Today you had some time to work on the ROUGH DRAFT of your short story.  This is due at midnight on Oct.9 and needs to contain the following elements: a protagonist; an antagonist that provides conflict; dialogue; sense memory, and at least 2 pages long.  The rough draft is worth 100 points.

The FINAL DRAFT of your short story is due at midnight on Oct. 15.  Besides the requirements from your rough draft, I'll be looking for the following: consistent point of view, growth in the protagonist, showing and telling (about 75%-25% ratio, more showing than telling); and significant details.  The final draft is worth 200 points.

25 BONUS points if you correctly use a flashback.  Don't force a flashback if it won't make sense in your story. That's why using a flashback is a bonus; you can still get full credit (200 points) without having a flashback.

I was absent on Friday, so here's what happened with the sub: 
In your notebook, write about a time when you (or a character in the story you are working on) had an epiphany--a moment when you believed, finally and absolutely, that you had the answer to something (yes, this is the job I want, this is the boy I want to go to the dance with, etc.) BUT which turned out to be wrong.  If you want, use the phrase, "Suddenly I realized..."

Then, in your notebook, expand your vocabulary with the word banks on this link.

Finally, rewrite Goldilocks and the Three Bears in first person point of view.