creative writing

the absolutely true diary extended

1. Cartoons: Halloween

Junior uses vivid imagery when describing his feelings during and after the attack on him on Halloween (p. 74). Cartoons drawn in class like those Junior creates.

2. Sketch: Junior and Gordy become friends

Teacher: Good morning everybody! It is a pleasure to have some lessons with you.

Mike: What is our task today?

Teacher: I am not interested in doing anything! But I have to keep you occupied. Here is a Math’s task.

Junior: Do you want to have the result with the help of a calculator?

Mike: He doesn`t get it.

Brian: The name of the neighbour of my neighbour`s neighbour is Redskin and he is as stupid as her!

Mike: And he always has got a sun burn.

Teacher: Silence!

Gordy: Yes, please I can`t concentrate!

Teacher: Now you`ve got some time to do it!

Junior: Sir, I have finished.

Gordy: I have finished, too.

Mike: I haven’t even started!

Teacher: All right. Arnold.

Brian: Excuse me! I thought your name was Junior!

Teacher: Arnold come here and write your result on the blackboard.

Junior: OK.

Teacher: I am sorry. But that is wrong! Gordy show me your result.

Gordy: But Sir, I´ve got the same result.

Teacher: No, yours is right and Arnold´s is wrong.

Gordy: Both are exactly the same.

- the bell goes -

Junior: Thanks…!

Gordy: No problem, my result was right and you had got the same, so…

Junior: Mh…I think you are a little bit nerdy!

Gordy: No, I am just extra clever.

Junior: Man I like you, dude!

Gordy: Yeah; we shall be friends.

Junior: Of course …see you…!!

3. Role-play: Mary-runs-away calls her family

Mrs Spirit: My only daughter... my little girl... now she is gone away. All in all I’ve spent my whole life in the rez.

Grandma: Ooh me too. Living here is hard. But that is the place where we are respected by some friends. And Mary gave up this security.

Mrs Spirit: Ooh my baby... I don’t know her anymore. Just because she spent all her time in the basement.

Mr Spirit: Hi Mom! Oh honey, what the hell is going on? Why are you crying? ... and why are you drinking? I thought you stopped this.

Mrs Spirit: I drink whenever I want!

Grandma: Your daughter has left us for love.

Mr Spirit: Agnes? Explain it to me.

Mrs Spirit cries.

- phone call -

Mary: Hello?

Mr Spirit: Where the hell are you, Mary-runs-away? Mom is crying and I don’t understand your grandma!

Mary: Ooh dad. I grew up in the past years... and now I married my Jacob, he is such a great guy and he loves me so much.

Grandma: Turn on the loudspeaker !

Mr Spirit: Who is Jacob? Does he live on the rez?

Mrs Spirit: No, he doesn’t. He is a fricking pig from Montana!

Mary: No he isn’t, Mom. He gave me all I ever wanted. I love my new home. Guess what happened, he bought me a diamond ring. Oh, I love Jacob.

Mrs Spirit: I conclude that she is pregnant... pregnant... pregnant

Mr Spirit: She is pregnant? Mary, are you pregnant?

Mary: No, I’m not!

Mr Spirit: Oh Baby... Do you really love him? I suggest it is our fault.

Mrs Spirit: Mary, come home! In what kind of building do you live?

Mary: Well... In fact it isn’t a house or something like this... Our home is a van. But we want to buy a house in Polson. It’s the town on the rez and we’ll have a garden and a dog and I’ll plant an apple tree. Can you believe it?

Grandma: That sounds great. I feel like I’m young again. You have hope my little bird. Don’t give up. Fly away!

Mrs Spirit: But is he able to provide for you at all? I mean he hasn’t got a regular salary, has he?

Mary: You don’t want to help me! You want to destroy everything. I hate you!

Mrs Spirit: Mary? Oh no... now she ended the call.

Grandma: Great, very good. You've done it wunderful. Now you have to face the consequences. Maybe she never wants to talk to us again. Perhaps we will never see her again.

Mr Spirit: She will come back. She always comes back.

4. "It was something out of Shakespeare." (p. 132): Comparing the match situation between Wellpinit and Reardan to Shakespeare