Almost Spring Break!

We have been working on several things, so I wanted to get the assignments organized  for you before we go off to break
1. Cheesy Stories (It was a dark and....) Story Additions You should have them all typed up and accessible from school computers. We will finalize those when we return from break (April 3rd).  If you would like to work on/expand/explore/edit yours before that, please do!

2. Time of Day poem This is due on Thursday, March 21st, or the first day you get back from break if you are on a school trip. Noun List for this poem

3. Semester Project: think things over and get together a proposal--we will talk about this some more and turn in formal proposals when we get back from break-- on April 3rd, to be exact.

4. Anti-Hero story: Writing activity + Read, The Life You Save May be Your Own, by Flannery O'Connor and be prepared to discuss heroes, anti-heroes--our next story!

Haiku contest and Cheesy Story Exercises

This week we worked on that story that started with, "it was a dark and story night . . . by practicing a little writing craziness on it.  Attached is a copy of the three things you need to do to your story-- YES, you must pic one of the things listed EXCEPT for the ending,  Make the ending work--somehow!  We will type these stories up next week.
Start the Story with the Story Starter

End the story like a true writer-- resist the urge to cheese out here. Write an ending that your readers will cheer about (or at least not throw tomatoes!)

We turned in a draft of a haiku poem that conforms to the rules of this contest on Friday-- Write your haiku and bring it on Monday if  you were absent.
See you on Monday!

New Short Story: All in Class!

We handed in the "Road Trip" pantoum poems for grading.
Here is the new story starter-- you must use every word of it, and then finish the story your own way!  We will work on this Wednesday and Thursday in class, with collaboration groups and idea banks and editing exercises--oh yeah!.Thanks!
Mrs. Eddy