Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Notes from Friday December 12 Part 3 - The Homework

Homework from the lesson was to write a creative Christmas story, using some (not all, or it will get confusing) of the ten creative principles I went through in class. I've copied these below (under the links to past perfect exercises) so you can see them. I said there was no real word limit for this, as it was creative writing, but suggested around 300 words if you wanted one. 
The idea of the homework, apart from sharpening your creative talents, is to give you another chance to use the narrative tenses we looked at last term. Most people were ok with these, but if you want or think you need to revise particularly the past perfect again, here are some links to help you: 
http://www.teachthemenglish.com/2014/12/day-3-of-my-grammarly-christmas-past-perfect-and-past-perfect-continuous/
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/past-perfect
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-exercises/past-perfect
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/past-tense/past-perfect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQWEt3Lo358

TEN CREATIVE PRINCIPLES
Principle One: Change the dimension
Principle Two: Change the colour
Principle Three: Change the material
Principle Four: Change the place
Principle Five: Change the time
Principle Six: Change the purpose
Principle Seven: Change the velocity or type of movement
Principle Eight: Multiply
Principle Nine: Reverse Roles
Principle Ten: Animate or Personify

Happy Creativity! :)