Today, continue to write your short story started last class. As a reminder, use the notes you took on your "partner" for the interview exercise, come up with a fictionalized character based on your partner and write a short story of your own inclination.
After discussing the short story "Mother" by Grace Paley, please continue writing your story. Your first draft should be completed and ready to hand in at the end of today's class. It is okay if you need the extra time to hand in your story next class. Please take the story home, if you need more time, and finish it there, or send the work to yourself through an attachment on email. In any case, finish your story for next class. Due to problems printing, you may send an attachment of your FINISHED word document file to my address: bradley.craddock@rcsdk12.org when you have completed it. Please always remember to spellcheck and proofread your work before handing it in.
If you get done early, start working on your homework.
HOMEWORK: Due to the # of books available for our students, please complete last class's homework for next class. The instructions again, are as follows:
For homework, please read the following stories in the collection:
"Can-Can" by Arturo Vivante (pp. 5-6)
"Even Greenland" by Barry Hannah (pp. 7-9)
"The King of Jazz" by Donald Barthelme (pp. 10-13)
"Reunion" by John Cheever (pp. 14-16)
"Twirler" by Jane Martin (pp. 17-19)
For each of these short stories (to turn in as homework, Wednesday, Sept. 16) please write a very short synopsis of the story. Try to keep your synopsis/summary to 1 or 2 sentences. Then add one sentence as to how you reacted to the story as a reader. Did you like it, not like it, feel indifferent, etc. and why?
If you have already completed this homework, please turn it in for credit.
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