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Never fear – it’s the words of the year
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Merriam-Webster keeps a year-by-year list of when words were first recorded, or first recorded as being used in a particular sense. Each year gives us a list of somewhat random unusual and mundane words. Your challenge: Take the list from some significant year, such as the year of your birth, and build a poem from the words on the list. You don't need to be limited to just the list, unless you choose to do so. Any kind of poem will do - just make it meaningful. Assignment inspired by the ever-inspirational Amy Burvall
Today In A Cafe
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A poem that corrsponds to Degas' in a cafe
another day
So far, 20 people have completed this assignment and it has 588 views.
People often forget about how beautiful the world is, the way the treese blow in the wind, how flowers bloom in the spring and how amazing the grass feels on our feet. We come from a generation where the only beauty we actually see is over an electronic. Go outside every once in a while, smell the fresh hair and the flowers, lay down on a blanket in the grass and look up at the sky and see how the clouds look, We dont really live in a bad world, you are just blinded by what you see. Show me ...
A Snapshot of a Story
So far, 14 people have completed this assignment and it has 648 views.
Legends, myth, and folklore: There thousands of tales and varieties that exist in the world, but sometimes it takes too long to share your favorite one. Take your favorite myth, legend, or folktale, or find a new one, and wrap it up into a haiku. You can either do the myth as a whole, or focus on your favorite interpretation or essence of it.
Random Wikipedia Writing
So far, 5 people have completed this assignment and it has 513 views.
There is a page on Wikipedia, called Wikipedia:Random, where you can click the link and get brought to a random page on Wikipedia. For this assignment, go to the link and then click on the words Special:Random. Whatever page you get, somehow incorporate it into a short story involving whatever theme your class has. Feel free to use other Wikipedia pages and other programs such as Google Earth to research more about your page if you have no idea what it is or if you want to find more information for your story. After writing your story explain what page ...
Facing Your Fears
So far, 13 people have completed this assignment and it has 821 views.
What is your biggest fear? Is it spiders... heights... snakes... needles? Have you ever thought about what your fear might think of you? Write a short story of a terrifying event from the perspective of your fear. You never know... they might be just as scared as you are!
Haiku
So far, 9 people have completed this assignment and it has 564 views.
Write a Haiku about a movie you have watched for this class
Nonhuman Perspectives
So far, 7 people have completed this assignment and it has 580 views.
What if plants and animals could all communicate without humans understanding? Write either about a conversation between two non-human living things or through the point of view of one non-human witnessing people go about their daily lives. How would a really old tree feel about having always been in the same place but everything change around it? What would a squirrel feel towards pesky humans who always scare them away? Be creative, go deep or go humorous, have fun!
The End is for Everything
So far, 10 people have completed this assignment and it has 762 views.
When the apocalypse happens, it won't just happen to humans. Everything on Earth will feel the effects. Write a story from the perspective of a non-human thing or being. Tell us how the end of the world has changed their existence for the better or worse.
Apocalypse Terms of Service
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We all agree to them, but who among us reads them? Terms of Service are baked into our lives, no matter how hard we try to ignore them. For this assignment, imagine it's your job to write the Terms of Service for the apocalypse. What does that mean? We have no idea -- but we're sure you'll figure something out.