Today we will be reading a short story called “Charles.” You can download it below as well as the questions that I would like you to answer. Please answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES. Take your time to write well-constructed, clear sentences. Please print neatly on loose leaf or type out your answers because I will take these in and mark them.

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Step 1: Write a detailed summary of the story: ReadingLog

Step 2: Charles_Questions_new

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I really want to know more about you, because it will help me to understand you and help you a lot better. I want you to tell me your life story in brief, but let’s do it in a fun, creative way.

I’m kind of morbid and twisted, so I like to read obituary notices, but I hate the usual sad, glowing descriptions of people. I hope that some day someone writes one about me that’s HILARIOUS! Make fun of me all you want when I’m dead, because I’ll never know! (However, if you do make fun of me afterward, don’t be surprised if your house ends up haunted and your toothbrush ends up in the toilet. Then put back where you usually leave it so you don’t know the difference!)

I wrote my story as an obituary notice (RobsonObit.) Check it out and consider looking at your life from the vantage point of someone writing about you after you’re gone. What are the major events in your life? What did you accomplish? Who are the most significant people in your life, past and present? You can be creative and make up some details, but give me some truth in there as well. See if I can figure out which is which!

If you’re not as sick and twisted as me, GOOD FOR YOU! There are other ways to present this kind of information, but make sure that it has some accurate details and gives me a good sense of who you are and where you come from. As previously discussed, writing this out is not your only option, but it certainly is one option. No matter what you end up doing, you have to PLAN first, and you have to be creative and write well. You can do it.

Funny Obituaries:

Shannon Leonard Churchill

Mary Stocks

Walter D. Harris

Chris Connors

Robson’s Obituary

You could even turn this into a video about your life. You could present this as a news story about your death.

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Or just a short biography about you:

Here’s how you’ll be marked: EN10_IntroductionRubric

If this doesn’t work for you, you may write a friendly letter. LetterofIntroduction_Instructions sample: LetterofIntroduction

I want to get to know a bit more about you. So here’s your chance to tell me about something that you think that I should know. It can be just about anything. I’d love it if you told me about yourself, but telling me about something that you’re passionate about or an expert on is just as valid to me. So what do you know that you think I might not know and might find interesting/useful?

Your assignment is to write, create, or present something that explains what you want to teach me and/or the class. It does not have to be 5 things as in the video above, you could clearly explain one thing or come up with your own number of things. It’s UP TO YOU.

You DO NOT have to present or share your work with the class, but I’d LOVE IT if you would!

Your creation needs to give me enough information to learn about your topic and understand it well. I shouldn’t have too many unanswered questions. Your job is to teach me well.

How should you do this? Well, what works for you? Obviously, this is a reading & writing class, so many will opt to write something. If you’re going to do that, make sure that it’s creative, original, and interesting. I don’t want to read it if it’s boring. Don’t spend time trying to figure out what I want you to do, instead do what you want to do! Write it as a letter, essay, interview, newspaper article, whatever!

We do have access to computers, so ideally you will drop something off on your computer. If you wish to use a program on your computer (or online) to create your work, you should probably run it by me first to make sure that it’s going to work, but be as creative as you want.

The one thing you SHOULD NOT DO is be lazy. Don’t go with the thing that’s easiest. Spend some time being creative! Have FUN with it! This is your opportunity to dazzle me/us, and your mark will be better if you challenge yourself or show me something impressive.

Example: My life pretty much revolves around music. It’s the thing that I know most about and other than my family, it’s the thing I care the most about. So there are a lot of songs that I love, and sharing those songs and talking about why they’re so great is really fun for me. Here’s me talking about a song that I’ve been listening to a lot lately. Warning: it’s SAD! Here’s my sample assignment.