KRIEGER'S COURSES HOMEWORK BLOG--*FALL 2024*: HW DUE MON. 9/17

9III 2nd:

ANNNNDDD: don't forget you all have a QUIZ tomorrow, Friday 9/14, on Rand's philosophies/bio and F451 through Part I

HW DUE MON. 9/17:
COMPLETE JOURNAL #9 IN WRITING PORTFOLIO

FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW ON THE FOLLOWING SHORT STORY/FAIRY TALE ELEMENTS and CREATE A COMPLETE SHORT STORY with a TITLE, of AT LEAST ONE PAGE, single-spaced:

1) FIRST LINE/PROMPT (CHOOSE ONE):

-"The rainbow faded into the horizon as we rode further out of the abandoned town." (1st person)
-"If only she hadn't kissed that frog." (3rd person, ALL-knowing/OMNISCIENT)

2) SETTING (CHOOSE ONE):

-A summer wedding reception, a thunderstorm approaching

-A deserted beach in Figi

-The middle of a Russian winter in Moscow

-150 years in the future, New York City

-17th century London, during the Black Plague

3) CHARACTERS (CHOOSE & DEVELOP TWO--GIVE EACH A NAME; one good/one evil, perhaps??):

-A recent high school graduate

-A waitress

-An alien

-A homeless man

-An elderly woman

-YOU/a freshman in high school
-A musician

4) SITUATION/PLOT TWIST (CHOOSE ONE):

-Someone has or will hurt someone

-A crime has occurred or is about to

-Someone has lost/found something

-Someone is falling in love

5) ONE FAIRY TALE ELEMENT (CHOOSE ONE):

-prince/princess

-a talking animal (NAME IT)

-fairy

-troll

-a rhyming song lyric

-an evil sorcerer

-a witch

-a poor beggar

-a magic plant and/or cure

-a sleeping ‘beauty’

**DO YOUR BEST COMPETED DRAFT; please be creative, USE DIALOGUE, INTERESTING DESCRIPTIONS AND VOCABULARY, AND BE READY TO SHARE!!!

9th 3rd/4th:

HW DUE MON. 9/17:
COMPLETE JOURNAL #7 IN WRITING SECTION OF BINDER, CHOOSE from the following lists and CREATE A COMPLETE "SHORT STORY/FAIRY TALE" of AT LEAST ONE PAGE, with a TITLE, single-spaced:

1) FIRST LINE/PROMPT (CHOOSE ONE):

“She stood in the middle of the railroad tracks.” (3rd person)

“It all started when my pig ran out of the room.” (1st person)