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Format Your Paper• First, divide your paper by

drawing a series of stairs from the upper right corner to the lower left corner

• The left-hand side of the paper is the upstairs, representing your PUBLIC self.

• The right-hand side of the paper is the downstairs, representing your PRIVATE self.

Creating the Upstairs SidePUBLIC YOU Three Descriptive Words

Think what you do, say, choices you make.Think what you don’t do, don’t say, or choices you

don’t make. Two Images

Visually represent what you do, say, choices you make.

Visually represent what you don’t do, say, etc… One Summary Sentence

Write a summary sentence describing your PUBLIC self.

Downstairs SidePRIVATE SELF Three Descriptive Words

Think what you do, say, choices you make.Think what you don’t do, don’t say, or choices you don’t

make.

Two ImagesVisually represent what you do, say, choices you make.Visually represent what you don’t do, say, etc…

One Summary Sentence• Write a summary sentence describing your PRIVATE

self.

Guidelines

• Descriptive Sentences, images, and brainstorms must tie-in

• Must be multicolored

• No lined paper

• Use your note-taker

• Each side must be a different color

• Be creative, unique, even unusual

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