Class Notes Exercise (short story #3)

If you completed your "Hit Man" story draft, please submit that to our Google Classroom today. 

If you did not complete your draft, you may turn it in late (with a reduction in the score) during this marking period.

EXTRA CREDIT: If you'd like to use "Popular Mechanics" as a model, you may write an extra credit story draft and include it in your draft docs for Thursday (see below). The prompt: take a Biblical or mythological story and retell it for a modern/contemporary reader/audience. Here are some ideas you can use for Bible stories...or myths. The extra credit may be completed at any time during this marking period to count as extra writing credit.

Period 3:

Short Story Exercise #3: Read "Class Notes".

1. Select a class (this one or another...see handout) and for each member of the class, make up a story about what will happen to that person 10 or 20 or even 50 years after graduation from high school. Keep the year consistent. High school reunion of 10, 20, or 50 years!
2. Where are these people now? What happened to them? [please change the names of your friends and classmates so as not to upset anyone...but you can hint at who you are writing about with creative details if you must...). 
3. Write the draft. Your TONE of this draft should be as if you are the class president who sends out an update about the graduating class of 2023. It is largely objective and positive, but, of course, you may exaggerate and surprise us with the futures of your classmates. Each classmate should be included with anywhere from 1 to 5 sentences about where are they now? Have fun!

Period 4: (about 10:15)

Choose one of your short story drafts to read out loud to the class. 

Remember: Good speakers...

• Make eye contact
• Speak clearly and loudly
• Use gestures
• Have energy
• Change tone
• Perform with sincerity

After volunteers, we'll pick randomly. Those performers who do not read today will read next class!

HOMEWORK: None. If you did not complete your Class Notes draft (or any other drafts we have been assigned so far) please complete these drafts and turn in.

So far we have written:

1. The Who's Writing This Non-Fiction Draft
2. The Baseline Non-Fiction Draft
3. The Baseline Poetry Draft (Ars Poetica)
4. Various poem drafts from writing exercises (including the dice poem exercise and various prompts)
5. The 500 Word Short Story Draft
6. The Hit Man Style Story Draft
7. The Class Notes Style Story Draft (complete as homework if you did not complete it during class!)
8. EXTRA CREDIT: various poem drafts from prompts (see blog posts for ideas!)
9. EXTRA CREDIT: The Popular Mechanics Style Story, based on a myth or Bible story
10. Drafts for Ms. Gamzon...