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Mrs. B's Creative Writing: In Character
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Mrs B's Creative Writing. Wednesday, April 30, 2008. National Public Radio is producing a series titled "In Character" in which some of the most famous fictional characters are discussed and analyzed. These are characters that people have selected to be of particular importance to the fabric of American literature, film, television, and drama. 1 Go to the following NPR link:. Http:/ www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? Why is this character important to our society (not just a small group of fans)?
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Mrs. B's Creative Writing: Happiness
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Mrs B's Creative Writing. Wednesday, November 14, 2007. In watching the film, we see Chris pursue his goals and dreams in a lot of unusual ways. No matter what he has to do to get the attention of the people who could help him achieve these things, however, he keeps his mind on the final outcome- being successful in order to provide a better life for his son. 1 How would you would define happiness if you were asked to try to explain it to someone who had no idea what the word meant? 4 Whose happiness do ...
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Mrs. B's Creative Writing: Characteristics of a well-told story
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Mrs B's Creative Writing. Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Characteristics of a well-told story. We all have heard and read stories. It is one of the first things many parents do with their kids. Part 1: Why in childhood? Why are stories so important to childhood? Why do people read stories to kids? What do the kids get out of this experience? What kinds of things do kids learn from the actual stories and from the experience? Part 2: Why later in life? Why do older people (high school and beyond) read stories?
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Mrs. B's Creative Writing: October 2007
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Mrs B's Creative Writing. Wednesday, October 24, 2007. 2nd short story assignment. DO NOT COMPLETE THIS ON THE BLOG! I have put the assignment here so you can access it if you mispalce the actual handout you are given. Creative Writing Short Story Assignment #2. Draft (at least 2 solid pages)- Friday, October 26. Final Typed: Monday, October 29. Craft a short story- less than three pages- in which you do at least one of the following:. 1 establish a character that undergoes a tremendous change. People lo...
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Mrs. B's Creative Writing: How Unpoetic
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Mrs B's Creative Writing. Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Well, sort of unpoetic. In poetry the topics can range from birth to death and from love to hate. Today your job is to pick a topic of your choice and write about it for 4o minutes. Do you love sports? Then write about sports. Do you want to write about a more abstract topic? Write about hate or love, courage or cowardess. Perhaps you can think of nothing but your life after high school. What will it be like? Are you into politics? Posted by Carol Weeps.
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Mrs. B's Creative Writing: August 2007
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Mrs B's Creative Writing. Tuesday, August 28, 2007. Welcome to Creative Writing. Welcome to Edina High School's Creative Writing blog. The purpose of this blog is to provide Edina High School students interested in improving their writing with a forum to share their work publicly and to discuss and comment on issues and topics that interest them concerning the craft. Students will post their own pieces, comment on the work of their peers, and discuss topics of writing. Posted by Carol Weeps. Sem 2 Hour 3.
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Mrs. B's Creative Writing: May 2008
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Mrs B's Creative Writing. Friday, May 16, 2008. You will create your own rubric today that I will use when grading your short stories. A rubric is a tool used by teachers to evaluate student work. Usually the teacher will pick out what is important for student work to include and place it on the rubric. For your final short story, however, you will develop your own grading rubric that I will then use to evaluate your work. You will get to decide what I should focus on. 3 Develop your rubric. B Your rubri...
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FACE: April 2008
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CLICK HERE FOR THOUSANDS OF FREE BLOGGER TEMPLATES. Wednesday, April 30, 2008. Character #1: Bugs Bunny. For each character write a brief paragraph explaining what impact this fictional chracter has had on our culture. Why is this character so fascinating? Once you have done that, think about characters you have met in books, seen in movies or plays, or watched on TV. Pick one that is of particular interest to you. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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FACE: February 2008
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CLICK HERE FOR THOUSANDS OF FREE BLOGGER TEMPLATES. Monday, February 25, 2008. Nice That changes. in a few years no one will be nice except for the friends you've managed to scrape up in the past few years. not everyone likes each other. Anymore, and girls have cooties, and boys are gross. But that all ends too. Life is great, and even thought you get advice, and remember it, that doesn't always mean you'll follow it. Friday, February 1, 2008. Been published, and people. Things to make themselves feel wo...
