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HOMEWORK PAGE LIBRARY MEDIA & CREATIVE WRITING ARTS
"Good writing is clear thinking made visible."
- Ray Bradbury
HOMEWORK #1: Continue brainstorming about the illustrations from the Harris Burdick collection. Try to reach a 1,000 words. Though this is unlikely, try your best! After all, a picture is worth a thousand words, right? DO NOT WRITE A STORY, however. The brainstorm may contain the following: Words, phrases, descriptive language, biography of character or characters, setting, time that the story may take place, and other sensory details (images, smells, tastes, textures, sounds, etc.) that will attract the reader.
Search Google/images for the following Harris Burdick illustrations to inspire your writing:
1. Under the Rug. Caption: Two weeks passed and it happened it again.
2. Just Desert. Caption: She lowered the knife and it grew even bigger.
Search Google/images for the following Harris Burdick illustrations to inspire your writing:
1. Under the Rug. Caption: Two weeks passed and it happened it again.
2. Just Desert. Caption: She lowered the knife and it grew even bigger.
HOMEWORK #2: Keep building your brainstorm file. Make an attempt to reach 1,000 words! You may collect pictures of your own to help fire your imagination. Start thinking about the characters:
S - Speech; how does the character(s) speak?
S- Secrets; what are the character(s) secrets?
T - Thoughts; what does the character think about, feel about?
E - Effect on others; what's the character's effect on others, or his environment? What do others feel or say about him?
A - Actions; what are the character(s) actions? How does he/she behave?
L - Looks; what does the character look like?
All work to be done in Writer's notebook.
Also, please purchase a Daily Journal. Due: Monday, February 3. Journals should be black in color. At least 100 pages in length. Size does not matter.
S - Speech; how does the character(s) speak?
S- Secrets; what are the character(s) secrets?
T - Thoughts; what does the character think about, feel about?
E - Effect on others; what's the character's effect on others, or his environment? What do others feel or say about him?
A - Actions; what are the character(s) actions? How does he/she behave?
L - Looks; what does the character look like?
All work to be done in Writer's notebook.
Also, please purchase a Daily Journal. Due: Monday, February 3. Journals should be black in color. At least 100 pages in length. Size does not matter.
HOMEWORK #3: Read the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. Click on link below to access the short story. Using the Powerpoint that Mrs. Potteiger shared with you on the "Elements of a Short Story" (see the tab entitled Powerpoints to refresh your memory) identify the following elements in the story ...
Label your paper in the following way:
Exposition:
Rising Action:
Conflict:
Falling Action:
Resolution:
Remember, for each element you must identify the point in the story where the element is most obvious.
For example:
Rising Action: This happens when the character is overcome with guilt and his conscience forces him to act.
http://americanliterature.com/author/edgar-allan-poe/short-story/the-tell-tale-heart
Label your paper in the following way:
Exposition:
Rising Action:
Conflict:
Falling Action:
Resolution:
Remember, for each element you must identify the point in the story where the element is most obvious.
For example:
Rising Action: This happens when the character is overcome with guilt and his conscience forces him to act.
http://americanliterature.com/author/edgar-allan-poe/short-story/the-tell-tale-heart
- REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR JOURNALS ON MONDAY!!! SUSTAINED SILENT WRITING.