Friday, February 8, 2013
Happy Friday- some food for thought so to speak...
“That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth.”
-Tim O'Brien
Writing Assignment:
If you have me for AP English, you know I am all about giving you options in terms of assignments. The writing assignment concerning In the Lake of the Woods in no exception.
Your task is to create a piece of historical fiction, which must also have elements of a murder mystery/thriller. I am giving you the option of choosing the genre you want to work with; you can create a short story, a dramatic performance piece, or an adapted screenplay (the original screenplay of the book is less than mediocre, we will watch it in class).
All of these genres must include:
-actual historical events or a specific time period
-multiple narrations
-quotes, newspaper clippings/articles, historical facts, etc.
-you may also want to include multiple hypotheses to leave your reader/viewer the the joy of an ambiguous "conclusion"
***All of these choices must be of INTERESTING length! Please do not hand in a 3 page short story ( I know nobody would do that though!). If people stay on task and work hard I will provide plenty of lab time to write.
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