NOTE: by Monday, you need to have one of these with you every day.

 

We’ll start working from a writers’ notebook and, periodically, these will be checked.

 

WORK DAY:  See task below

THE TASK:  Write a short (175 word MINIMUM) obituary of yourself, using the New York Times 9/11 portraits that we looked at in class as a model.

EXAMPLES:

• From the NY TIMES  9_11-portraits-example
• C.E.’s Example: obituary_ce-example

TIPS:

• Shoot for interesting active verbs
• Vary your sentence length/style
• Try to write like you’d talk.
• Have fun with it!

Assignment is at your Google Classroom!

• FIRST HOUR: sf82013
• SECOND HOUR: zja8tb
• FIFTH HOUR: i5moe5v
• SIXTH HOUR: sf82013