All late work is due by 3/12

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Write down EVERYTHING you are missing in English class.

Late homework CAN be made up and turned in with -30% points (Reading logs & Novel Checks)

You can still upload your Jim Crow Research draft -20% points

Classwork like writing topics, springboard pages, can also be made up -20% points

Make sure EVERYTHING you turn in is as COMPLETE and WELL WRITTEN as possible. You are already losing points for turning in work late. You cannot afford to lose any more points due to simple mistakes or not following the instructions.

READ THE DIRECTIONS!

FINISH EVERYTHING in the assignment before you turn it in.

Narrative Writing Prompt p. 98

Writing a Short Story

                Writing Prompt: Return to the conflicts and characters that you created on p. 96. Write the beginning to a story that presents that character, the conflict (s), and the setting using the point of view that you think would be best to narrate the story. 

Be sure to include the following:

• A central conflict that will drive the events of the story and develop the character
• An internal or external conflict for the main character
• A consistent point of view
• An introduction to the main character through description of appearance, actions and voice
• Include the Setting: Time & Place

Begin your Opening to the Short Story in the Writing Section of your Composition Book

Point of View for my story: Third Person Limited

The Family Business (Teacher Example)

                In the not too distant past, a man named Jack Jamison was sorting out the family’s bills at the kitchen table. He was an average guy of average height, nearing 40 with medium brown hair, and friendly brown eyes. As he sorted through the bills, he sighed. He was barely able to make the minimum payment on most of the credit cards, and after his wife’s recent car accident and hospital bills, even the insurance settlement on her totaled car was not enough to make ends meet. The finances were a mess. Jack knew they were in danger of losing their home, but he didn’t want to worry his lovely wife, Judy, or his young daughters. They were nearly out of savings, his wife’s car was gone, and the mortgage was late for the second month in a row. 

                His wife’s shady, but rich, Uncle Nick had offered Jack a part-time, evening job in the family business that would allow him to continue his job at the classical music station. All he had to do was accept some deliveries at his house, and he would get a fat paycheck. Jack never trusted Uncle Nick. He worried about what those packages might contain and if it would endanger his family, but he needed the money, desperately. Jack thought to himself, ‘perhaps it was worth the risk?’ What he did not know was that the family business was not what he thought it was at all.