To Kill a Mockingbird

Informative Essay- within this essay the writer will walk around in a TIME Person of the Year/Centuries’ shoes.

Write at least a 5-paragraph essay stepping into the shoes of one of TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year/Century.

Remember a strong formal essay paragraph has at least 6 sentences. First choose from four quotes or one that is approved:

1) Youcan't hold a man down without staying down with him. - Booker T. Washington, African American educator, reformer and founder to the Tuskegee Institute (1856-1915).

2) Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. - Plato, Philosopher, and mathematician of classical Greece.

3) It's never too late to be what you might have been. - George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) British novelist (1819-1880).

4) Lives of great people all remind us/We can make our lives sublime,/And, departing, leave behind us/Footprints on the sand of time. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (1807-1882).

THEN:

v  Pick a TIME Person of the Year/Century.

v  Outline your understanding of the theme “walking in someone else’s skin.” Answering the questions on the worksheets will help you.

v  Research the person and find out why they were named Person of the Year/Century.

v  Write an essay stepping into the Person of the Year/Centuries’ shoes. Use the quote as an introduction to your essay.

v  You could use the quote in your conclusion, or another related quote or thought to ponder.

Paragraphs should be formatted something like this:

1)  Introduction – introduce your Person of the Year/Century and explain walking around in that person’s skin. Write in 1st person (in the voice of your Person of the Year/Century). Make sure you begin with an attention-getter, a bridge statement, a thesis statement which introduces your person and/or states “who you are.”

2)  First body paragraph – write about this person’s past, childhood experiences, and influences which molded him/her. Use first person.

3)  Second body paragraph - continue to write about the person’s life and the monumental events that occurred to him/her and/or how he/she influenced the world around them. Use first person.

4)  Step out of the person’s shoes and discuss why the person was picked as person of the year and whether or not the title was deserved. Do not use 1st person like (I believe, I think, I feel…)

5)  Conclusion - This is not first person. Wrap up the essay and the experience you had as that person. Make sure you restate the thesis statement. You could use your beginning quote in your conclusion, or another related quote or thought to ponder.