Monday, December 10, 2012

Letter from the Future

Write a letter to yourself 30 years from now. Include what you should have achieved by then, your goals and aspirations, and what you expect to see yourself as in the future.
You letter should be a minimum of 300 words, due at the end of the period.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

A Secret That Changed Everything

Use today and tomorrow to write a short story of 500 words about how a secret drastically altered a life or lives.  Your story should employ first- person narration, and should be proofread for errors before being posted to the blog.

Rooms












Describe the rooms of the following three characters; an artist, a child, a military leader. Make sure to get into the motivation for the items described being in the room - give a purpose and back story for the items (either as an observer or from the owner's point of view). Use descriptive and sensory detail.Try to convey a tone that tells us something about the character's personality. Each description should be about 100 words.




Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Lie Poem

Write a poem about yourself in which nothing is true. The poem should be a minimum of 10 lines. Due at the end of the period.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Time Metaphor Poem

Write a poem that uses a metaphor to describe time and its effects.  It must be 50 words.  It is due at the end of the period.

Monday, December 3, 2012

Goodbye Note

Choose any deceased person you'd like, and imagine that he or she wrote a goodbye note before leaving this earth.  Construct that note.  Your note must be 150 words.  It is due at the end of the period.  It can be humorous or serious.

Alphabet Short Story

Create a short story that is 26 sentences long, each sentence beginning with the next letter of the alphabet. Your story should be comprised of complete sentences.