Creative Writing Workshop Inspired by
DAY OF TEARS
YOUR LEARNING TASK:
You will write compose (write) three unique pieces of writing in response to the interludes of three different characters from the novel DAY OF TEARS.
Characters from the novel that have interludes include the following:
You will write compose (write) three unique pieces of writing in response to the interludes of three different characters from the novel DAY OF TEARS.
Characters from the novel that have interludes include the following:
- emma as an old woman ( I )
- slave-seller as an old man ( II )
- frances butler as an old woman ( III )
- master ( IV )
- jeffrey ( V )
- sampson ( VI)
- sarah as a young woman ( VII)
- sampson ( VIII )
- mistress henfield as an old woman ( IX )
- sampson ( X )
- jeremiah henry ( XI )
- fanny kemble as an old woman ( XII )
THIS IS YOUR FRAME -- THE WAY YOU WILL APPROACH THIS WRITING TASK...
After you read each character's interlude, imagine you had the chance to talk back to that character. What did think about what the character said or did? What would you say back to that character in response to what you learned about him or her?
This creative writing task is your chance to do just that. Put yourself in their moment (time and place) and talk back as if you actually had their attention.
Begin thinking about your responses this way...
After all of this (selecting a character and framing the moment), begin to write.
After you read each character's interlude, imagine you had the chance to talk back to that character. What did think about what the character said or did? What would you say back to that character in response to what you learned about him or her?
This creative writing task is your chance to do just that. Put yourself in their moment (time and place) and talk back as if you actually had their attention.
Begin thinking about your responses this way...
- I heard it through the grapevine that you/your...
- life didn't work out to well for you (Weems)
- had a brutal, transformative experience early on in your adult life (Sampson)
- sought to get even with Emma, Joe and the others by punishing innocent people (Mistress Henfield)
- had regrets about his work on the Underground Railroad (Jeremiah Henry)
- were much more of a hateful racist that I thought (Master Butler)
- and so on...
After all of this (selecting a character and framing the moment), begin to write.
Types of Creative Writing
Click on the buttons below to see your creative writing choices. Each of your written pieces must follow a different format, so you will get to practice writing creatively across formats -- three creative masterpieces, three unique formats, one brilliant writer (YOU!).
NOTE: You only have permission to view each of the attachments below, so you will need to make a copy of those you choose.
Click on the buttons below to see your creative writing choices. Each of your written pieces must follow a different format, so you will get to practice writing creatively across formats -- three creative masterpieces, three unique formats, one brilliant writer (YOU!).
NOTE: You only have permission to view each of the attachments below, so you will need to make a copy of those you choose.
For inspiration, click through these examples of some of the poems presented above:
