#tbt

Write a story from the perspective of whatever scared you as a child. This story should be 2-3 pages and is due Friday.

Costume Party

Write a short story (between 2-3 pages) from the perspective of any Halloween costume.  This is due at the end of class tomorrow.

The Worst Betrayal

Write a story to go along with this title.  It must be a minimum of 500 words.  It is due at the end of Thursday's class.  It should be proofread, and free of errors.

Epitaphs

Your assignment is to create a humorous set of epitaphs.  They are four lines long.  Lines one and two rhyme.  Lines three and four rhyme.  Here's an example:

Here lies my friend Claire
She lost a foot race with a bear
He licked her kidneys from his paws
and used her bones to clean his claws

You must write ten of these by the end of the period.

News

Choose any news story, current or past, that inspires you.  Write a poem of 100 words or more about it.  It is due at the end of tomorrow's class.

Ekphrastic

An exphrastic is a poem that is inspired by another form of art, such as a painting, sculpture or photograph.  Your assignment today is to construct one of these.  It must be at least 100 words.  It is due at the end of the period.

Words, words, words: Breaking the Box

 

Your assignment is to take the following words, and ONLY the following words, and use the period to create a coherent poem with them. The idea of this assignment is to let your creativity be resourceful enough to overcome incredibly rigid parameters. It is due at the end of the period. You can repeat any of the words on the list.

Nymphs
Ceiling
Limousine
Flashed
Leaving
Given
Only
Dedicated
Wish
Swollen
The
If
Night
Cradling
Inspecting
Ferocious
Pardon
Your
Blinds
Then
Faces
And
Dead
Gone
Of
For
With
A
Like
In
To
That
Shadows

Interconnected stories

Your assignment for the week is to create three short stories, each one being at least 1,000 words, that are somehow connected to each other.  You can use recurring characters, a shared setting, a shared theme...etc.  Your three stories are due on Friday at the end of the period.

Love or Hatred

Your assignment for today is to examine the concepts of love and hatred.  Which of the two is stronger?  Why?  Respond to this prompt in any form you'd like.  The only requirement is that your response must be at least 250 words.  It is due at the end of the period.

Numbers Poem

Think of three numbers that are significant to you for some reason.  Then, write a poem of 150 words or more that explores the significance of those numbers.  For example, the number 3 is significant to me because I feel that everything in life can be divided into 3: beginning, middle and end.  The number 27 is significant to me because it is both the year I got married and the year that many of my favorite musicians died.  The number 34 is significant to me because it is the year of life in which I finished my first novel, something I felt I would never do.  Have fun with this.  It is due at the end of the period.

Epiphany Story

Your assignment for the next several classes is to construct a story that eventually includes an epiphany.  An epiphany is a sudden realization about something significant.  In literature, epiphany stories usually involve a character arriving at some kind of truth about life or the world.

Your story must be 1000 words in length.  It is due at the end of Tuesday's class.  It should be free of errors.

Still in the October spirit

Write a two page scary story, starting with this:

"A girl heard her mom yell her name from downstairs, so she got up and started to head down.  As she got to the stairs, her mom pulled her into her room and said, "I heard that, too."

This is due at the end of class.

Happy October!

We are starting our Twisted Tales unit today!  Since today is also #wcw we'll combine both for today's task:

Take a female protagonist from any fairytale and alter her characterization.  How would your changes affect the plot line?

This is due at the end of class today.