shoot in different locations with my team and Following the many months of fruitless work we worked together to succesfully shoot, reshoot and edit the documentary. 

We even created a poster . Subsequently, we presented our documentary titled “Player One Controlled“ in front of an audience

YDocs - categorized

Mast Essay (200 word or less)

For some time now I have been going to a confidence building program to help me overcome the uncertainties of public speaking. This program was called the “Youth Leadership Program” or YLP.

Last summer, my parents and I were made aware of a program called Ydocs, a competition where youths make short documentaries and compete for 1^st place. After I heard about this program I thought that it would be quite interesting to participate in it.  (THIS SHOWS POSITIVE APPROACH) 

Once I arrived at the center for Ydocs, each participant was designated a team. I was selected to be in team #9.As I was shown my seat I got slightly nervous as I was the last one to enter. Following a long speech, the host of Ydocs then told us to select a topic from a jar. Our group got the topic of “Video Game Addictions”.

I was fun to work with my new group of friends.(THIS SHOWS I LOVE CHALLENGE) But in the beginning it was a challenge to get everyone to meet. (THIS SHOWS HARD WORKING & NEVER GIVE UP & TEAM PLAYER)But following the many months of fruitless work we finally completed our movie. THIS SHOWS I HAVE COMMUNICATION/PRESENTATION SKILLS Subsequently we presented our documentary in front of a audience. Our project's name was “Player One Controlled“.

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Mast Essay (200 words or less)

For some time now, I have been going to a confidence building program to help me overcome the uncertainties of public speaking. This program was called the “Youth Leadership Program” or YLP.

Last summer, my parents and I were made aware of a program called Ydocs, a competition where youths make short documentaries and compete for 1^st place. After I heard about this program, I thought that it would be quite interesting to participate in it.  

Once I arrived at the center for Ydocs, each participant was designated a team. I was selected to be in team #9.As I was shown my seat, I got slightly nervous as I was the last one to enter. Following a long speech, the host of Ydocs then told us to select a topic from a jar. Our group got the topic of “Video Game Addictions”.

It was fun to work with my new group of friends. But in the beginning, it was a challenge to get everyone to meet. But following the many months of fruitless work, we finally completed our movie. Subsequently, we presented our documentary in front of an audience. Our documentary was then titled “Player One Controlled“.

How YLP helped me over the years

Before Ylp I could have never gotten the confidence to speak up in front of and audience. Before Ylp I could barely present a power point. Before Ylp I wouldn’t be standing here today.

Greeting to all fellow Ylpers, facilitators, co-facilitators and judges. Today I am here to talk about how Ylp has helped me. My presentation skills originally were extremely bad. Standing in front of a crowd and delivering a speech would make my head and vision spin round and round.

But then I was introduced to Ylp. But in the beginning, it was a pain. I never liked presenting at all and whenever there were classes I would try and pick the jobs where you didn’t have to present.  But slowly sometimes I would present. I would receive feedback for each time I present. Then slowly I would become better. In school I still felt pressure but in front of a small crowd I would feel none. 

After Ylp I started I do music. First I tried many different intruments like the ones I was playing at school. But because I went to ylp  became much easier for me to present my talentt to a crowd. The most nerve racking moment of my preforming time was when I preformed a duet to a crowd at an annual concert , much like milestones.

It was truly changing for me. 
Then I got even better and then... I was able to become one of the star speakers for my class. Then be able to present on this very stage once more.

Thank you for listening....     .

MAST Write Up Dec 09th Friday - Write about your achievements

For a very long time now I have been going to a confidence building program in order to help with the fears of public speaking. This program was called the “Youth Leadership Program” or YLP for short. At their last annual program my parent and I were made aware of a program called Ydocs, a film making competition where youth compete in order to make the best short documentary. So my friend and I both decided to enroll into Ydocs.

When arriving at the centre for Ylp where the Ydocs annual information night was taking place everyone was designated a team. My friend and I luckily were chosen to be in the same team, team #9. We were shown to our seats and as time went on more group members sat in our area. The host of the show then explained to us what Ydocs was and then told us to choose a topic from a huge jar. The topic we drew was “Video game addictions”.

Then with my new group of friends we decided to start filming. We came across many challenges and had many, many fun and enjoyable time together. But filming day was closing in and we still hadn’t decided on a name for our project. We decided to call our creation “Player ONE Controlled”.

MAST Write Up Dec 06th Tuesday - Write about your achievements

introduction

·         I have always taken film making for granted

·         What is ylp

·         What is ydocs

·         What are my feelings

Body 1

·         Who are my group members

·         What  is the topic

·         What did we decide on

·         What are my feeling

Body 2

·         What were the problems

·         Time deadline

·         Had other classes to go to

·         We all had different schedules

·         Why we were feeling pressure

Body 3

·         What happened near the end

·         What happened in presentation day

·         How we were nervous

·         How did the crowd react

·         What awards did we get

·         How did I feel

Conclusion

·         What have I learned

·         What were the good things that came out of this

·         What were the cons

·         What were the pros

·         How I felt and how I feel

CLARINET WOODWIND INSTRUMENT

The clarinet is a French, woodwind instrument with a reed mouthpiece, a cylindrical tube with a bell at the end, and holes stopped by keys. The clarinet is a woodwind instrument. Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments.There are two main types of woodwind instruments: flutes and reed instruments.  All clarinets consist of five major parts. The mouthpiece with the reed the mouthpiece is usually made of hard rubber, plastic, glass or crystal, sometimes of metal. The reed is fixed onto the mouthpiece with a ligature that uses screws .The barrel or socket - usually the instrument comes with two, one that is a little longer and one that is a little shorter. This is used to fine tune the instrument.The upper joint with the keys for the left hand. The lower joint with the keys for the right hand - both parts could be made from one piece, but having them as two parts makes it easier to handle. The bell - it is responsible for the sound.

i will now play a short song:

play jingle bells

Show and Tell - Clarinet

The clarinet is a French, woodwind instrument with a reed mouthpiece, a cylindrical tube with a bell at the end, and holes stopped by keys. The clarinet is a woodwind instrument. Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments.There are two main types of woodwind instruments: flutes and reed instruments.  All clarinets consist of five major parts. The mouthpiece with the reed the mouthpiece is usually made of hard rubber, plastic, glass or crystal, sometimes of metal. The reed is fixed onto the mouthpiece with a ligature that uses screws .The barrel or socket - usually the instrument comes with two, one that is a little longer and one that is a little shorter. This is used to fine tune the instrument.The upper joint with the keys for the left hand. The lower joint with the keys for the right hand - both parts could be made from one piece, but having them as two parts makes it easier to handle. The bell - it is responsible for the sound.

i will now play a short song:

play jingle bells

Violent-video-games-should be-banned for middle schoolers

I still remember the evening when I went to visit my dad's friend's apartment on a Saturday evening. their son invited me to play his xbox 360 gaming system. it is one of the violent games where the person comes out of a blind alley and started shooting at enemy. this is the first time I saw how realistic a violence game can be. the violence is so horrific in that game, I still remember the name - I think it is called "Call of duty" something .

"anyone learns by repetition" - isn't ?

while driving a car, repeated driving makes driving easy. likewise repeated playing of violent video games makes one emotion less. one does not feel the pain of what others are experiencing.

"Beyond the Spiderwick Book 3 Wrym King" Summary

My teacher asked my class to write a summary about a book. 
Name of the Book:  "Beyond the Spiderwick Book 3 Wyrm King"

  Nick's punishment after being out all night with Jules and Laurie is the worst. His dad, who blames himself for their problems, hauls the entire family off to a counselor called  Teressa Gunnar to discuss. Nick's stepmom says that Nick's dad does not want them and then Charlene (Nick's stepmom) say that they need some time apart. Frustrated Nick's dad drives home only to have a sudden stop they then find a giant sinkhole in their path. Jules (Nick's brother) asks his dad what happened but neither did their dad know about the sinkhole. So they call local authorities to ask what happened. They then find out that many sinkholes have been spreading.

Nick then goes home and by using his dad's wifi card he searches the internet about the sinkholes. In  Nick's previous adventure they learn about the supernatural and that you need to have a power called the sight to see supernatural being's called "faeries" Taloa the nixie ask them to find her sisters Ooki and Ibi (I didn't read the first two books so I don't know what they did but I do know that they didn't fulfill her wish).Nick then finds out that there are sinkholes all over Florida. Nick not knowing what to do calls Jared, Simon, Mallory, Laurie, and Jule to Norseem Jack's house. But when they arrive there they find another sinkhole. They see that Norseem Jack's house is empty so they break into his house and finds drawing of a terrible creature. Nick and Laurie then try to search Norseem Jack's house for more clues while Jared, Simon, Mallory, and Jules investigate the sinkhole.

Jared, Simon, Mallory, and Jules then spot salamanders the prey of the fire-breathing giants in the sinkhole. Mallory then dives into the sinkhole but find out that the salamanders breathe out methane gas and is unable to breathe. Meanwhile, Nick and Laurie find Taloa, Ooki, and Ibi in a  dirty swimming pool and promised them to find them a better place. They then go outside and find Mallory unconscious on the ground. Then they find a baby salamander in stuck to her boot but all of its tail is tied to three other salamanders. They find out that they resemble the pictures found in Norseem Jack's house.

The nixies then agree that they will lure the giants out of the ocean so they can kill the salamanders. But while doing so, Ibi gets hurt and nick gets pulled underwater by mermaids and has a talk with them. The mermaids give a cap to breathe underwater and they tell him that they don't care about the land dwellers. They are still successful and they lure out some of the giants out of the water. Then they find out that in the middle of all the sinkholes there is the alpha hydra which is making all of the sinkholes. Nick then dive in with his merfolk cap which allows him to breath anything even methane gas. and he dives into one of the sinkholes. He finds out that there are tunnels in the sinkhole and starts exploring. But meanwhile, the others are watching the giants have a fight with the hydra. Nick with his machete in his hand he finds the hydra's hole. He then engages in battle with one of the hydra heads. He then cuts the substance that keeps the hydra together and then releases all the head. Dong so made it easier for the giants to kill the hydra.

At the end, Nick is at the hospital with everyone else. He then sits on a bench with Laurie being watch by a lone giant.  

2016 -My New Year Resolution

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My New Year's Resolutions 

The new year is a time to change. This is why people make resolutions , They want to change themselves either they have a bad habit or they cannot stop do it  like smoking or drinking. They either want to be a better person like planting trees or helping people in need. Or they want to be better a what they do ,like working harder and helping more. But making new year resolutions is about setting good goals that you can accomplish.

PART ONE

But for me my new year resolutions are :

HOME 

 I will do 30 minutes- 1 hour
of ixl every two days. In that time period I will do one topic grade six or seven english and one topic grade seven math. I will finish grade six english in 2016. I also want to make Vidya speak at least twenty more words. I want to learn learn more violin and learn at least more than one proper song in band. I want to help my school in some way too.

COMMUNITY

 volunteer at the homeless shelter 10 hours per month

 PART TWO:

 But I am not finished yet I have plans on how to do some of these thing. Like set a time for ixl, have a pen and paper for math, I will teach Vidya five letter words that are necessary to speak, I will watch videos on how to play the carnatic violin , I will also watch videos on how to play the clarinet too. These are my new year resolutions and I will try and follow them as much as I can.  
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7-12 Write-up ideas

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My New Year's Resolutions (7-12)

 Making New Year’s Resolutions is an American tradition. A resolution is “a formal expression of
opinion or intention made” (http://dictionary.factmonster.com/resolution). It could also be
called a plan or a goal for yourself. Let’s make resolutions to celebrate the start of the New
Year.

 PART ONE:

The New Year is a great time to re-evaluate your goals for school, home, yourself, and your
community. Create a few goals in each category to make up your list of resolutions.
SCHOOL (examples: enroll in an AP course, complete all homework before 9 pm): 

 HOME (examples: finish all my chores before Dad reminds me, cook dinner for my family once per week):

COMMUNITY (examples: volunteer at the homeless shelter 10 hours per month, set up acommunity food drive):

MYSELF (examples: eat one extra serving of vegetables each day, write in my journal three
times per week, use an app to learn to code):
FUTURE (examples: research one new college each month, apply to an after-school job):

 PART TWO:

Choose three of the resolutions (in different categories) you’ve listed above and create a plan
for implementing these goals. For example, if you’re interested in cooking for your family once
per week, you’ll need to search for a recipe that your family members might enjoy, list any
ingredients you’ll need in order to cook it, plan a trip to the grocery store to shop for the items
(either alone or with a parent/older sibling), choose a night to make the meal, figure out how
long it’ll take to cook it and get it on the table at dinner time, etc. Write yourself a schedule for
accomplishing this task for the next month. Use a weekly or monthly calendar; you can easily
find some templates online. Then, repeat with the other resolutions. 

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Who Am I? – Character Description

 Name of Character: 

 Describe the character’s physical appearance.

(Describe hair, eyes, skin, clothes, unusual features, and anything else that makes the character unique.)

 Describe the character’s personality.

(Does she have a sense of humor? Is she serious? Is she kind? Does she have strong feelings about
anything?)

 Describe the way the character speaks.

(Does he speak in an unusual way? Does he speak at a fast or slow pace? Does he listen to others?)

 Describe how the character thinks.

(Is there any change in the way the character thinks? Does she analyze events or think about them as little
as possible?)

List the different roles the character plays in the lives of the people around him.

(Is the character a son, daughter, husband, wife, best friend, policeman, teacher, etc.?)

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1. Make up a conversation you might have with a actor who swims with sharks
2. List five favorite activities of a humorous inventor who has crash-landed on a lizard planet.
3. Write a short biography of a babbling engine mechanic who builds the smartest computer in the universe
4. Write about why you want to meet a popular inventor who lives on a space station