This post is for an assignment creation for the ds106 Assignment bank, under writing assignments ……..

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Quite often we see pictures on different social media outlets. They are funny, awkward, or beautifully portrayed moments but we don’t know what led up to that point in time. Your task for this assignment is to find a picture and write a background or short story for it. It can be a photo you took yourself or found on the internet. This story could be based on a true event if the picture is from your personal collection, or completely made up if you are using a funny picture you found online.

Example for this Assignment:

Randy, an overworked blue collar farmhand, had been dreaming his whole life to one day leave Iowa and visit the magical city of Miami. That day came this past July when Randy won first place in a mudd’n event. The cash prize was $1,000. Since he had never left his hometown, where he was born and raised, Randy decided to fulfill his dream and booked a trip to Miami.

The day finally came when it was time for Randy to be dropped off at the airport, almost three hours away. Randy was so excited he had been packed for weeks. Earl, Randy’s cousin, dropped him off at the airport at 7:00 am. He wished him the best of luck on this trip and hoped he would meet a beautiful Latina princess he could bring back to the American Heartland.

Randy checked his bag, boarded the plan, and set out on his great adventure. With all this being new to Randy, he missed his connector flight in Philadelphia. He had to spend the night at the airport, as he was only able to get a flight the next morning. However, this did not damper Randy’s optimism.

Randy finally arrived at the Miami Airport, it was a bright and sunny day. As his suitcase arrive before he did he had to go to a special area to claim it. The attendant had a bag with his name registered to it. Randy signed for the bag and grabbed a cab to his Miami Beach hotel.

The first thing he wanted to do was see the beach, as he had never seen a beach or the ocean before. Randy opened his suitcase to grab his swim trunks, but to his dismay the entire bag was full of women’s clothes……. But that wasn’t going to stop Randy from having a good time. He put on the pink sparkly suite and hit the beach.

To Create this Assignment:

1. Google images, with a topic like – people at the beach

2. Right clicked the photo you chose, copy the picture and paste it within your desktop (to save it).

3. Upload the photo to your flickr account.

4. Copy the URL to embed the photo into your blog posting.

5. Come up with a story to go along with the photo.