1. Introduction to Task 2A:
Character Graphic Organizer

2. What’s the task about?
Do up a graphic organizer that depicts Greenheart’s
and Poll’s character traits
Use the PEEL structure to complete the graphic
organizer

3. Skills Needed for the Task
Knowledge of the play’s storyline
Knowledge of character types
Knowledge of symbols
Knowledge of the PEEL structure
Knowledge of how to provide proper evidence

4. The PEEL Structure
Point
Evidence +
Explanation
Link

5. Point
An argument that answers the question
Example question: Is Shrek a dynamic character?
Explain your answer.
Example stand: Yes, he is a dynamic character who
changes over time.

6. Point
Example point:
Shrek is a dynamic character because
his attitude towards friendship
changes.

7. Evidence + Explanation
Both should be hand in hand
Evidence can either take the form of references
(pointing out specific scenes) or quotations
Explanation should interpret the evidence for the
reader

8. Evidence + Explanation
Example evidence:
This can be clearly seen from his care and concern for
Donkey and Fiona towards the end of the story, as
compared to how he preferred being alone in the
beginning.

9. Evidence + Explanation
Example evidence:
For instance, he insists on Donkey ‘leav[ing] [him]
alone’ in the beginning, but eventually develops a close
friendship with him.

10. More on Evidence…
SHOULD: SHOULD NOT:
Be concise and Be copied in chunks
carefully selected
Be interwoven into the Be left standing alone
explanation
Very clearly supports Be vaguely related to
your point the point

11. More on Evidence…
Quotes should be given in SINGULAR quotation marks
Language of quotes should be adapted to become
reported speech
E.g. in the play: I will do what I want
In the evidence: He said that he would ‘do what [he]
want[ed]’.

12. More on Evidence…
Use SQUARE BRACKETS when you change the speech
E.g. I declared my love for Lucy
He ‘declared [his] love for Lucy’
Applies to tenses too. E.g. want -> ‘want[ed]’

13. Explanation
Use analytical language
This shows that…
From this, we can see that…
It is evident from this that…
This explains…
BEWARE of lapsing into narrative. The examiner already
knows the story; please don’t retell it

14. Explanation
For instance, he insists on Donkey ‘leav[ing]
[him] alone’ in the beginning, but eventually
develops a close friendship with him. This
shows that Shrek overcame his aversion/dislike
of other people and changed his attitude
towards friendship.

15. Link
Show how this point answers the question
Usually 1-2 lines

16. Link
Example Link:
This shows that Shrek overcame his
aversion/dislike of other people and
changed his attitude towards friendship.
Therefore, his change in attitude makes
him a dynamic character.

17. Putting it all together
Shrek is a dynamic character because his attitude
towards friendship changes.
For instance, he insists on Donkey ‘leav[ing] [him]
alone’ in the beginning, but eventually develops a
close friendship with him. This shows that Shrek
overcame his aversion/dislike of other people and
changed his attitude towards friendship.
Therefore, his change in attitude makes him a
dynamic character.

18. Focus for Task 2A
Point
Evidence +
Explanation
Link

19. Steps for Task 2A
Fill in the graphic organizer planner provided
Create your own graphic organizer, using
Paint/Photoshop/drawing or any other software to
illustrate Greenheart and Poll’s character traits