New Deal/Depression Assessment

Agenda:

• Finish: Analyzing the Living New Deal website: The Living New Deal document
• CREATIVE WRITING: Vignette
• In the same document you did your photo analysis, using the same photo you analyzed, write a “vignette” based on your photo. This is your assessment for our unit on the Depression.
• What is a “vignette?” A vignette is a short, well written sketch or descriptive scene. Think of the two Steinbeck pieces we read-”Breakfast” and “The Turtle.” It does not have to necessarily have a plot which would make it a story, but it does reveal something about the elements in it. It may reveal character, or mood or tone. It may have a theme or idea of its own that it wants to convey. It is the description of the scene or character that is important. This is your chance to be very descriptive and creative! Paint the picture with your words. 
• This vignette should be at least 3 paragraphs. You will be graded using a six-trait rubric—with emphasis on word choice and voice, i.e., how detailed and descriptive you are. Use Steinbeck as an exemplar.
• Here is a student exemplar and another one