If you want to work on inventive, imaginative, narrative writing this week, after browsing some of the [[mentor texts for fiction]] for inspiration, consider one of these assignments. *Check back from time to time, as I plan to keep adding to these. Suggestions welcome!* #### [[Analyzing Story Structure]] > Explore the “shape” of a story in multiple dimensions. #### [[Emulating Story Structure]] > Write your own story based on the same “shape” as an existing one #### [[Analyzing Character POV]] > Consider how authors make character's perceptions and inner lives feel real. #### [[straying away from cliche]] > How do you write real people? #### [[Storytelling Is...]] > A sentence-starter prompt to lead you through some hopefully non-tedious analysis. #### [[describe the heck outta something]] > Explore the concept of *periodicity.* #### [[Every page is p. 192]] > Like opening a book at random, except there is no book. #### [[start at the end]] > Teachers, god bless ’em, call this “backwards planning.” It could help if you (like me) find finishing things ridiculously harder than starting them. #### [[Bartleby the Scrivener]] > What shall I do? what ought I to do? what does conscience say I should do … #### [[Manna by Marshall Brain]] > # Two Views of Humanity’s Future <br> ---- [Associated standards](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G-ffffPuAtCboosZgrsnNehrBqqzRyL4_HrzhlfPRN0/edit?usp=sharing): R.11-12.5 In literary texts, analyze how varied aspects of structure create meaning and affect the reader. (RL) In informational texts, analyze the impact and evaluate the effect structure has on exposition or argument in terms of clarity, persuasive/rhetorical technique, and audience appeal. (RI) R.11-12.6 Analyze how authors employ [[point of view]], perspective, and purpose to shape explicit and implicit messages (e.g., persuasiveness, aesthetic quality, satire, sarcasm, irony, or understatement). Explain how an author’s geographic location, identity, and culture affect perspective. (RI&RL) W.11-12.3 a. Organization: introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, analysis, information and claims, so that each new element builds on that which precedes it to create a unified whole. Establish and maintain a structure and conventions consistent with the mode of writing. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the topic, themes, and experiences presented in the text.