Your journals and second drafts of your short story are due today. While you complete the class work, I will be moving around to collect your journals. Please make sure your name is on them.
WRITING ASSIGNMENT IN CLASS (3rd period):
You've created a character. You wrote a first draft (and should have written a second draft) for this person. You have spent time with this character. You have "seen through this character's eyes" and gotten to know this character. Now it's time for you to kill this character. Yep. Your character has died (some of you may have already done this in your stories).
Now don't get upset. Your characters may have lived many, many years after you told the story about them. They may have had children and grandchildren, and maybe even become successful entrepreneurs. Anyway, they are dead.
--HOW they died is up to you.
--WHEN they died is up to you.
--HOW THEY FEEL about being dead, is still up to you. Maybe they are happy to pass on, maybe they are angry or sad or want to tell their wife or husband or parents something important.
Now you get to give them the chance to do just that.
TASK: You are to write a poem in which you speak from your character's POV, using his/her own unique voice and tone to say something that needs to be said.
During period 3, write your poem draft.
During period 4, please go to the library and check out The Spoon River Anthology. When you return, get into groups of 2-4 and read the poems OUT LOUD. You will not finish today, but you will see some excellent models of 1st person POV "monologue" poems.
Before the end of class today, please research some information on: Edgar Lee Masters. Find at least 3 things you didn't know about this author and be prepared to list these details as your TICKET OUT THE DOOR today.
Your poem draft and any late work (including late journals) is due by the end of next class.
HOMEWORK: Read 10 more poems from where you left off in Spoon River. Bring your books back with you next class.
WRITING ASSIGNMENT IN CLASS (3rd period):
You've created a character. You wrote a first draft (and should have written a second draft) for this person. You have spent time with this character. You have "seen through this character's eyes" and gotten to know this character. Now it's time for you to kill this character. Yep. Your character has died (some of you may have already done this in your stories).
Now don't get upset. Your characters may have lived many, many years after you told the story about them. They may have had children and grandchildren, and maybe even become successful entrepreneurs. Anyway, they are dead.
--HOW they died is up to you.
--WHEN they died is up to you.
--HOW THEY FEEL about being dead, is still up to you. Maybe they are happy to pass on, maybe they are angry or sad or want to tell their wife or husband or parents something important.
Now you get to give them the chance to do just that.
TASK: You are to write a poem in which you speak from your character's POV, using his/her own unique voice and tone to say something that needs to be said.
- Your poem should have a title: your title should be your character's name.
- Your poem should be written as a poem with appropriate line breaks, etc.
- Your poem should be written in 1st person POV (using the pronouns: I, me, we, etc.)
- Your poem should have a distinct and specific TONE. For tone samples look here.
- Your poem should be at least 10 lines, but the length of the lines is up to you.
During period 3, write your poem draft.
During period 4, please go to the library and check out The Spoon River Anthology. When you return, get into groups of 2-4 and read the poems OUT LOUD. You will not finish today, but you will see some excellent models of 1st person POV "monologue" poems.
Before the end of class today, please research some information on: Edgar Lee Masters. Find at least 3 things you didn't know about this author and be prepared to list these details as your TICKET OUT THE DOOR today.
Your poem draft and any late work (including late journals) is due by the end of next class.
HOMEWORK: Read 10 more poems from where you left off in Spoon River. Bring your books back with you next class.
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