This week's homework task is to carry on writing a story from this beginning. Please DO COPY THIS BIT for the start of your story, and then carry on with it from there.
Use your imagination - it can be any kind of story you want, but we're looking for interesting storytelling (IDEAS), vivid descriptive language (WORD CHOICE) and correct use of spelling, punctuation, grammar etc (CONVENTIONS). It can also be just a first chapter of a longer story - doesn't have to be a whole story with a beginning, middle and end. The Learning Objective is more about the quality of the writing (word choice and conventions etc) than about the structure of the story.
I'm expecting at least one page of writing by Friday (if you use 12 point font and normal spacing.)
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"Are you sure this is the right place?" asked Steve. He looked out at the building and then down at the battered old map.
"GPS doesn't lie, buddy," Tony said. He drummed his fingers on the steering wheel, his expression impatient. "Embrace modern technology, my friend. Paper maps are so last century."
Steve frowned. "I remember it looking different," he said, looking up at the dark facade. He couldn't quite make out the stone gargoyles that glowered down from the roof, but it was possible that they were still up there, caked with powdery snow.
"Yeah, but how long ago was that?" said Tony, rolling his eyes.
Steve sighed. "A long time ago," he admitted.
"That's what I'm talking about. Lots of things have changed, sure - but this is the address you gave me."
Steve unfastened his seat belt and took a deep breath. A few moments later they had both stepped out of Tony's shiny new car and were standing on the snow-covered sidewalk, looking up at the building. The windows were dark, all but one high up on the seventh floor which glowed with a yellow light.
"You sure about this?" Tony said, watching Steve. "You look kind of nervous."
Steve stood up straighter and squared his shoulders. "I'm fine," he said, without looking back at Tony. "No point in waiting. Let's do this thing."
Use your imagination - it can be any kind of story you want, but we're looking for interesting storytelling (IDEAS), vivid descriptive language (WORD CHOICE) and correct use of spelling, punctuation, grammar etc (CONVENTIONS). It can also be just a first chapter of a longer story - doesn't have to be a whole story with a beginning, middle and end. The Learning Objective is more about the quality of the writing (word choice and conventions etc) than about the structure of the story.
I'm expecting at least one page of writing by Friday (if you use 12 point font and normal spacing.)
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"Are you sure this is the right place?" asked Steve. He looked out at the building and then down at the battered old map.
"GPS doesn't lie, buddy," Tony said. He drummed his fingers on the steering wheel, his expression impatient. "Embrace modern technology, my friend. Paper maps are so last century."
Steve frowned. "I remember it looking different," he said, looking up at the dark facade. He couldn't quite make out the stone gargoyles that glowered down from the roof, but it was possible that they were still up there, caked with powdery snow.
"Yeah, but how long ago was that?" said Tony, rolling his eyes.
Steve sighed. "A long time ago," he admitted.
"That's what I'm talking about. Lots of things have changed, sure - but this is the address you gave me."
Steve unfastened his seat belt and took a deep breath. A few moments later they had both stepped out of Tony's shiny new car and were standing on the snow-covered sidewalk, looking up at the building. The windows were dark, all but one high up on the seventh floor which glowed with a yellow light.
"You sure about this?" Tony said, watching Steve. "You look kind of nervous."
Steve stood up straighter and squared his shoulders. "I'm fine," he said, without looking back at Tony. "No point in waiting. Let's do this thing."
