Journal Entry #11

School has started. I am going to a new school this year. It is a very small Christian school with about seventy students. Instead of going five days a week, I go two days a week and am given enough homework to fill the other three days (and the weekends, as I am beginning to discover). I have an assignment for my American Literature class to write a legend. I haven't been doing much writing lately, just reading, so I'm excited to buckle down and let my creative juices flow. My Literature teacher gave us five major characteristics of legends that we are supposed to incorporate into our legends: 1) Story is told as though it is true; 2) A story from the past about a subject that was (or is believed to have been) historical; 3) Contains fantasy/unrealistic elements; 4) Handed down though generations; 5) Often used to teach cultural values (similar to a fable) or explain a natural phenomenon. I'll post my legend as soon as it's finished. In the mean time, wish me luck!