We started the literary essays by finding our claims. I chose to make the claim about how Ruby is copying Angela. I did a character change claim. I also added 3 pieces of evidence. It’s important to add evidence because it proves your claim. I chose to write about Ruby the Copycat because I had the most evidence. I liked writing my essay because I improved my typing skills in the process. I organized my writing from my thesis statement, to the beginning, the middle, and the end.The most difficult part was revising and editing. My favorite part was typing my essay and evidence. I learned that making an essay is very hard and time-consuming. Something I learned about myself is that I can make an essay. I feel pretty good about my published piece. It took me about three weeks to learn to write my essay.I am proud of my result.  

Ruby the Copycat

“Change”

In the text Ruby the Copycat, by Peggy Rathmann Ruby changes from copying Angela to being herself.

In the beginning, Ruby copies Angela. Here is some text evidence in paragraph 4, Angela says, “I was the flower girl at my sister’s wedding.” In paragraph 6 Ruby says, “I was the flower girl at my sister’s wedding too.” This shows that Ruby is copying Angela. Another piece of evidence in the beginning is in paragraph 12, Angela was wearing a sweater with daisies. In the same paragraph. “Ruby hopped home sideways at lunchtime, and came back to school with a sweater with daisies on it.” All of this evidence proves that Ruby is copying Angela in the beginning of Ruby the Copycat.

In the middle of the story Ruby continues to copy others. Here is some text evidence from the text, in paragraph 23, Angela recites a poem saying, “I had a cat I could not see because it stayed in the back of me. It was a very loyal pet. It’s sad we really never met.” In paragraph 26 Ruby recites a poem saying,“l had a nice pet who I never met because it always stayed behind me. And I’m sure it was a cat too.” Another piece of evidence is in paragraph 33, Miss Hart  says, “I went to the opera.” In paragraph 34 Ruby says, “I went to the opera too!” All of this evidence shows that Ruby is copying Angela and her teacher.

At the end, Ruby changes from copying Angela and Miss Hart to being herself. The lesson learned is do your own thing and don’t copy people.