STYLE ASSIGNMENT: HEMMINGWAY VS. FAULKNER.

All assignments should be two pages typed, 1.5 spaced. You can go longer if you need, but I’m more concerned about style than you “finishing” some sort of plot—though feel free to.

Make sure you have a title.

100 points total.

Three Options:

1. Choose a short story and “rewrite” it in the style of either Faulkner or Hemingway—if the story is “too long”, you can even just rewrite a part of it.
2. Write a story in the style of either Faulkner or Hemingway based on a myth
3. Write a dialogue / or even a short story using only lines from both Faulkner and Hemingway. (Each line will need to be cited.) You will obviously be able to capture the “writing style” with this one, so you will be mostly graded on your ability to present a coherent conversation.

Runbic, Part A:

• 50 points: Completely matches the style of either Hemingway or Faulkner: syntax of sentences, diction, pacing, and conventions.
  Is free of unintentional spelling, typographical, and grammatical errors—this should be “publishable.”
  Completely achieves objective of prompt.
• 45 points: Matches the style of either Hemingway or Faulkner: syntax of sentences, diction, pacing, and conventions.
  Is free of unintentional spelling, typographical, and grammatical errors—this should be “publishable.
  Achieves objective of prompt.
• 40 points: Completely achieves 2 of the 3 items above.
• 35 points: Mostly achieves 2 of the 3 items above.
• 30 points: Is successful with one of the items above.

Rubric, Part B:

50 points. All papers are to be accompanied by a meta-cognitive piece (see handout), stapled to the back. This is also worth 50 points and should provide enough depth for me to see your understanding (again, refer to questions on handout.) You will be graded on the specificity of your comments on both the decisions you made as a writer for the assignment, as well as the process of composing this piece.

Bring two copies in on Friday for Peer critique (a seperate homework grade.) Final Draft due in-class on Monday, November 24th.

Print this rubric and staple to back of assignment if you want comments.

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End of First Quarter Reminders

Can you believe the year is one-fourth of the way to the end?

College Essay rewrites and Memoir Projects are due in class tomorrow. (Thursday, Oct. 31st.)

Format requirements:

Type the following in the upper left (not in the header) and single space:

• Your Name
• My Name (Please spell it correctly.)
• English 12 CP, Period _
• Due Date

Page Setup:

• 1 inch margins
• Insert page numbers, top right. Click box to not show number on first page. Add last name to header with page number and align right.

Format:

• Times New Roman, 12 pt. font, align left, double-spaced.

Staple rough drafts to back of College Essay.

I will not accept papers until / unless all the above requirements are met.

I will give you time in class to "finish" your final three D.J.s.

Some Model Metas

Here's some good model student work for some metas:

For example, look at Ashley's insight (with detailed specifics that refer to the book) for each song on her "soundtrack."

Jenny does the same thing; her meta is not by song, but is more of a personal-prose-reflection. Both are well done. Pick a style that works for you--but please make sure the quality and depth remains.

Also, here are some nice covers with links to metas from

Michaela

and Cynthia

Independent Reading Assignments (Memoir)

Painting Title: Study for a Portrait of Van Gogh V 1957

Francis Bacon (Even great artists imitate other great artists.)

Due in class on Thursday, Oct. 30th (with final version of College Essay and Reader's Notebook Entries):

You must complete two out of five assignments. They are worth 30 points a piece. The meta-cognition will be worth 40 points—this is where you will be able to “explain a lot of your choices”, so develop all of your ideas completely.

1. Design a cover. You will be graded on the following items:

15 points: Your cover should show creativity, depth in thought, and visually represent important events, themes, or symbols throughout the book. The cover should look professionally and carefully constructed. You may draw or use the computer, but be careful not to commit the visual equivalence of plagiarism.If you use someone else’s images, change or collage them until they are your own.Make sure you have a front and back cover as well as a spine.Spelling the author’s name wrong would be about the worst thing you could do!

15 points: You should provide a 100 word description of the book on the back cover. WARNING: DO NOT PLAGIARIZE THIS!—you will risk a zero for an easy part of the requirements. Remember: the point of a 100 word description on the back of a book is to convince someone in a store to buy the book. Remember this when you write the blurb. Why should someone buy this?

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2. Write a “filler page”. In other words, write what happens in between two chapters or pages or rewrite a page.

15 points: The details and facts in your story are factually and contextually accurate in relation to the existing story. This includes the setting and historical time frame!

15 points: You successfully capture the tone and style of your author.[1]

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3. Rewrite a page, but include yourself. In other words, use the author’s style to write your own memoir.

30 points: You successfully capture the tone and style of your author.[2]

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4. Passage Explication Assignment

30 Points. Please refer to Passage Explication handout.

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5. Mix CD: The Memoir’s Soundtrack

30 Points . Choose 10 songs that you think best fit the memoir (explained in “meta”), whether a connection to lyrics, the tone of mood of the song, etc. Make sure you provide me with a CD.

If you have another creative idea, propose it to me with criteria on which you would like to be graded. I must approve this first.

[1] (which includes, but is not limited to: how author presents dialogue, appropriate word choice, symbols, etc.)[2] (which includes, but is not limited to: how author presents dialogue, appropriate word choice, symbols, etc.)