Evelyn

Pretend she is a character in the book “Dragonwings”. You really need to choose a “Dragonwings” character.

Type over all of my green font and fill in the rest of the slides with your ideas.

This will be done tomorrow in class before you continue to work on your kite project.

Brainstorming Dragonwings Project: The front side of the kite

Quadrant 1: Evelyn

• Trait/ Phase/ Stage: Innocent & Naive• Quote: “Why did someone make up bad words if

we aren’t allowed to say them?” [Page 24]• Ideas for Picture/ Symbolism:

– Put words all over quadrant like: hate, shut-up, stupid, and ugly with red lines through them

– Quadrant is yellow for carefree and innocent– Yin-Yang is off: a picture of Yin-Yang with more white

showing representing her innocence

Quadrant 2: Evelyn• Trait/ Phase/ Stage: Curious & Determined, Yet Still

Innocent & Naive• Quote: “Let’s change the dictionary and tell everyone

that hate really means love and stupid really means smart! Then no one will ever say a bad word again.” [Page 43]

• Ideas for Picture/ Symbolism:– Put words all over quadrant like: hate=love, shut-up=listening,

dumb=smart, and ugly=beautiful with glitter around them– Quadrant is yellow for carefree and innocent– Yin-Yang is almost balanced: a picture of Yin-Yang with more

white showing to represent that she is showing determination

Quadrant 3: Evelyn

• Trait/ Phase/ Stage: Testing the Boundaries• Quote:• Ideas for Picture/ Symbolism:

Quadrant 4: Evelyn

• Trait/ Phase/ Stage:• Quote:• Ideas for Picture/ Symbolism:

I Am Evelyn• I wonder…• I hear …• I see …• I want … • I am ...•  • I pretend ….• I feel …• I touch …• I worry …• I cry …• I am …•  • I understand …• I say …• I dream …• I try …• I hope …• I am …• I am ...

The Tail: Evelyn

• What is the dream: To become an astronaut, fly to outerspace and bring back the people that have died back to earth.

• Quote: “• Ideas for the tail: A tail with a spaceship at

the top and stars up and down the string.