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Creative writing.
Write a story and be as creative and detailed as possible. You will be typing this assignment in the lab at a later time. It will then be edited.
Writing Assignment #2
Personality Profile.
Interview and write a profile of a classmate in your English class. Bring two copies of the typed profile to class on the due date, and be prepared to introduce your partners to the class. You will paraphrase what you have written so know your subject.
Find out your subject's goals in life. What do they want to accomplish this year? In the future? Find out 1 or 2 funny stories about your subject. Don't just list lots of facts. Make your subject interesting and someone that we all want to get to know better.
The goals of this assignment:
*Getting to know each other well, understanding each other's motivations and
directions in life
*Choosing good details
*Describing and narrating effectively
*Integrating quotations smoothly
*Identifying our editing issues that we will work on
Writing Assignment #3
EDCO Eagle News
This will be your first experience with newspaper writing. Throughout the year, we will be writing a newspaper (The Silent Tigers) for the students of EDCO that talks about EDCO, NNHS and the world. For this first time, we will be focusing on EDCO only. The EDCO Eagle News will be sent home to your parents.
The goals of this assignment:
*Getting to know EDCO
*Selecting good story ideas and presenting your ideas well
*Describing your topic incorporating who, what, when, where, why and how
*Choosing good details - you want your story to be factual but interesting
*Integrating quotations smoothly
*Identifying our editing issues that we will work on
Writing Assignment #4
Eddie Carbone Character Analysis
Using the paragraph I gave you as your first paragraph, create a 5 paragraph character analysis of Eddie Carbone.
Writing Assignment #5
Memory Paper
Describe a memory as completely as you can
Think: what�s the first thing you ever remember?
What is something you will never forget?
An accident?
A surprise?
Something that was new?
Something familiar and comforting?
Try this:
1. Brainstorm smells, sights, touch sensations, sounds, voices, tastes�.
2. Don�t step too far outside the moment with analysis of what happened later or what it meant. Try to stay in the moment, as much as you can.
3. Tell it in present tense � as if everything is happening right now � write it in the moment.
Have fun!
Type it and print it � then send it to my email address.
On October 11th, we will be editing this in class and you can make changes on my computer and then print out a final draft.
Writing Assignment #6
Prediction Paper
For The Glass Menagerie, write an essay about what happened to Laura and Amanda after the novel ends. Be as creative as you would like but remember that your story should follow the same tone as the novel's ending.
Writing Assignment #7
Persuasive Paper
Was George justified in killing Lennie? Write a persuasive essay detailing why or why not George was justified in killing Lennie.
Writing Assignment #8
Analytical character analysis
Each paragraph should include a quotation from the text and analysis of that quotation (like the analytical paragraphs for homework).
Paragraph One: Describe Scrooge and what kind of person he is.
Paragraph Two: How do Scrooge�s memories help to change Scrooge
Paragraph Three: How do Bob, Fred and Tiny Tim help to change Scrooge
Paragraph Four: How does the fear of the future help to change Scrooge
Paragraph Five: How has Scrooge changed and how has he become a better man
Remember to:
Type your essay in 12 point regular font
Double space
Do not use �I� �me� �we� �in my opinion�
Heading in the top right corner of the paper
Writing Assignment #9
Satire Paper
Using the article, How Not to be a Successful College Student, create a satire essay with the topic of your choice. Be very creative and funny. Make sure that your story has a sequence and is detailed.
Writing Assignment #10
Definition Essay
In this essay, you will write about whatever it is that you are an expert on. This may be big or small - but you want something you know well enough to get very detailed about. You will define something that is not easy to define, something that cannot be defined just by looking it up in a dictionary. It has to be defined through personal experience. So, this is an indirect kind of personal essay.
Some examples of topics include:
What is the perfect boyfriend
What is the perfect oldest child
What is the worst enemy
What is friendship
What is courage
What is true love
What is the problem
What is a senior
What does it mean to be a __________
What is beauty
*When you write, make sure you have an audience in your mind that NEEDS to hear this definition.
*Your purpose in the definition essay is to convince the audience that your definition of this thing is CORRECT - irrefutable, in fact
*Use ethos (authority): be sure that it's clear to the reader that you have experience in this matter and should be listened to - that you are an authority.
*Use pathos (emotion): paint vivid pictures in the essay that convince the reader that this is indeed true.....that this is the definition of (whatever).
*Use logos (logic), where needed. Be logical, where it makes sense.
One full page maximum.
Writing Assignment #11
Creative Essay
It is time to be creative again!
Writing Assignment #12
Sports Writing Contest
Has to be postmarked by March 11th - can be written as fiction or non-fiction
Writing Assignment #13
English Thesis
*Compare characters and themes of the 6 books that we have read thus far
Writing Assignment #14
Hamlet essay
*Select one of the essays from the packet and write an analytical essay on Hamlet. Due on Monday, March 17th.
