TKAM 1930 S Creative Writing Assignment

Name______Date/Class______TKAM 1930’s Creative Writing Assignment The articles, interviews and audio clips of life from the 1930’s have displayed vastly different neighborhoods, families, standards of living, social/political events from the world we live in today. With the previous overview of what life was like in the 1930s’ in mind, you will be more suited to understand and appreciate the world of Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird. This introductory creative writing assignment similarly will further your understanding of themes within the novel like tradition, hardship, and inequality by requiring you to write about them first hand from two different perspectives. _____Option 1: Use your interviews and class notes to write two informative letters that explain what life was like living as a teen during the 1930’s. Because this is an exercise in perspective, one of your letters should be from a White point of view, while the next should be from an African American perspective. _____Option 2: Use your interviews and class notes to write a poem for two voices portraying what life was like while living as a teen during the 1930’s. Because this is an exercise in perspective, one voice should be from a White point of view, while the next voice should be from an African American perspective.

Sibling Rivalry (Poem for 2 Voices Example)

I am the younger I am the older brother. sister.

Talking on the Playing with toys phone is my favorite past- is what I do best. time.

Mom yells at you more than me! When I was your When I am your age, age, I will earn such School was so much better grades than harder than it is you do. now.

You have it so easy! Project Writing Rubric

Criteria Exemplary (5) Developing (4-3) Weak/Missing (2 - 1) Voice The poem or letters The poem or letters The poem or letters do have two well have two voices but not have two voices. developed, clearly the voices are not recognizable voices. clearly recognizable. Opposing views The poem or letters The poem or letters The poem or letters do on an Issue show accurate, well show an issue from not clearly show an developed viewpoints the historical issue from the drawing upon at least timeframe. Student historical timeframe. 5 details from the work has 4 to 3 Student work has only interviews. details from 1 or 2 details from interviews. interviews. Length & Format The poem or letters The poem or letters The poem or letters are total at least 1 page. are more than half a less than half a page. The poem effectively page. The poem uses The two voice format is uses two‐voice two‐voice format, attempted but not format, having some having some lines quite coherent. lines said separately, said separately, others together. others together.