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Now that we have started our Colonial Short Story- what are you writing about? In detail explain your idea and ask fellow students for any help or ideas! This is a good forum to get feedback and to see if others think your idea is writeable or not.
Students- this week I would like you to post about your story idea as well as offer feedback to others. Please think about returning to the blog several times this week to comment!!!
As always post by Friday morning!
My stories about a indentured servent as the main character. The indentured servent falls in love with his master's daughter. The master's daughter also loves the indentured servent. But after a while of their romance the master finds out... To find out what happens with the indentured servent and what the master's girl feels about her romeos acts you'll have to read my story. But I have one problem I don't know what to name the characters, the master, the daughter and the indentured servent! If you have any ideas please do tell me! Thanks!!
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking about writing about a story where the Spanish attack a small village in the South colonies. I got the picture with the halberd and I will use it as a weapon in the story; Even though the halberd is used for decoration. The Spanish pirates will show no mercy towards the colony. The pirates have made an alliance with the natives by telling them that the colony will try to take over the land. A young colonial boy whose father was mercilessly slaughtered in battle, will arise to seek his revenge. This might be a bit extreme but whatever.
ReplyDeleteMy short story is about a man who loves cockfights and wants to make money off of it. But the man steals chickens from a farmer because he doese not have enough money to buy chickens. But one night as the man trys to take steal some chickens the farmer see who was taking his chickins and the man goes to jail
ReplyDeleteI am thinjking about writing a short storey about what would and could of happend if the indians were to not let any of the villagers have any of the food they had and gone to war with the villagers. there will also be a part about the indians burning the crops and the indians will go to war with the villagers and obducting some of the villagers to use as hostages to get back the land the villagers took from the natives I got te picture of the armys courters and i will use this as a scene were the indians attck the courters and steal some of the villagers weapons. Does anybody think this is a good idea why or why not thank you for your help. -NOAH SMITH-
ReplyDeleteMy story is about an indian attack on roanoke island. The first time the indians attack they fail and lose all thier wepons. when they come back with simple knifes they find a barrel of worms (tools to get dirt out of the holes of stuff) and attak the indians. should i write my story in first person or second person
ReplyDeleteMy colonial short story is about a woman named Mary who is charged of being a witch. She is married to a man named William and has two kids named Eve and John. My picture that i have to use is of gambling so i plan to make Mary's husband William have a gambling problem and write that when she is charged of being a witch, he quits his gambling.-Wendy out
ReplyDeleteMy story is about a girl(about 14) not wanting to marry and her father does. She runs away with her slave that she names Sara because Sara becomes her best friend and then she falls in love with a man she meets on her journey. THen she goes back and tells her father and marries john.(the dude that she met)any ideas?
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My short story is going to be about a family of four and a wheelwright. The son is going to be the apprentice of the wheelwright. The family buys a slave to help escape to Canada where there is no slavery. Along the way the town sheriff stops Jebidiah his father (traveling on a wagon) and the slavehiding in the hay in the back of the wagon. Suggestions?
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My story starts when Jane goes to a husking bee and Samuel kisses her because he found red corn. Her father then takes her away and forbids her to see him. They cultivate a hidden love for about a year. Jane's dad is a silversmith while Samuel's dad is a blacksmith. Jane's dad wants her to marry someone of higher class now that she is being courted. She doesn't want this to happen and rebels. Then one night around Christmas Samuel kisses Jane under the mistletoe while everyone watched. Jane is then put on house arrest and eventuallt sneaks out and runs away with Samuel.
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Jordan R- maybe the two dads are competitors and that is why they don't want their kids marrying? Thoughts.
ReplyDeleteMichael- Why would this family buy a slave and then want to go somewhere where slavery is prohibited? Are they trying to save the slave???? - Mrs. Nadell
ReplyDeleteAustun, Try writing it in first person from the point of view of a colonist, maybe a young militia colonist? It would add a nice touch... Mrs. Nadell
ReplyDeleteNoah, maybe to add a nice twist you have an indian who strays from the pack and sneaks food to a young colonist with whom he has become friends... Mrs. nadell
ReplyDeletemy short story is going to be about a family of 5 whose father is a silversmith. the family is trying to helpa slave escape to new england to escape the hard work. I have the picture of the people playing ball. What should I do with it?
ReplyDeleteI have (what I think is) a great plot for the colonal story. My story is about a south plantion daughters (jane)and a slave(Peter) that fall in love. The story starts how the two younge fall in love. Jane and peter plan for themselfs and peter's family to run away to be free. Just as everybody is about to leave Jane and Peter are caught, Peter's family get away. Peter is tortured to death and then Jane hangs herself. I think once I am done writtign this (what I think is) a wonderful story. If anybody can give some input that would be cool.
ReplyDeletemy story is about this family moves from england to virginia and the son of the family makes eye contact with a girl he saw and instantly liked her. he goes to the husking bee and husks a red corn and he kisses the girl. but he finds out that she kissed her twin sister instead of the girl he saw. the girl he saw got jealous and thats all i have... Any ideas for an ending???
ReplyDeleteThe story I'm going to write is going to be from a teenage girl living in the middle colonies who is in love with a boy who is accussed of murder. I just need help on how to start the story because I have it written in my head, almost. Any ideas would be great :D
ReplyDeleteWell for my Short Story I wanted it to be based upon the Witch Trials. But the twist is, A white man falls in love with the accused Whitch (she's a black weaver). She goes to church and she lives under her master's rules. She doesn't know that 'Scott' the man that has fallen in love with her, because she's so focused on being free from the Witch Trials. I don't know how I make the Romance grow between 'Scott'(white man) and 'Malindi'(slaves name). I was thinking about adding another person. She works for Malindi's master as well, but I don't know of a intresting name to really suite the other lady. I was thinking maybe she could be a person that actually does witch craft and Malindi see's her. Or something. I don't know, I was wondering how I could make the Romance with Scott & Malindi grow. Also how I can tie in another person to make the witch trials more exciting.
ReplyDelete~GeddyBrandt♥(:
Sami- maybe the ending could be about how the twin got over jealousy or maybe the boy falls inlove with her twin. O.o
It's a thought.
My short story is about a white crimanal who is always running from the cops.that is all i got for now so if you guys could throw me some challenges the crimanal has to go through to get away from the police that would great thanks
ReplyDeleteIm writing about when the colonist go to find more land they find an island. The colonist start to build houses and things like that. Then the colonist find out that there are natives living there. So the colonist attack the natives, and one of the colonist meets a native that is nice and says that they mean no harm and the colonist goes back and tells all the other colonist that the natives are friendly. After they are peiceful with eachother they work together to survive on the island.
ReplyDeleteMy short story is about the Middle Passage. There is a little girl and her mom. On the way over to America late one night her mom breaks out of the chains and tries to escape. The people incharge of the ship awaken and kill her. They then throw her overboard to the sharks. Keke, the little girl, is then left with no one to compfort her in the horrible cruel smelly ship. I was wondering what I can do to add more excitement and conlfict? Summer Barnhill
ReplyDeletegeddy- i like your idea about having another person. i tink you should have malindi see her doing witch craft. then maybe they would practice together.
ReplyDeleteSummer- you could make the conflict really detailed.
ReplyDeleteMy short story is about aoys named Johan and his brother Jimmy who is taken from their home to be a slave and they trip to amerca and how they go to look for gold for their master and they see a rainbow and they go to the end of it and find a huge amount of gold and their master is delighted and he makes them his sons and then they become famous.
ReplyDeleteFor my short story I am going to do a story were there is an apprentice and a slave that wan't to escape. In the end they escape and get to canda
ReplyDeleteSummer maybe you could say that one of the guards falls in love with the little girl and then tries to help her get back to Africa. Or maybe the guy (who falls in love with her) buys her then takes her back to Africa where his grandma live and he makes her an indentured servent then she falls in lve with him too and the get married?! Hope I helped Raman
ReplyDeleteHannah maybe Sara could be African and when she runs away she gets enslaved and then Johns a American and he buys her and falls in love. Then takes her back marries and then bring her and her dad to America and moves to Canada or something. Hope I helped Raman!
ReplyDeleteMaybe the twins are walking around the port, after they've made up and see the boy they both like unloading slave and whipping them or something and they both start hating him. I hope I helped Raman
ReplyDeleteSami- Thanks for the idea! (:
ReplyDeleteGrant- How or why would the Escape to Canada? I think you should explain why they would, 'cause in colonial times... Canada wasn't discovered yet. O.o
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ReplyDeleteMy short story will be about The declaration of independence being stollen involing three main charaters Hancock, Christopher, and James. This will mostly be based of Natural Treasure. It will be different those. Just using the main concept. Taking place in the South.
Well Mrs. Nadell, Michael clearly said that a family wanted to buy a slave to help him/her escape to Canada. The family would then let the slave go. Canada=No Slavery. The family could start by building a new life for the slave. Michael, you could do a part where the sheriff checks the hay in the wagon. Then when the slave is almost revealed, Jebidiah kills the cop. He now must make a risky escape to Canada without the town suspecting anything. If Jebidiah is caught then he is sentenced to be hung. If not.... I ran out of ideas.
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ReplyDeleteI am going to be a a regular person living in salem. I have been accused of witch craft by those lying girls. while everyone is being hung around me my trial is about to begin. I finally die and im in a happier place. Even though I die im happy and realize that the witch trial was a trial to freedom.
For my own short story i am goiing to talk about a indian slave. He has to work hard through the winter but he becomes il whille working and is facing death.
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ReplyDeleteNoah- I think your idea sounds really good, especially the part where the native americans took hostages. I think it'ds such a good idea because it could have really happened and was a big conflict during that time.
ReplyDelete-Jordan Raymond
I'm writing about a teen couple who were going to get married when the girl was accused of being a witch. She is going to have to make some decisions that go against her morals. She will have to decide wheather being truthful, or lying so she can live and get married, is more important. I'm using the picture I got as the place where the guy purposes.
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ReplyDeletemaybe the court person is scott and he saves her from the witch trials and then they fall in love? i don't know it was just a random idea! :)
~Hanna Hanson :D
Thanks Ramen for the idea! I think I may use it! :D~Hanna
ReplyDeleteMy short story is going to be about a well known apothecary, being convicted of a homicide when he really wasn't. A few days before the patient came into his office, the patient got a treatment at a different apothecary, which purposely killed the patient. But, then the patient went to the well known apothecary, which made it seem like it was the well known one that was behind the homicide. In the end, there is going to be a twist that i haven't yet thoughtt of .
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This story is about a colonial boy, William, that lives with his uncle, the cooper named Peter. The boy befriends a slave boy owned by a very rich master. William decides to free his friend but he doesn't have enough money to buy and free the slave. So William gets inside one of Peters' barels and sneeks into another aritocrats home to steal money. William gets the money and frees the slave boy. But the aristocrat finds out he has been stolen from so William and the slave boy become fugitives and run away.
ReplyDeleteThis my story and I was wondering how to incooporate some Native Americans. So please reasponed.
-Sean S. Baumgartner
my story is about a young boy who has no where to live and sneaks on a ship to get to the new world on the trip thy are attacked by pirates and he is taking hostage. i am trying to put in a lot of action that is my goal.-jordan carlson
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ReplyDeleteHanna- That sounds like a really great idea! I will put that into consideration!(:
ReplyDelete~GeddyBrandt♥(:
My story is about a young women who has a husband named Scott, and his wife's name is Geddy(:. ^__^ They get robbed by native americans and Scotts friends Sir Talpes to find the robbed items
ReplyDeleteben thanks for the great idea and sean nice idea
ReplyDeleteSean maybe the native american helps Peter get out of trouble or that a native american says that you were with them and not stealing. Or maybe even the native people pay the for the money that Peter stole Raman
ReplyDeleteBrooke, add more detail. Like, what did they take and why?
ReplyDeleteDon't just say that they took stuff. Talk about a sliver bowl that was made out of money. Something like that
-GeddyBrandt