Tall Tales and Urban Legends

a creative writing assignment

Using the antique photographs you chose in class, you will create characters, a setting and ultimately your own tall tale or (in your case) rural legend. You will, similar to the way Maycomb residents created the myth of Boo Radley's nighttime escapades in To Kill a Mockingbird, create your own suspenseful story about the characters in your chosen pictures.

Required Assignments:

1.	3-½ page character sketches	30 points	Due: __________________

2.	3-1 paragraph character sketches	15 points	Due: __________________

3.	1 page freewrite to generate plot ideas	10 points	Due: __________________

4.	1-½ page description of your setting	10 points	Due: __________________

5.	1 story board to develop your plot	20 points	Due: __________________

6.	Rough Draft	25 points	Due: __________________

7.	Final Draft	50 points	Due: __________________

8.	Presentation	15 points	Due: __________________

Specific Requirements for Items Listed Above:

1.	Story Board:

You must have your story board on a large piece of poster paper or poster board.

It must include a minimum of 10 sections representing your story with words and sketches.

2.	Final Draft:

Your story must be a minimum of 4 double spaced pages.

It should be typed in a 12 point times font.

In addition to your old photographs, you must also have included at least three other pictures with captions.

2.	Presentation:

Read your story aloud.

Share your pictures.

Helpful Hints:

1.	Be creative.

2.	Think your ideas through before you write them down.

3.	Explain your story thoroughly. (Think Hemingway...sometimes more is more.)

4.	Write about things you know about. (Think Steinbeck...the world and people around you are interesting...use them.)

5.	Have fun with this assignment.