ENA11 Creative Writing 2019

POWERFUL PHOTOGRAPHS Some photographs become part of history and stay in people's minds for decades. Browse  a selection of 40 such pictures , and choose the one that makes the strongest impact on you. Find out a little bit about the circumstances in which the picture was taken, and then write a text about the picture. In your text, discuss both the VISUAL ELEMENTS and the COMPOSITION, for advice and vocabulary, look at  this website  with basic strategies in reading photographs. Feel free to also describe your personal thoughts on the photograph. Length: 200-300 words

ROAD TRIP Pack your bags, you are going on a road trip in the United States! In this text you will write about  imaginary events in real places. Preparation: 1) You will get the starting and end points of your trip from the teacher. Find out what the distance between the two places is. 2) Are there interesting places to visit along the way? 3) How long would it take to drive the route? 4) What does it look like? Can you find pictures? Then write a text about the road trip (250-400 words). The following are ideas of what you could write about, but you're not expected to cover all of them. - What is the purpose of your trip? - What is your vehicle like? - What do you see/hear/smell/feel? - What are the people like? - Who do you meet? - What do you eat? - How is the weather? - Does something exciting/interesting happen during your trip?

FEEDBACK Today's assignment is not a new text of your own. Instead, you are giving feedback on another student's text. The teacher will give you the name of a student whose text you will be reading. Go to that student's blog and find Assignment 2 (Improvised narrative). Read the text, and find how the writer had included the nine different pictures in their story. In a comment, make a list of your findings. Finally, give the writer feedback on the text: What is good about it? What could be improved?  Later, go back to your own blog and read the comments that were given about your text. If you think you should change something in your own text, do that :)

COMICS Create a non-animated comic strip by using one of the following tools: http://www.makebeliefscomix.com   http://stripgenerator.com http://www.pixton.com http://www.toondoo.com/ Your comic strip should contain a message about  recycling . Be creative, do not settle for nice pictures with no written idea behind them. Avoid vulgarity. When you're finished, take a print screen and add the comic strip to your blog.

THREE HAIKUS A haiku is a form of Japanese poetry. A haiku has a specific structure: 1st line: 5 syllables 2nd line: 7 syllables 3rd line: 5 syllables easily impressed, people laugh even though the  haiku's not funny Your assignment: 1. Write three  haikus . 2. Subjects: 1) Autumn, 2) Music, 3) Free subject

TRANSLATION OF A MAGAZINE ARTICLE Translate the article  Simpanssi tunnistaa kasvot kuin ihminen  (Tiede 10/2015) into English. Don't attempt a word-for-word translation: you can change the word order as long as the meaning doesn't change. Do NOT use Google translator to translate whole sentences.

USING A MONOLINGUAL DICTIONARY Take a copy of a handout that has exercises on using a dictionary. Write the answers in your blog. In the future, try to use a monolingual dictionary in addition to a bilingual one. 

A MODERN DAY FAIRY TALE You probably know dozens of fairy tales. You might have heard or read them as a child, or seen one of the many film renditions. Many fairy tales contain a lesson of some sort as well as a struggle between good and evil, yet they often have a happy ending. Your assignment is to transfer one fairy tale into the year 2019. Change the names of characters and places, and feel free to create new twists in the plot. However, the original fairy tale should somehow be recognizable. Note: Do NOT write the name of the original fairy tale in your blog post yet! Length: about 200-300 words

IMPROVISED NARRATIVE 1. Start writing a story. Start with:                                 It was a day I will never forget. 2. Every five minutes, incorporate the picture on the dice into your story. 3. After the last (9th) picture, bring the story to an end. 4. Reread your story and make corrections. 5. Give your story a title. If you missed the class, write a story into which you incorporate the following actions:

MY RECIPE FOR A GREAT TEXT Think of a time when you were particularly happy with something you wrote. Perhaps it was in Finnish, English or Swedish - doesn't matter. What did you do then? What was your writing process like? If you had to write something like that again, what would you do? Think of everything you need for a good text, and write your instructions in the form of  a cooking recipe . This means that your text should have: - a title - a list of ingredients and measurements - instructions Feel free to search the internet for actual cooking recipes and then apply the same idea to a recipe on writing. Minimum length: 150 words.

Dear Student, you have chosen the course ENA11 - Creative Writing. Congratulations on an excellent choice! In this course you will write all kinds of different texts - in English, of course - and receive feedback on your writing. We will do most of the writing during class hours but feel free to write at home, at the library, on the bus - wherever you feel inspired to write! And most importantly, don't be afraid of making mistakes! All great writers have learned from their mistakes and no-one was born perfect. During the course this blog will be your starting point. Here you can find instructions for all the assignments. So if you get ill or miss a class, check this blog and you won't be left behind. I (that is me, Hilla, the teacher) will be checking on your blog regularly, so read my comments! If it looks like your blog is empty, I will send you reminders. In short: write often! Okay, it's time to get started: Step 1: Create your own  blog . Your blog ...