Full Tilt ~ Writing NuggetsNeal Shusterman

Writing Nugget #1 Guidelines

• Refer to Notes #5 (Written Responses

to Literature) and any other notes

• Correct punctuation, spelling, and

sentence structures

• Include at least 1 figure of speech (S,

M, O, A, P, H)

• Include at least 3 elevated words

Writing Nugget #1 - “Adolescence”

“It is adolescence that defines who we

are going to be. That’s the time when

we choose paths for ourselves that are

going to shade and define the rest of

our lives.”

~Neal Shusterman

• REFER TO NOTES #2 - #7

• INCLUDE AT LEAST 2 FIGURES OF SPEECH

• INCLUDE AT LEAST 4 ELEVATED WORDS

• USE CORRECT GRAMMAR, SENTENCE STRUCTURE, AND PUNCTUATION

• MUST BE AT LEAST 5 SENTENCES

• MUST BE IN PARAGRAPH FORM

• WRITE WITH FEELING!

Writing Nugget #2 Guidelines

WRITING NUGGET #2 – “SOMETHING SPECIAL”

Write about something that has special

meaning to you because it reminds you

of a person, place, thing, or time you

like to remember.

Writing Nugget #3 Guidelines

• Refer to Notes #2 - #7

• Correct punctuation, spelling, and

sentence structures always and forever!

• Include 3 Figures of Speech

(S, M, O, A, P, H)

• Include at least 5 elevated words

• Minimum of 5 sentences

Writing Nugget #3 - “Fear”“In time we hate that which we

often fear”

~William Shakespeare• Even today, his plays are performed more often than any other

playwright

• He is one of few writers whose work has been loved at the time it was

written and still be loved continually even today

• ½ of the audience who would watch his plays in the Globe theatre

couldn’t read, so Shakespeare knew how to write for the masses

• Did you know that of the 17,677 words that Shakespeare uses in his plays,

sonnets, and narrative poems, his is the first use of over 1,700 of them?

• REFER TO NOTES #2 - #9

• INCLUDE AT LEAST 3 FIGURES OF SPEECH FOR BLAKE AND 3 FOR QUINN

• INCLUDE AT LEAST 5 ELEVATED WORDS PER CHARACTER

• USE CORRECT GRAMMAR, SENTENCE STRUCTURE, AND PUNCTUATION

• MUST BE AT LEAST 5 SENTENCES PER PARAGRAPH

• MUST BE IN PARAGRAPH FORM (INDENT, TOPIC SENTENCE, ETC)

Writing Nugget #4 Guidelines

WRITING NUGGET #4 – “BROTHERS”

Write a descriptive paragraph

about Blake and explain if he is a

reliable narrator.

Then, write a descriptive

paragraph about Quinn and explain his

relationship with Blake.