More Fiction; More Sudden Fiction

Period 3:

8-Point Story Arc (video)

Please use 3rd period to complete a draft of your short story. When you have completed it, please upload to our Google classroom site.

• "Popular Mechanics" (retell in a new way an old story from the Bible, mythology, or fairy tales...)
• "The Hit Man" (use chapter titles in a similar manner as T.C. Boyle in his short story; write mini-chapters that make up a larger story involving a protagonist)

If you finish early (before 4th period), please work on your homework by reading some of the short stories in the collection.

Period 4: (Short Story #3)

Let's read a few short stories from the Sudden Fiction collection. As we read, in your journal complete the writing prompts I give you in during class. We will have a couple options to develop during our writing time in class. Use the following stories as writing prompts:

• "A Questionnaire for Rudolph Gordon" (pg. 83-85); Write a short story using only interrogative pronouns (who, what, where, when, how, why or other interrogative stems like "could you, would you, will you, or do you..."); Address your questionnaire to a specific person.
• "Class Notes" (pg. 122-125); Write class notes for your Class of 2022. Tell us in a newsletter style story what happened to all your classmates 30 years from graduation. Make sure you CHANGE the names of your peers before submitting your assignment.

Write another story draft. 

Honor writing time!

HOMEWORK: Sudden Fiction - pg. 135-185. Read these stories. In your journal summarize or identify the premise of each story you read. If you are inspired to try your own model of a story, write your draft in your journal. Journals will be collected on Tuesday, Oct. 30. The marking period ends next Friday, Nov. 2.