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9th grade will produce a compilation of 6 short writing assignments. The goal of this assignment is to showcase what you have learned this past month. The final project must be handed in at the beginning of the lesson on Sunday, September 20th.
9th grade will produce a compilation of 6 short writing assignments. The goal of this assignment is to showcase what you have learned this past month. The final project must be handed in at the beginning of the lesson on Sunday, September 20th.
9th grade will produce a compilation of 6 short writing assignments. The goal of this assignment is to showcase what you have learned this past month. The final project must be handed in at the beginning of the lesson on Sunday, September 20th.
To summarize the concepts we have learned in our short story unit, 9th grade will produce a compilation of 6 short writing assignments. This work must be original, creative and, most importantly, it must fit the criteria outlined below. When completing these assignments, you may look to the stories we read this year for inspiration: The Dinner Party-Mona Gardner The Necklace- Guy de Maupassant (Honors) The Gift of the Magi- O. Henry Harrison Bergeron- Kurt Vonnegut The Most Dangerous Game- Richard Connell (Honors) The Lottery- Shirley Jackson The Man from the South- Roald Dahl (Standard) The Lady, Or the Tiger- Frank R. Stockton
The final project must be handed in at the
beginning of the lesson on Sunday, September 20th. It must be typed, correctly formatted, printed and bound into a book in order to receive full credit. The goal of this assignment is to showcase what you have learned this past month so give serious thought to what you are writing.
Assignment #1: Flash Fiction (250 words or less)
This should be a fictitious story about any topic of your choosing, however it must include character development, a setting, and an entire plot arc in just 250 words. Please refer back to the work we did on this type of writing and what to avoid. Assignment #2: In the Style of Kurt Vonnegut Again, you will write a short story using your own creativity and imagination, while trying to mimic Kurt Vonneguts writing style. In class we discussed 3 major characteristics of his style, as well as looked at multiple examples of his writing. Assignment #3: Irony In this unit we heavily focused on situational and dramatic irony. Many of our stories included ironic elements. For this assignment, you will write a short narrative with an ironic ending. Your story should clearly show that you understand the difference between irony and a surprising twist.
Project
Due
Date:
Sunday,
September
20th
Assignment #4: Figurative Language Poem To highlight what we have learned about poetry in this unit, you will be writing a poem, no shorter than 3 stanzas, that includes at least one example of the following: metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, imagery, idiom, and parallelism. This poem should have an overarching theme and flow nicely from one line to another. Assignment #5: The Foil This story should include a clear foil for your main character. Throughout the story the foil must interact with the character and have a clear reason for being included in the plot. The foil must have a major impact on the story or you will not receive full credit. Assignment #6: Short Review Through out this unit we have completed multiple reading comprehension activities. We have learned the nonfiction or media is often used to bestow information on the reader. Well, It is now your turn to write some nonfiction. You will be writing a book review of one of the shorts stories we have read. You must showcase a different writing style and provide the reader with information about the novel. While you should include your opinion, you must also concentrate on accurately describing the story.
We have more than a week to work on
these assignments and you can ask for clarification during our class periods. If you manage your time well, you may even have some fun!!