5 page story

Your assignment is to construct a five-page story.  It is due next Friday at the end of class.  The format guidelines for the story are specific.  You do not have to post your story; print it out at the end of class on Friday.

FORMAT GUIDELINES:
12 point font
Times New Roman font
Double-spaced

Your story may be about anything you'd like.  Everyone must complete this assignment, even those individuals who are currently working on larger projects.

Owen Meany

Pretend that, like the title character from A Prayer for Owen Meany, you were aware of the date and some of the details surrounding your own death.  Write a 500 word piece based on this concept.  It is due tomorrow at the end of the period.

Defining Moment

Write a piece of 200 words that is about the defining moment in your life thus far.  It can be in any format you'd like.  It is due at the end of the period.

Never Named

That's your title.  Take it in any direction you want.  It is due at the end of the period.  200 word minimum.

300 word free-write

This can be anything you want.  it is due at the end of the period.

Revenge

Write a story of 500 words that pertains to the following quote:

 

“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves."

 

Your story is due at the end of tomorrow's class.

Diamante

Diamante

Diamante is a seven-line, diamond-shaped poem which contrasts two opposites. It is more a visual poem than one to be read aloud. Students can illustrate their final copies to produce an art piece. It follows this format:

First Line and seventh line - Name the opposites.
Second and sixth lines - Two adjectives describing the opposite nearest it.
Third and fifth lines - Three participles (ing words) describing the nearest opposite.
Fourth line - two nouns (if possible) for each of the opposites. (This is the transition point where the poem changes from one of the opposites to the other.)

 

Peaks,
Snowcapped, windswept,
Reaching, waiting, challenging
mountain ranges, ocean trenches,
Obscuring, waiting, daunting
Dark, black
Depths

Your assignment is to construct three of these.  They are due at the end of the period.

The Worst Graduation Speech

Write a speech of 150 words, pretending as though you are the worst possible candidate to give your class's graduation speech.  It is due at the end of the period.

Writing for a title

Your assignment is to write a 300 word story that would be adequately titled, "The Villain With a  Thousand Faces."  It is due at the end of tomorrow's class.