Ivy+St.+Claire-+Example+Project

I brainstormed and decided I would create a character named Ivy St. Claire. Ivy is going to start at Hogwarts this school year, so she will be one year behind Harry.

Here is my "brain-storming":



Here is my mind map:

media type="custom" key="15391566" Here is my written story, which includes a physical description of Ivy:

The story of Ivy St. Claire By Cassie Trosvig

In a small wizarding town name Nintzenburough, there was a large three story house that belonged to the St. Claire family. The house was white with black shutters and a bright red front door. The yard was carefully tended to, with big red begonias blossoming in window boxes and giant Willow Trees creating a shady hide-away. Anyone who knows the St. Claire family knows that they come from a long line of wizards. Reed St. Claire, the family’s oldest known relative, was one of the first students to ever attend Hogwarts. The townsfolk of Nintzenburough also know that the St. Claire’s have a full house- Mr. and Mrs. St. Claire have five children! Of these five, the oldest just graduated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and the youngest is just about to enter as a first year.

The baby of the St. Claire family, Ivy, has hair as black as coal, and eyes the color of the ocean. All of Ivy’s siblings have their mother’s eyes- Mrs. St. Claire has light brown eyes, the kind that look like honey. Ivy got her father’s eyes, a deep and brilliant cerulean color. In fact, Ivy looks almost exactly like her father. She got his knobby knees, tall and slender build, and her hair is the exact same hue of ebony that his is. Ivy looks just like her father, except for her smile. She has mother’s warm smile; the kind of smile that lights up her whole face and makes everyone around her feel happy too. Ivy’s mother always says that they have a contagious case of the smiles.

Ivy celebrated her 11th birthday last September, and after the summer, she will turn twelve and start attending Hogwarts with her older three siblings. She is so excited to finally learn all of the cool things her brothers and sisters have been taught. Last year, Ivy’s older sister, Lilly, came home buzzing about making clocks disappear and turning mice into goblets. Once Ivy heard that, she couldn’t wait to start her wizarding education.

Ivy has a cat named Lulu and she is very glad that she can bring her furry pal with her to Hogwarts. Lulu and Ivy are best friends, and they often sit in the back yard under the shade of a Willow tree- Ivy reads or draws in her sketchpad, and Lulu does what she does best- naps! The soon to be first year at Hogwarts is also excited to meet the one and only Harry Potter! Harry is a wizarding hero and he just started attending Hogwarts last year. All of Ivy’s sisters have been in Ravenclaw, but a part of Ivy hopes she will be in Gryffindor so that she can get a glimpse of Harry. She can’t possibly imagine how it would feel to live in the same house as Harry Potter.