The Fruit Bowl Project
Fifty Ways to Tell a Story
Published on 25. March 2009
160 pages
978-0-307-48518-2 (ISBN)
Description
Call it six degrees of separation. The kids in 8th Grade Writer's Workshop are awestruck when their teacher announces that through her husband's cousin, she's met rock superstar Nick Thompson and has invited him to their class. He's come to talk about writing and he's even cooler than they imagined. Nick, known for his music as well as his lyrics, tells the kids his secret: A song is just a bowl of fruit-one must figure out how to paint it. Words are to a writer what paint is to a painter. How many ways can one arrange the fruit? An infinite number. There's style, voice, genre, and much more to consider. Nick gives the kids two weeks to complete the assignment using seven seemingly ordinary elements. Each student must tell an interesting story, reflecting his or her style. And so The Fruit Bowl Project begins. Rap, poetry, monologue, screenplay, haiku, fairy tale-and more.
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Sara Durkee has had success as a writer, lyricist, comedy writer, scriptwriter and poet. Currently, her songs, scripts and poetry are featured on the PBS reading show Between the Lions, as well as on Dora the Explorer, Arthur, and others. Her writing for grown-ups includes The Book of Sequels, a collection of literary parodies co-authored with fellow National Lampoon alumni Chris Cerf, Henry Beard, and Sean Kelly. She is married to Paul Jacobs and they have two kids. She lives in New York City.
Content
- Intro
- Other Books By This Author
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Chapter 1 - Just The Facts By Greta Stern
- Chapter 2 - Precisely By Mia McCabe-Alvarez
- Chapter 3 - Zoe's Side By Jenna Bromberg
- Chapter 4 - Lyric By Cameron Haas
- Chapter 5 - Rap By David Edelman (aka Lil' Dee)
- Chapter 6 - Limerick By Corey Lewis
- Chapter 7 - Fairy Tale By Katie Parker
- Chapter 8 - Haiku By Maeve Gillis
- Chapter 9 - Newspaper By Deena Prajapati
- Chapter 10 - Tragedy By Carly Heywood
- Chapter 11 - Chatty By Cassie DiGiovanni
- Chapter 12 - Twenty Words or Less By Brendan Torres
- Chapter 13 - Jason's Side By Amir Azzam
- Chapter 14 - Alien Visitation By Jawshua Perry
- Chapter 15 - Tanka By Max Baum-White
- Chapter 16 - Exaggeration By Talisa Guzman
- Chapter 17 - Measurements By Belinda Voskidis
- Chapter 18 - Victorian By Tionna Chapman
- Chapter 19 - Dream By Morgan Greenwald
- Chapter 20 - Screenplay By Fish Koenig
- Chapter 21 - Teen Mag By Rosie Ramos
- Chapter 22 - Instant Message By Justin Sirk
- Chapter 23 - Comic Strip By Jazzmyn Rivera
- Chapter 24 - Let Ter By Madeleine Beers
- Chapter 25 - Crossword By Gary Beemer
- Chapter 26 - Word Search By Gary Beemer
- Chapter 27 - Preschooler By Diz Cavallaro
- Chapter 28 - Learn to Read By Jocelyn Higuchi
- Chapter 29 - Needs Improvement By Jonathan Fleck-Fishman
- Chapter 30 - The Teacher's Side By Emily McGee
- Chapter 31 - Broadway Musical
- Chapter 32 - Pessimist By Ben Rizzo
- Chapter 33 - Optimist By JESSICA Hochstein
- Chapter 34 - Disinterested Party By Chardinay King
- Chapter 35 - Politically Correct By Graham Beckwith
- Chapter 36 - Labels By Stephanie Jones
- Chapter 37 - Exclamatory By Marina Kolodzyn
- Chapter 38 - Picture Only By Dakota Falk
- Chapter 39 - Sound Only By Jeff Reese
- Chapter 40 - Cross-Examination By Danielle Nesby
- Chapter 41 - Psychic By Buddy Corsa
- Chapter 42 - Horror By Steven Spivack
- Chapter 43 - Bad Translation By Yun Li
- Chapter 44 - Instructions By Sandra Bruce
- Chapter 45 - From A Distance By A.J. Conway
- Chapter 46 - Metaphorical By Milo Korzienowsky
- Chapter 47 - Blank Verse By Thai Wheeler
- Chapter 48 - Kevin's Side By Seb Harris
- Chapter 49 - Sonnet By Pearl Richardson
- Chapter 50 - The Chicken Nugget's Side By Anonymous
- Copyright
