http://cuff-me-once.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] cuff-me-once.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2010-07-09 02:59 am
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The Pen Is Mightier [Thursday, 1st Period]

Rick's class would have arrived to find an empty classroom. This was because Rick had forgotten to allow enough time to make a coffee run before class started.

"Morning kids," he announced cheerfully, as he waltzed in five minutes late, carrying a large box and several trays of coffee cups. "I come bearing coffee and pastries."

After said coffees and pastries had been distributed around the room, Rick continued. "My name is Richard Castle, and this class is The Pen Is Mightier. Now the point of this class isn't so much to teach you how to write, though we will be touching on some of the fundamentals of that, but to explore some ways of writing creatively, by trying out new experiences and learning skills, then using some element of that new experience to write short creative pieces."

"But first, introductions, name, class, and an experience you've had or skill you possess that you don't think anyone else in the class has. For example, I'm Rick, I'm a member of staff, and I've worked with the NYPD." If by worked, you meant stalked a particular detective for research purposes and been occasionally useful to her. He pointed at a random student. "You next."

Once the introductions were over and done with, Rick started passing around two handouts. "We're also going to do a brief grammar exercise today," he explained. "The first handout explains a bit about what's known as the parts of speech, the differences between nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, you ge the idea. The second has a poem that is both written largely in nonsense words and also grammatically correct.

"Your mission, should you choose to accept it, which you are, you don't actually have a choice here, is to try to identify which words belong to which category. You can work with each other, and at the end of class I'll pass around the poem's glossary so you can check."

[OOC: OCD up.]

[Class Roster]
glacial_queen: (Sleeping-Exhausted)

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[personal profile] glacial_queen 2010-07-08 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Karla

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[identity profile] boho-to-be.livejournal.com 2010-07-08 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Christian

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[identity profile] boho-to-be.livejournal.com 2010-07-08 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"My name is Christian," Christian said, once it was his turn. "I'm in my last year. I suppose my unique skill is that I'm rather good at writing poetry."

Re: Grammar Exercise - PiM [01]

[identity profile] boho-to-be.livejournal.com 2010-07-08 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, mench was a verb, forelunch an adjective, and Moone a noun: That much was obvious, even simple.

But then Christian got to the next sentence and found himself utterly perplexed. He skipped it and moved on, chewing on his pen as he worked.
trigons_child: (Sleeping)

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[personal profile] trigons_child 2010-07-08 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Raven
trigons_child: (Writing)

Re: OOC - PiM [01]

[personal profile] trigons_child 2010-07-08 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I am highly amused that everyone who has pinged in so far has one name. ;)
trigons_child: (Looking to the side)

Re: Introductions - PiM [01]

[personal profile] trigons_child 2010-07-08 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"My name is Raven," Raven said softly. "I will be a junior in the fall. I do not know much of writing but a friend" -- thank you, Hannibal -- "had encouraged me to develop my creativity. As for my unique experience...." She paused, because most of what made her unique was not something she liked to talk about. "I am able to heal any injury by using my empathy to take it into myself and expel it elsewhere," she finished.
trigons_child: (Writing)

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[personal profile] trigons_child 2010-07-08 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Raven managed to drag herself from her room for class this morning. She knew if she stayed hiding in her room she would just do nothing but feel sorrow and pain, so she hoped class would distract her from her emo.
trigons_child: (Watching)

Re: Grammar Exercise - PiM [01]

[personal profile] trigons_child 2010-07-08 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Raven had studied grammar and magical languages in Azarath, so she had little difficulty piecing together the structure of the poem, but not the meaning.
glacial_queen: (Drinking OJ)

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[personal profile] glacial_queen 2010-07-08 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Karla was all over the pastries. After the events of Tuesday, she was still ravenous. It's entirely possible she was paying more attention to her pastries than she was the lecture. Sorry, Professor Castle.
glacial_queen: (Conversation 3)

Re: Introductions - PiM [01]

[personal profile] glacial_queen 2010-07-08 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm Karla," she answered, hastily swallowing a mouthful of pastry before speaking. "I'm a sophomore, and my unique skill is that I'm a Black Widow, a Healer, and a Queen." She paused. "Well, it's not entirely unique, as two of my friends are, too, but we're the only three triply-aspected Queens in Blood history, so...I guess it counts?"

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[identity profile] imonscholarship.livejournal.com 2010-07-08 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Dan Humphrey

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[identity profile] imonscholarship.livejournal.com 2010-07-08 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
C-C-C-Combo Breaker! \o/

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[identity profile] imonscholarship.livejournal.com 2010-07-08 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm Dan Humphrey, I'm going to be a junior in the fall," he said. "And, um, my dad's band had a one hit wonder in the 90's."

It was sad that Dan's one unique experience wasn't even his own. Brooklyn was boring, okay?
awakestheghosts: (Flopped)

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[personal profile] awakestheghosts 2010-07-08 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Chloe Saunders
trigons_child: (Pointing)

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[personal profile] trigons_child 2010-07-08 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Dammit! No! You are now to be known as Danhumph.

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[identity profile] aliceseesthings.livejournal.com 2010-07-09 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
Alice Cullen

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[identity profile] aliceseesthings.livejournal.com 2010-07-09 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm Alice Cullen," she said brightly, "and I'm a junior. As for my unique skill... well, maybe it's not quite so unique here, but I can see the future."

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[identity profile] daventryprince.livejournal.com 2010-07-09 09:19 am (UTC)(link)
Prince Alexander of Daventry