My Contemporary Literature class has been reading some of Ray Bradbury’s The Illustrated Man. Today, they will responding to the following prompt:

In light of the supposed Mayan prediction that December 21, 2012 is when the world will come to an end, if you knew with utmost certainty that tomorrow was the LAST DAY OF THE WORLD, what would you do? In narrative form, (between 3 and 5 paragraphs) describe what your day would look like. When you are done with your DETAILED description, add one more paragraph in which you explain WHY you would do what you say you would do and then compare your response to the response of the couple in “The Last Night of the World”. I challenge you, dear students, to go beyond the obvious: I’m going to party it up! Think about it before you put in on paper. Think about the people for whom you care most. Think about what TRULY matters to you. Tell a story. Make this a reflection of who you are and what it most important to you.

I’m looking forward to reading and responding to their writings.