Hello everyone. My son is sick. Here are the plans for your day! Please find an online magazine, newspaper, news source of some kind.(omaha.com, cnn.com, Sports Center, etc.) Type five intriguing titles to five articles that you find on the top of your Word document. Using only ONE of the titles, create a two page story from it. This needs to be inspired simply by the title. No other information is needed. This should be double spaced, about two pages, and full of creativity, voice, with a focus on the unexpected. Focus on suspense and try your luck with symbolism. Here's an example of the beginning of a story from the article title:
Ancient Shadow Boxes Tell More than One Story:
"I was sure this was the lock to which Mark was referring before he passed on. His parched, cracked lips had whispered, "Lock 12". I knew what I had to do. I owed it to Mark to try the key he sacrificed his life for in the lock, but I had also heard the seemingly harmless shadow boxes were known explode at the first sign of tampering due to the extreme paranoia of the government at this point in what was turning into World War III. What was in this box behind the trinkets could finally prove that the 7th Swiss Prime Minister who hid behind a veil of neutrality, was actually to blame for all of the blood shed in the Americas. As I dug the key out of my pocket, I noticed the dried blood covered the number. I scraped it off and jammed the key into the lock. As I began to turn the key, unnatural shivers began to crawl up my right arm."
Let the titles guide you. Please DON'T PANIC about the lack of instructions or detail to this assignment. Do not limit yourself by details. When you are finished, turn this in to the "Handins" folder or print it. When you are done, go to the "handouts" and find your journal topic listed under "Journal". You may type this journal or write it in your actual journal. Have fun with the names, but really try your best to finish these two things IN class. You are excellent, and I will see you Friday. Those of you leaving on your trip on Thursday, have fun! I'll catch up with you next week.
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