Hemingway Project; Draft #1

Ernest Hemingway is one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. Let's learn a little about him today.

Lab Task: Begin writing a narrative scene where you only provide the dialogue (i.e., you do not need to describe a lot of the setting, but indicate the setting through the dialogue of your characters). For an example of what I'm talking about, take a look at the first section of the story: "The Snows of Kilimanjaro".

Here are the rules:

• Your dialogue should be between at least two characters. You may have more than two characters in the scene. 
• To start, if you need help, think about WHERE your characters are (pick a specific setting), WHO (who is here in this setting--your "characters"), and WHAT (what are the characters physically doing--also often the conflict, plot, and theme). 
• Genre is completely up to you.

Try to write at least a page (double-spaced) or as much as you can during the rest of 7th-8th period today. If you need a break, stop and read one of the short stories in the packet. Then go back to it. 

Avoid unnecessary distractions!

When you have completed your first draft, continue writing. You may write poetry, fiction, non-fiction, scripts, etc. Choose a genre and get writing!

I will be collecting your 1st drafts of the Hemingway Project at the end of class today. We will be using these drafts for our second draft assignment next class!

Get going!

HOMEWORK: Read the packet of Hemingway Short Stories.
Extra Credit: Read Hemingway's first novel: The Sun Also Rises and/or The Old Man & The Sea. More info on this if needed.