Period 3: (until 10:45)
Please complete your brochure projects (if you didn't finish them last class) and print out a copy of your work. Make sure your names are on the cover of the brochure. Do NOT staple your copies, please!
If you did not complete your homework from our last class, please do so during period 3! Some of you should also finish your 4 poem drafts that were due last week. Please try to complete drafts by deadlines!
If you have completed all your work, please choose one of the following prompts and write a story (this is homework for Friday, see below):
Shmoop:
Let's try. Take notes in your journal on the following as we read short stories today:
Please complete your brochure projects (if you didn't finish them last class) and print out a copy of your work. Make sure your names are on the cover of the brochure. Do NOT staple your copies, please!
If you did not complete your homework from our last class, please do so during period 3! Some of you should also finish your 4 poem drafts that were due last week. Please try to complete drafts by deadlines!
If you have completed all your work, please choose one of the following prompts and write a story (this is homework for Friday, see below):
#1: Your main character is home alone, just like most nights. This time, however, a new neighbor pays them a visit. What happens next? Why is the neighbor visiting? Who is this neighbor? What might the neighbor ask or need from the protagonist? Tell the story.Period 4:
#2: Your character finds an intricate envelope on the ground; an invitation. What is the invitation to? Was the letter intended for the person who found it? What happens after the letter is delivered? Does the protagonist throw the letter away or does he/she honor the invitation? What happens next? Write.
#3: While on a hike with a friend or relative, your main character discovers something hidden or buried. Whatever it is they found, that thing will change your character forever. Tell the story of how life changes or how the character changes because of this discovery. You may wish to use flashbacks or a frame to structure your story.
Shmoop:
Let's try. Take notes in your journal on the following as we read short stories today:
- What moments/passages/scenes/characters/settings/conflicts/ideas seem most important in the story?
- What characters/scenes/moments in the story did we love or hate? Why? What questions do you have about the story, the setting, plot, structure, theme, etc.?
- Analyze characters, plot, theme, setting, conflict, style, POV,
- Who is the protagonist? Antagonist? Foil? Minor characters?
- What is the time and place of the story?
- What kind of language, syntax, structure does the story have? Why do you think the author wrote the story this way? What is gained (lost) by the choices made by the author?
- From whose point of view (POV) is the story told? Why?
- What are the big themes or messages in the story? What do we learn about human life?
The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
The Chaser by John Collier
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
HOMEWORK: Complete any story we did not complete during class. Please read the short stories "To Build a Fire" by Jack London and "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce. Complete the graphic organizers for each short story. Finally, choose one of the 3 prompts from above and write a draft of a story for Friday, Feb. 15. Bring your draft with you to our next class.
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