Prompts for Creative Expressions for BJC Literature
§ Creating written memoirs of a character for a literary museum
§ Rewriting extracts from drama as prose
§ Rewriting excerpts from prose as drama or poetry
§ Letter to a character about a particular opinion/ attitude / stance
§ A newspaper article
§ Diary or journal entries over an extended period in relation to a character
§ Adding stanzas to a poem while reflecting the same structure / form of the original poem
§ Creating a skit for a radio/ television /online drama in response to a prose extract
§ Reshaping the end or an episode of /in a text
§ Cartoons (detailed, with lots of speech going on, not just a few words and lots of pictures)
§ Letter to the author
§ Creating a rap
§ Written response to a character’s stance
§ A eulogy
§ A biography
§ A song
§ Giving an animal’s account or having the animal shift the point-of view of a plot
§ Excerpt for a Bahamian script on a particular episode / episode / event or aspect of the plot - taking a piece that is set elsewhere and changing it so that it has a local Bahamian flavour. So a scene from Oliver Twist is rewritten so that it appears to be clearly taking place in The Bahamas. Perhaps there are some name changes -Oliver Turnquest-, perhaps a few characters use the Bahamian dialect etc.
§ Imagine that you are Josh (A Cow Called Boy), and post an entry on Facebook about your decision to take Boy to school. Ensure that you include details and vivid imagery so that your account will be interesting. You are also required to use Standard English.
Literature Teachers of Queen's College
Submitted by Jacqueline Hall
September, 2012
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