Mon March 23 ( Ms Chase is away today)

Students should review the assignments under this post so they know what to complete by this Friday. I especially would like all of the writing assignments completed. So this means that I would like all students to be working on the setting assignment today and would like it handed in as soon as possible.

If you have finished the setting assignment, you could begin the Conflict Writing Assignment. See below for more help on how to do the setting assignment and criteria for the conflict assignment.

LINK to How to write a setting in a story

Example:

from "The Old House at Home" (1940)

by Joseph Mitchell (1908-1996)

McSorley's bar is short, accommodating approximately ten elbows, and is shored up with iron pipes. It is to the right as you enter. To the left is a row of armchairs with their stiff backs against the wainscoting. The chairs are rickety; when a fat man is sitting in one, it squeaks like new shoes every time he takes a breath. The customers believe in sitting down; if there are vacant chairs, no one ever stands at the bar. Down the middle of the room is a row of battered tables. Their tops are always sticky with spilled ale. In the centre of the room stands the belly stove, which has an isinglass door and is exactly like the stoves in Elevated stations.

• Conflict piece: in this assignment the student is to create a problem and solve it. An example of this might be a girl goes into a hair salon to have her hair dyed, the stylist does a horrible job and an argument ensues. Play our what happens and then bring the situation to a conclusion. ( full page minimum) 10 marks