Catch-up day with Extra Credit Opportunity. Posted 3/5

 Today is a catch-up day. If you are missing work for me, you have today to get as much done as possible. This will be the only day for this kind of work before the end of the 3rd 9 weeks. I have updated grades and you should be able to check your grades to determine what you are missing.

On Monday, you must have your Portraits and Self-Portraits ready to go. Those 2 photos will be your final grade of the 3rd nine weeks. It will be a MAJOR grade. On Wednesday, before we leave for Spring Break, we will start Magazine Covers, but it will carry over after Spring Break.

If you are completely caught up and would like some extra credit, you can complete the task below and I will apply extra credit to the 3rd 9 weeks cycle in the best way I can to help your grade. That could be raising a major grade by as many as 10 points (I could spread this out as well), or raising your overall grade by 1-3 points.

EXTRA CREDIT - Free Write

Create a new google doc. Pick a prompt. Write. Email me the Doc. Make sure it is shared properly. I don't need to edit this one, so you can just make it so I can VIEW it. Make a new Google Site subpage called 3rd nine weeks extra credit and make your Google Doc a clickable link.

Here are the prompts - Pick ONE and write - lets say 400-500 words and complete the story.

Creative Writing Prompts

1. You’re digging in your garden and find a fist-sized nugget of gold.
2. Write about something ugly–war, fear, hate, or cruelty–but find the beauty (silver lining) in it.
3. The asteroid was hurtling straight for Earth…
4. A kid comes out of the bathroom with toilet paper dangling from his or her waistband.
5. Write about your early memories of faith, religion, or spirituality; yours or someone else’s.
6. There’s a guy sitting on a park bench reading a newspaper…
7. Write a poem about a first romantic experience or encounter.
8. He turned the key in the lock and opened the door. To his horror, he saw…
9. Silvery flakes drifted down, glittering in the bright light of the harvest moon. The blackbird swooped down…
10. The detective saw his opportunity. He grabbed the waitress’s arm and said…
11. There are three children sitting on a log near a stream. One of them looks up at the sky and says…
12. There is a magic talisman that allows its keeper to read minds. It falls into the hands of a young politician…
13. And you thought dragons didn’t exist…
14. Write about nature. Include the following words: hard drive, stapler, phone, car, billboard.
15. The doctor put his hand on her arm and said gently, “You or the baby will survive. Not both. I’m sorry.”
16. The nation is controlled by…
17. You walk into your house and it’s completely different–furniture, decor, all changed. And nobody’s home.
18. Write about one (or both) of your parents. Start with “I was born…”
19. The most beautiful smile I ever saw…
20. I believe that animals exist to…
21. A twinkling eye can mean many things. Start with a twinkle in someone’s eye and see where it takes you.
22. Good versus evil. Do they truly exist? Are there gray areas? Do good people do bad things?
23. Write about your body.
24. Have you ever been just about to drift off to sleep only to be roused because you spontaneously remembered an embarrassing moment from your past?