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Link to "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brian, for those of you who don't have the book yet:
Writing Prompt: Creative Monsters and Success Stories
At some point in our writing we were given a potentially damaging message. For example, maybe in 2nd grade Mrs. Thompson said that you were a horrible speller, or Mr. Jones said your handwriting was atrocious or Ms. Dillon said you would never be able to write. It could have been a teacher, a parent, another adult or even a peer. Regardless, these messages stay with us. Your writing prompt: Write out the story of one of these “Creative Monsters.” Describe the person, the situation, the setting, what happened, how it made you feel, and how it ended. Try and arrange it like a story, with a beginning, middle, and end. Tell it with enthusiasm and color, as if you were telling a story to one of your friends over dinner. Try to fill one page.
OR: Alternately, you may have been given an encouraging message from a teacher or adult (lucky you!). Maybe Mrs. Jones said that you were incredibly creative or the neighbor said that we wrote beautiful poetry. These messages, too, stay with us. Write a “Creative Success Story” instead, using all the guidelines above.
Please revise and bring these typed to our next class with the proper heading (see syllabus for heading instructions.) You may label them Creative Monster Stories.
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