Heroism, Humanism & Hijinks: Literature in Action, Week 8, Period 5

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"Good afternoon," Thursday greeted the class. She had coffee. It was a good day. "Unfortunately there's a problem with the Great Library at the moment, but we'll have our field trip during our next class after the mid-term break. I'll send a message around to remind you when it gets closer.

Today we're doing romance novels. Romance novels can be enjoyable for some people. They're often predictable and repetitive, and you'll find that most harlequin romances have the same formula. But they sell, so people keep writing them.

Today you're going to write your own romance novel scene. Don't worry, you won't have to come up with everything on your own. We'll be using a formula in the form of Mad-Libs. Mad-Libs are where you're asked to write down a list of different types of words depending on the prompt, and then fit them into the text."

She handed out a handout with a prompt list on one side and the story on the other. Fill in the prompts without looking at the story. It makes for more fun that way. You can see that if you replace certain aspects of the story while retaining the core idea, you get a brand new romance novel, or so the writers tell themselves.

Enjoy."

[OOC: Mad-Libs time! Have fun. Feel free to use familiar names and go absolutely crazy. The link above and in the comments goes to a Mad-Lib I created for the class.]

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[no-toast-thanks.livejournal.com]

Collapsey like.

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[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

Zack Addy.

Mad-Libs & Chat

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Tinker with the Mad-Libs (http://www.metro-radio.net/fun/madlib/madlib.php?id=69). Do as many as you want.

Noun: an object (eg: hat, ball, dog, jug)
Verb: an action (eg: hit, run, poke, talk)
Adjective: describing word (slimy, smelly, sweet, picturesque)
Adverb: a describing word with -ly on the end (sweetly, happily, slyly, angrily)

Feel free to talk while you work.

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[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

Zack started filling in the madlib.

Now was probably the time to start worrying.

Re: Mad-Libs & Chat

[smartestone]

Hermione starts working, frowning as she does. This is... going to be interesting.

Re: Mad-Libs & Chat

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Mad Libs were always fun, but Conner kind of felt naked without a thesaurus on hand. (Yes, he knew what a thesaurus was. Yes, he was aware that it wasn't a kind of dinosaur. No, he hadn't known this until three weeks into last school year, when Ethan pointed it out to him.)

But this one could be very interesting. It took a lot of thinking, pen-chewing, and hair-pulling, but he got to work on his, snickering the whole time.

Re: Mad-Libs & Chat

[multiplez]

Z, in a bizarrely Power Rangers-centric mood, started filling out the Mad Libs.

Re: Mad-Libs & Chat

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy frowned at the parts that wound up not making any sense, but soon was curled up in a ball of giggling.

Her hair glistened like hippies on a summer's day.

Re: Mad-Libs & Chat

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn started working on her mad lib and was giggling hard as she worked her way through.

Re: Mad-Libs & Chat

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

Alec was in a rotten mood by the time he got to Lit class, but at least it was something distracting to do. He started filling in the words, though not with any particular creativity.

Re: Mad-Libs & Chat

[notajar]

Door totally isn't time-traveling due to being en route to Canuckistan where she has still not had poutine yet fills in words with glee, already suspecting it's not going to come out well for her lusty latin hero.

Share!

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You know you want to share the cracky ones.

Re: Share!

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

Zack proudly showed off his finished madlibs.

It never occured to him that using his classmates names might be a bad (http://www.metro-radio.net/fun/madlib/madlib.php?fill%5B%5D=&fill%5B%5D=necrotic&fill%5B%5D=decomposing&fill%5B%5D=insanely&fill%5B%5D=tissue+sample&fill%5B%5D=safety+goggles&fill%5B%5D=Seely&fill%5B%5D=Parker&fill%5B%5D=electronic+kit&fill%5B%5D=autopsied&fill%5B%5D=moth+larvae&fill%5B%5D=zombie+band+members&fill%5B%5D=heatedly&fill%5B%5D=looking+like+she%27d+been+hit+upside+the+head+with+a+two-by-four&fill%5B%5D=mixing+acids+and+bases&fill%5B%5D=danced&fill%5B%5D=patella&fill%5B%5D=indexed+library+books&id=69) idea (http://www.metro-radio.net/fun/madlib/madlib.php?fill%5B%5D=&fill%5B%5D=bright&fill%5B%5D=gelatinious&fill%5B%5D=softly&fill%5B%5D=robot&fill%5B%5D=labcoat&fill%5B%5D=Seely&fill%5B%5D=Willow&fill%5B%5D=petri+dish&fill%5B%5D=carbonised&fill%5B%5D=skulls&fill%5B%5D=test+tubes&fill%5B%5D=hurriedly&fill%5B%5D=surprised&fill%5B%5D=destroying+evidence&fill%5B%5D=debrided&fill%5B%5D=upper+arm&fill%5B%5D=tested&id=69).

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[smartestone]

Hermione might look just a little embarrassed at hers. Luckily no one knows whose names she used.

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Cameron was a bit weirded out by his (http://www.metro-radio.net/fun/madlib/madlib.php?fill%5B%5D=&fill%5B%5D=wet&fill%5B%5D=squishy&fill%5B%5D=smelly&fill%5B%5D=jello&fill%5B%5D=vest&fill%5B%5D=Kawalsky&fill%5B%5D=Molly&fill%5B%5D=chair&fill%5B%5D=soft&fill%5B%5D=watches&fill%5B%5D=papers&fill%5B%5D=wildly&fill%5B%5D=waited&fill%5B%5D=stealing&fill%5B%5D=stumbled&fill%5B%5D=foot&fill%5B%5D=missed&id=69). Maybe he should have filled in more random names.

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Lana filled hers in and giggled at the results. (http://www.metro-radio.net/fun/madlib/madlib.php?fill%5B%5D=&fill%5B%5D=cheerful&fill%5B%5D=icy&fill%5B%5D=quick&fill%5B%5D=chair&fill%5B%5D=shirt&fill%5B%5D=Jim&fill%5B%5D=Lana&fill%5B%5D=egg&fill%5B%5D=smooth&fill%5B%5D=panthers&fill%5B%5D=crates&fill%5B%5D=patiently&fill%5B%5D=stunned&fill%5B%5D=stealing&fill%5B%5D=twirled&fill%5B%5D=ear&fill%5B%5D=wandered&id=69)

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Okay, seriously, sometimes Conner shouldn't be allowed to speak. Sometimes he shouldn't be allowed to Mad-Lib (http://www.metro-radio.net/fun/madlib/madlib.php?fill%5B%5D=&fill%5B%5D=awesome&fill%5B%5D=harsh&fill%5B%5D=creepily&fill%5B%5D=goalpost&fill%5B%5D=funny+hat&fill%5B%5D=Conner&fill%5B%5D=Kira&fill%5B%5D=paperclip&fill%5B%5D=colorful&fill%5B%5D=midfielders&fill%5B%5D=fossils&fill%5B%5D=loudly&fill%5B%5D=spazzed&fill%5B%5D=getting+two+yellow+cards+in+the+first+half&fill%5B%5D=volleyed&fill%5B%5D=elbow&fill%5B%5D=scored&id=69) unsupervised, either. Thank God Parker wasn't in this class; if she ever got a hold of this Kira'd be sure to find out about it.

. . . he was never going to think of soccer the same way ever again, now. Dammit.

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She'd read the instrutions a bit wrong and wrote two boys names. Damnit... so much for not breaking her brain... (http://www.metro-radio.net/fun/madlib/madlib.php?fill%5B%5D=&fill%5B%5D=thin&fill%5B%5D=soft&fill%5B%5D=quickly&fill%5B%5D=sticky+note&fill%5B%5D=pants&fill%5B%5D=Hikaru&fill%5B%5D=Kaoru&fill%5B%5D=telephone&fill%5B%5D=smooth&fill%5B%5D=futons&fill%5B%5D=blankets&fill%5B%5D=slowly&fill%5B%5D=shocked&fill%5B%5D=cheating+on+me&fill%5B%5D=held&fill%5B%5D=mouth&fill%5B%5D=opened+doors&id=69)

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"this is so wrong," Z mumbled, but she offered her mad lib up for inspection anyway.

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Billy was glad he'd decided not to use the names of anyone here (http://www.metro-radio.net/fun/madlib/madlib.php?fill%5B%5D=&fill%5B%5D=coy&fill%5B%5D=bombastic&fill%5B%5D=smoothly&fill%5B%5D=sword&fill%5B%5D=sock&fill%5B%5D=Zartan&fill%5B%5D=Scarlett&fill%5B%5D=disguise&fill%5B%5D=fantastic&fill%5B%5D=books&fill%5B%5D=hippies&fill%5B%5D=softly&fill%5B%5D=flipped&fill%5B%5D=brainwash&fill%5B%5D=swatted&fill%5B%5D=finger&fill%5B%5D=walked&id=69).

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Dawn was giggling a lot by now (http://www.metro-radio.net/fun/madlib/madlib.php?fill%5B%5D=&fill%5B%5D=broody&fill%5B%5D=snarky&fill%5B%5D=mopily&fill%5B%5D=stake&fill%5B%5D=leather+jacket&fill%5B%5D=Angel&fill%5B%5D=Buffy&fill%5B%5D=hair+gel&fill%5B%5D=straight&fill%5B%5D=chairs&fill%5B%5D=axes&fill%5B%5D=smoochily&fill%5B%5D=gaped&fill%5B%5D=lie&fill%5B%5D=swooned&fill%5B%5D=lips&fill%5B%5D=staked&id=69) . She especially liked the part about her sister being covered in chairs.

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The twins snickered the whole way through theirs (http://www.metro-radio.net/fun/madlib/madlib.php?fill%5B%5D=&fill%5B%5D=glittery&fill%5B%5D=yummy&fill%5B%5D=de-flowering&fill%5B%5D=hamsters&fill%5B%5D=smock&fill%5B%5D=Ranma&fill%5B%5D=Setsuna&fill%5B%5D=fluffy+bunny+gym+shorts&fill%5B%5D=dirty+like+a+zombie&fill%5B%5D=extension+bridges&fill%5B%5D=bingo+cards&fill%5B%5D=tenaciously&fill%5B%5D=freaked+out+and+started+screaming&fill%5B%5D=pistol+whipped&fill%5B%5D=snorted&fill%5B%5D=elbows&fill%5B%5D=licked&id=69). It was fun using friend's names...

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Molly couldn't stop giggling at her results (http://www.metro-radio.net/fun/madlib/madlib.php?fill%5B%5D=&fill%5B%5D=fluffy&fill%5B%5D=pink&fill%5B%5D=strongly&fill%5B%5D=pencil&fill%5B%5D=hat&fill%5B%5D=Cameron&fill%5B%5D=Dawn&fill%5B%5D=soda+can&fill%5B%5D=small&fill%5B%5D=dust+bunnies&fill%5B%5D=books&fill%5B%5D=swimingly&fill%5B%5D=disappointed&fill%5B%5D=steal&fill%5B%5D=poked&fill%5B%5D=finger+nail&fill%5B%5D=crawled&id=69).

Talk to Thursday

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Before, during or after class.

Re: Talk to Thursday

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Oh, now explaining last week's absence in this class was going to be fun, Conner realized as he slowly ambled toward Thursday after class was over.

"Hi, um. Ms. Next?"

OOC

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Thursday's opinions do not necessarily reflect my own, except in this case where they totally do.