Creative Writing
Spring 2017
Garbology - Students submitted a bag with 5 items and were given another students bag of garbage with 5 items to create a character about. Click the buttons to see what inspirational treasures were created from other people's trash.
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Personal Stories - The first formal project forced students to write about themselves...but they could not include humans in their story. Click the buttons to see what some students created.
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Correspondence - create a correspondence that includes one of the lines given
Authors include: Rhiannon LaFleur Farid Rodriguez * Will Rude 2 Sentence Horror Stories - write a horror story in exactly 2 sentences
Weekly Revisions - elaborate on the story Authors include: Anonymous (3) Abby Kozinski * Noah Sevigny Sarah Lewis * Olivia Theobald Morgan Gillespie * Tanner Johnson Sarah McElroy * Anonymous (6) Odd Picture - given several pictures to choose from, create a story using one as inspiration
Weekly Revisions - rewrite changing sentence beginnings (try to avoid nouns and pronouns) Click on the picture to go to the stories Pop-Up Booth: Will Rude Toilet: Charlie Mangieri * Noah Sevigny House on the Rock: Sarah Lewis Andrew Kersh * Abby Kozinski Smoking Baby: Breeny Taghon |
What If... - create a story in which the "what if" comes true
Weekly Revisions - change the story so that the same word is not used more than twice Authors include: Anonymous Abby Kozinski * Farid Rodriguez Tanner Johnson Most Likely To... - choose a famous person to win an odd "Most Likely" award
Weekly Revisions - tell the same story using a different method of introduction Authors include: Anonymous (6) Will Rude * Noah Sevigny Disease Famous Character - write a story that includes an unusual disease or phobia and the famous character you chose
Weekly Revisions - include 10 lines of dialogue Authors include: Anonymous (2) Breeny Taghon * Bella Middleton Product Name - you will be given a product name that a classmate created and will need to write a story about what you think that product is
Weekly Revisions - rewrite the story without using the product name, type or category Authors include: Anonymous Tanner Johnson * Andrew Kersh Abby Kozinski * Olivia Theobald Favorite Food - vividly describe your favorite food
Weekly Revisions - rewrite focusing on one sense Authors include: Anonymous (3) Jaiden Miamen * Emily Peters Tanner Johnson * Olivia Theobald Cherished Memory - it doesn't have to be your own memory (you can create a memory for a character).
Weekly Revisions - rewrite using stronger verbs Authors include: Anonymous Andrew Kersh * Rhiannon LaFleur Olivia Theobald * Bella Middleton |
Authors include: Anonymous (2)
Sarah Lewis Villain's Perspective - retell a familiar story through the perspective of the villain
Authors include: Anonymous (2) Andrew Kersh * Rhiannon LaFleur Sarah Lewis * Livy Sutton Olivia Theobald * Charlie Mangieri Noah Sevigny * Megan Troglio Unusual Names - pick an unusual name from a list and create a story for a character with that name
Authors include: Anonymous (3) Sarah Lewis * Katieanne Meyer Olivia Theobald * Tanner Johnson Sarah McElroy Dialogue - create a story focused on a character created in class
Authors include: Anonymous (2) Abby Kozinski * Emma Pompe Movie Lines - write a story that includes an overused movie line but try to use it in a way never done before
Weekly Revisions - rewrite the story using the opposite mood Authors include: Anonymous (3) Andrew Kersh * Anna Olmsted Emily Peters * Farid Rodriguez Sydney Bertschy * Tanner Johnson Bella Middleton * Megan Troglio Children's Story Revised - take a children's story and rewrite it so that it is suited more for young adults or adults
Authors include: Anonymous (4) Megan Troglio * Noah Sevigny Sarah Lewis * Abby Kozinski Kai Koehler * Alyssa Keene Luzie Grunow Signature Story - write or submit a piece that is indicative of your writing style
Authors Include: Luzie Grunow Tanner Johnson * Alyssa Keene Kai Koehler * Bella Middleton Farid Rivera-Rodriguez Olivia Theobald * Anonymous (2) |