Postcards from the Past…

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  • Kailey
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Find an old archive: letter, postcard, photograph, memo, computer document, e-mail. Then, form a story surrounding the piece. Develop a general, basic narrative or back story and characters. It doesn’t have to be super long; it can be a haiku or a novella–your choice. Let the past inspire you!

My example is a postcard from World War I. It was discovered unsent and from an unknown author, and attached to the postcard was a small poppy, addressed to the soldier’s love. I wrote a poem in Spanish about the postcard, and you can read the poem and its translation at this link:

http://www.kaileyck.com/ds106/postcards-from-the-past/

Have fun!

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janellegelino

Writing Assignment: Postcards from the Past (4 pts.)- “Honorable Discharge”

Honorable Discharge

Sebastian sat alone in the kitchen the day he got the letter. Tapping his pencil on the wooden table, his mind was racing

aalmberg

PostCards from the past

This assignment is worth 4 stars. This was my favorite assignment I have created for my final so far. It is a post card from

wafflestomper

Postcards from the Hedge

This is “Postcards from the Past” for a writing assignment to further the story for my character this semester. My re-imagined Bubbles is a retired

kaileyck

postcards from the past.

Based off of a final project I had in Spanish class, this assignment I’ve created involves history and some form of artistic creativity–preferably writing, but

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