Monday, Monday

So, we've worked on two pieces of McCarthy style imitation: an opening scene from a favorite teen book and a piece of dialogue from your outside reading book. Your first step is to make sure that you have completed a draft of each of these assignments in your notebook. Then, your homework for the weekend is the following (a word version is on Edline):

Homework due Monday, November 14th (20 points)

Type up your McCarthy imitation from 11/13.
o Put your name in the upper left-hand corner
o Label the piece “McCarthy Imitation - Setting”. Center this title.
o Make sure to revise and polish your work
o You will be graded on both quality and effort
o At the bottom left, (after your imitation) please write “Inspired by:” and then on the next line include an MLA citation for the book you imitated below that.


Type up your McCarthy imitation from 11/14.
o Put your name in the upper left-hand corner
o Label the piece “McCarthy Imitation - Dialogue”. Center this title
o Make sure to revise and polish your work
o You will be graded on both quality and effort
o At the bottom left (after your imitation), please write “Inspired by:” and then on the next line include an MLA citation for the book you imitated below that.


Warnings:
· You will lose points for not following directions.
· If you have printer problems, then you need to print this at the media center before school or during lunch on Monday. You could also e-mail your work to a friend and ask them to print it out for you.

I also gave you, and briefly discussed the work due next Friday (rough draft due Wednesday). Here it is (word version on Edline):

Hero Quest á la Cormac McCarthy
Due: Friday, November 21st


We’ve talked about the hero quest A LOT. And since most of us aren’t fluent in Ancient Greek (or how to translate it) we might be better off trying to imitate the wondrous writing style of Mr. McCarthy.

So here’s what we’re going to do…

1) Go back to your hero quest free write and REREAD it.
2) Also take a trip down memory lane and revisit your invocation.
3) Now, pretend we’re still talking about that same quest and think about how you would write it as a story.
4) Write the first page of that story in your own language.
5) Now, rewrite it as you try to imitate Cormac McCarthy’s language.

Do you see where we’re going with this?

Your assignment is to hand in ONE PAGE, the FIRST PAGE, of what would be your epic adventure (or hero quest) in the style of Cormac McCarthy.


For the PROCESS of this assignment, you need to submit:
A photocopy of your notebook page with the free write on it (3 points)
A new print out of your invocation (2 points)
The draft of your first page that it is in your own language (10 points)
- the draft can be handwritten or typed, but it has to serve as what you are “translating” for the final piece
- this means that it should be at least a page in length
Reflection piece (to be completed in class on 11/21) (5 points)

For the PRODUCT of this assignment, you need to submit:
The final draft, i.e., the McCarthy version (30 points)