Last Week Update

We spent most of last week reading our self-chosen novels and creating our scrapbooks.  Please see older posts for those requirements/assignments.

We also talked about how all authors engage in "World Building," setting up the rules an laws that define the world(setting) where their story takes place. One fun thing t do is to create a world that has dfferent ereules from our own-- maybe even unjust rules-- and then introduce a character who breaks the rules.  belwo is a copy of that assignment-- PLEASE TURN IN ASAP--NO MORE"LATE WORK" AFTER THIS WEEK-- ABSOLUTELY-- THANKS!

World Building: 

World Building

Every story is set in a fictional world. Even if your world appears to be the same as the real world, you need to establish its similarity.

Pick a crime in your world. Write (or research and write) how criminals are punished for that crime. Are they presumed innocent or guilty? Do they get a trial? Do they represent themselves? Is there a jury? What is the punishment? Are there exceptions to the rules?

 Journal: Write a scene or a document detailing the legal system (or lack of legal system).

To turn in:

1-Write a description of a character in your world: a quick background/exposition.

2- Have your character decide commit the crime you wrote about yesterday: write a scene where we see the decision to commit the crime made by the character, and we understand not only why they did it, but what the consequences might be—you can use internal dialogue/narration or show what happens from the outside—as another character or the narrator explains what your character is up to.