Three Minute Fiction Contest

www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105660765

Michael Cunnignham The Hours

Homework:

Read through page 35 for Wednesday in The Hours

Visit Michael Cunningham's website:

www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/

Watch interview:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq7yjNJqry8

For more on Virginia Woolf:
www.online-literature.com/virginia_woolf/

On Mrs. Dalloway:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs_Dalloway

In the Lake of the Woods Video/Story

Watch video...

Work on completing short story.

POST YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE MADE FOR TELEVISION FILM HERE FOR CREDIT!

Wednesday--In the Lake of the Woods Short Story

Please work on your short story for In the Lake of the woods.

MISSING WORK:

Please post any late and missing assignments as comments here so that I can grade them for you. Post any extra creditwork here as comments.

Marking period ends Friday.
Next week we will watch the videoof In the Lake of the Woods.

More poetry/ In the Lake of the Woods

Some more Poet presentations

Discussion of In the Lake of the Woods

Work on short story

In the Lake of the Woods

Finish In the Lake of the Woods for Thursday

To Do:
Poetry discussion Circle
View iMovies not seen yet
Work on new short stories

In the Lake of the Woods

From your reading so far, post a comment in response to the discussion questions posted earlier about the novel. READER RESPONSE: What do you think at this point happened to Kathy?

We will look at new Imovies from several people.

BRING IN POETRY BOOKS FOR NEXT CLASS!

Time to begin writing your next short story:

Choice A: A story with definite motifs that advance or enhance the story.

or

Choice B: A story with a real historic background (you'll need to do research).
9/11, Columbine, Hurricane Katrina, Woodstock, Kennedy assassination? What else might be an interesting historic background for a short story?

MOTIFS

What is a motif in a film or novel?

Read this wikipedia article:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motif_(narrative)

Think about some of the motifs in O'Brien's In the Lake of the Woods. Post comment regarding some of the key motifs in the novel and how they contribute to the narrative.


Work to be completed: Imovies, Kim Addonizio poems, Steal-a-line poems
Make sure you print out poems and place them in the silver inbox in the back of the room. Imovies go into the Gamzon-workshop folder.

CHECK OUT THE VIDEO SIDEBAR ON THE BLOG
BRING IN POETRY BOOK FOR DISCUSSION.

HMWK:
IN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS, read to pg. 189, Ch. 20
Think about the new writing assignment:
Write a short story 5 pages or longer that uses motifs to develop the story (recurring themes, symbols, language, imagery).

OR

Write a short story 5 pages or longer that uses a real historical event as an important story element.

Research the My Lai massacre: (go to links)

1. What was it?

2. Who were the main "characters" involved in it?

pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/trenches/my_lai.html

In "The Lake of the Woods," O'Brien does not employ chronological narrative;
Why? How does the structure support the themes of the text?

Post your answers for credit here.


Poetry Workshop:

2nd period--Read poem from poet's book, read your own poem


Assignment for Wednesday: Read to page 146 Ch. 17