February 28 SPELLING BEE AFTER SCHOOL

SPELLING BEE TODAY RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL IN MY ROOM!

Check out The Great Gatsby.
Homework: read Gatsby. No page requirement, but finish chapter two for Monday (37 pages).
Take notes on Fitzgerald's style.

Take notes on Hemingway's style.
The Iceberg Effect
The short, short story genre.
Here's Hemingway's story: "For sale: baby shoes. Never worn."
Now, write your own short, short story. Remember, it needs a beginning, and middle, and an end and must have a controlling idea. Keep in mind that fiction deals with life themes, such as loss, redemption, the quest for knowledge, etc.
Here are some examples: Short, Short Stories

We will submit these stories to INK for publication. Make them good.
Due Monday. Typed. Feel free to hand in three or four of them.
Extra credit possibilities:
       If I judge your work to be the best in class: 6 pts for 1st, 5 for 2nd, 4 for 3rd.
       +3 pts to any student whose work is published in the magazine
INK submissions must be made online at Clypian.com under the INK tab. 

Here's a Google doc of the Fitzgerald Rewrite assignment. Take note of changes made at the end. I think I've clarified the way you should write the analysis.
Fitzgerald Rewrite