Use the lab today to write your book review. See April 2 post for details.
If you complete your book review, try writing a story in the style of Pamela Houston. Take your favorite story from the collection and do any of the following:
1. Put the story in the same or similar setting.
2. Use a similar theme (broken romance, for example), but change location and character types
3. Use a similar style, such as POV or sentence structure, but feel free to change character types, styles, and settings.
4. Use a similar plot element. If you are writing micro fiction or hint fiction, use only a single event. If you want to write something longer, use a similar plot element, but perhaps rearrange the story to make it your own.
5. Use a similar character.
6. Write the next chapter of the story you selected. What happens in one year? What happens in 10 years? What happens during a flood or earthquake? After writing the story, change the names if you'd like.
Work on your draft. When completed, bring it to workshop. Print it out eventually and place in your portfolio for this marking period's grade.
HOMEWORK: If you do not complete your book review, please complete it as homework. If you did not start or begin the fiction draft, please do so for homework.
If you complete your book review, try writing a story in the style of Pamela Houston. Take your favorite story from the collection and do any of the following:
1. Put the story in the same or similar setting.
2. Use a similar theme (broken romance, for example), but change location and character types
3. Use a similar style, such as POV or sentence structure, but feel free to change character types, styles, and settings.
4. Use a similar plot element. If you are writing micro fiction or hint fiction, use only a single event. If you want to write something longer, use a similar plot element, but perhaps rearrange the story to make it your own.
5. Use a similar character.
6. Write the next chapter of the story you selected. What happens in one year? What happens in 10 years? What happens during a flood or earthquake? After writing the story, change the names if you'd like.
Work on your draft. When completed, bring it to workshop. Print it out eventually and place in your portfolio for this marking period's grade.
HOMEWORK: If you do not complete your book review, please complete it as homework. If you did not start or begin the fiction draft, please do so for homework.
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