Descriptive Writing - Part 2

21 Fevereiro 2017, 10:00 Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Students analyzed texts identifying the main 'mood' or 'tone' of the piece and the corresponding descriptive tools/techniques.

Texts analyzed included:

  • an excerpt from The Magic Metal Tube by Maxine Hong Kingston;
  • an excerpt from Inside District School #7, Niagara County, New York by Joyce Carol Oates.
  • Barbara Willard's The Sprig of Bloom;
  • Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol;

  • Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood.

Homework: Descriptive Writing Piece due on 5th March no later than 23:59.  All pieces must be EMAILED.


The piece must be written in the descriptive style.  You can:

  • Finish the piece you started during our outdoor assignment;

  • Write a journal entry;

  • Write a descriptive piece of fiction;

  • Write a poem.

     

    Pieces must be no shorter than 250 words in length and no longer than 350 words in length. 

     All pieces must be double-spaced, Arial, font 12.