Review Day
- Heather Corman
- Jan 12, 2016
- 2 min read
Ms. Taiji will be with you again, today. I have asked her to go over your synthesis pieces with you, including the multiple choice which many of you struggled with. Please make sure that you hand them in by the end of the class so that I can take a look. She will also give you some tips for writing the Original Composition.
After that, I would like you to complete the following activity in order to get those creative juices flowing before you write your Original Composition, and (hopefully) you'll have a little fun, too.
We have spent a lot of time working on improving our writing. Let's give ourselves a little break and see just how badly we can write.
While you will find many examples on the web-site, here are some of the winners that gave me a chuckle:
Winner: Children's Literature
The doctors all agreed the inside of Charlie’s intestinal tract looked like some dark, dank subway system in a decaying inner city, blackened polyps hanging from every corner like tiny ticking terrorist time bombs, waiting to burst forth in cancerous activity; however, to Timmy the Tapeworm this was home. — E. David Moulton, Summerville, SC
Dishonorable Mention - Crime/Detective
The janitor's body lay just inside the door, a small puncture wound below his right ear made with a long thin screwdriver, the kind electricians use and can often be found in the bargain bin at the hardware store and come with a pair of cheap wire cutters that you never use because they won’t cut wire worth a damn and at best will only put a small indent in the wire so you can at least bend it back and forth until it breaks. — E. David Moulton, Summerville, SC
Runner-Up - Horror
Duane made a very unfortunate zombie; the coroner had removed his dentures and all of his clothes before he reanimated--thus he was destined to stagger naked through the woods, attempting to gum small animals to death.— Stephanie Leanne Myers, Baton Rouge, LA
Categories include adventure, romance, science fiction, western, fantasy, historical fiction....
If you have time, you can share your pieces. Keep them safe. I can't wait to hear them when I return.
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