WIR2 Homework – Week 25
(as listed on the schedule in your book)
Homework due March 20th includes the following:
1. Complete - All assignments through those listed for Week 25 above and on the schedule in your book.
2. Complete - The Unit 3 Review on pages 344-346.
3. Study carefully - The rubrics for this Unit. You may wish to book mark this page,or fold over the corner so that you can refer back to it throughout Unit 4.
4. Watch the videos below on creating a setting and making a fantasy map for your story.
5. Find - This unit frequently refers to The Hobbit for a model. If you don't have a copy of this at home, try to borrow one, or check it out from the library.
Notes:
This week, your homework focuses on developing the setting for your story. Although this is your starting point, you can continue to develop or even make changes to your setting as you work on your story over the next couple of months.
I have included several videos below to help you. Be sure to take the time to watch them when you can.
If you have never read The Hobbit before, now would be a great time to do so. You may wish to listen it on audio book. If you do, you will still need a physical to study the maps and drawings in the book.
Locate, borrow or check out from the library a few of the books listed on pages 365-366 to have on hand as we go through this unit. At least one book must contain a map, as you will need it for this module.
Think about who you are writing your story for. This is important, because it will help to shape what you write, and how you write it. Choose a younger sibbling, a neice or nephew, a cousin, or perhaps the younger sibbling of your best friend. Many of our most beloved tales were created for the author's own children.
Although this video is a little long, it shows how the settings in various genres of literature impact the stories within.
The Importance of Setting in Storytelling
The Importance of Setting in Storytelling
This entertaining video emphasizes the importance of specific details in creating a believable world for your story.
Writing Setting Using Specific Details: How-to Creative Writing Tip
Writing Setting Using Specific Details:...
This quick video discusses the worlds in "The Hobbit"
Primary Worlds in "The Hobbit" | CuriousContent
Primary Worlds in "The Hobbit" | Curiou...
I've included the following two videos to help you get started in drawing your own fantasy map for your story. Check out both of them to see which one appeals to you. I you like what you see, each of the video creators has more videos available to help you further develop your map.
Fantasy Map Making | Step-by-Step
Fantasy Map Making | Step-by-Step
Drawing a Fantasy Map (part 1)
Drawing a Fantasy Map (part 1)
"The prime motive was the desire of a tale-teller to try his hand at a really long story that would hold the attention of readers, amuse them, delight them, and at times maybe excite them or deeply move them."
- J.R.R. Tolkein, from the foreword to the 2nd Edition of The Lord of the Rings (1966)
Please contact me by Tuesday with any questions.
Blessings, Mrs. Flanagan
(as listed on the schedule in your book)
Homework due March 20th includes the following:
1. Complete - All assignments through those listed for Week 25 above and on the schedule in your book.
2. Complete - The Unit 3 Review on pages 344-346.
3. Study carefully - The rubrics for this Unit. You may wish to book mark this page,or fold over the corner so that you can refer back to it throughout Unit 4.
4. Watch the videos below on creating a setting and making a fantasy map for your story.
5. Find - This unit frequently refers to The Hobbit for a model. If you don't have a copy of this at home, try to borrow one, or check it out from the library.
Notes:
This week, your homework focuses on developing the setting for your story. Although this is your starting point, you can continue to develop or even make changes to your setting as you work on your story over the next couple of months.
I have included several videos below to help you. Be sure to take the time to watch them when you can.
If you have never read The Hobbit before, now would be a great time to do so. You may wish to listen it on audio book. If you do, you will still need a physical to study the maps and drawings in the book.
Locate, borrow or check out from the library a few of the books listed on pages 365-366 to have on hand as we go through this unit. At least one book must contain a map, as you will need it for this module.
Think about who you are writing your story for. This is important, because it will help to shape what you write, and how you write it. Choose a younger sibbling, a neice or nephew, a cousin, or perhaps the younger sibbling of your best friend. Many of our most beloved tales were created for the author's own children.
Although this video is a little long, it shows how the settings in various genres of literature impact the stories within.
The Importance of Setting in Storytelling
The Importance of Setting in Storytelling
This entertaining video emphasizes the importance of specific details in creating a believable world for your story.
Writing Setting Using Specific Details: How-to Creative Writing Tip
Writing Setting Using Specific Details:...
This quick video discusses the worlds in "The Hobbit"
Primary Worlds in "The Hobbit" | CuriousContent
Primary Worlds in "The Hobbit" | Curiou...
I've included the following two videos to help you get started in drawing your own fantasy map for your story. Check out both of them to see which one appeals to you. I you like what you see, each of the video creators has more videos available to help you further develop your map.
Fantasy Map Making | Step-by-Step
Fantasy Map Making | Step-by-Step
Drawing a Fantasy Map (part 1)
Drawing a Fantasy Map (part 1)
"The prime motive was the desire of a tale-teller to try his hand at a really long story that would hold the attention of readers, amuse them, delight them, and at times maybe excite them or deeply move them."
- J.R.R. Tolkein, from the foreword to the 2nd Edition of The Lord of the Rings (1966)
Please contact me by Tuesday with any questions.
Blessings, Mrs. Flanagan