TITLE, LOGLINE AND GENRE EXERCISE

 

DIRECTIONS:  For each poem, create a Genre, Summary and Logline. In your summary you will incorporate the RULES OF THE GENRE      to justify your choices. 

 

   Your paper must be

 

EXAMPLE: 

 

THE POEM

Mary had a little lamb

Who’s fleece was white as snow

And everywhere that Mary went

The lamb was sure to go

 

GENRE:  Monster in the House

 

TITLE:     Following Mary

 

SUMMARY:  Mary is a cocaine dealer who purposely laced her product with toxins in order to extend the amount and be      able to sell more.  She sells this tainted cocaine to a teen customer who then shares it with friends.  They kids die from the tainted cocaine and come back to stalk, torture and ultimately kill Mary.

 

LOGLINE:  She looks like an angel but deals like the devil. Now there’s hell to pay.

Mary had a little lamb

Who’s fleece was white as snow

And everywhere that Mary went

The lamb was sure to go

Hey! diddle, diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wal

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall

All the king’s horses and all the king’s men

Couldn’t put Humpty together again

Jack and Jill went up the hill,
To fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down, and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.

Jack be nimble,
And Jack be quick;
And Jack jump over
The candlestick

Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep,
And can't tell where to find them;
Leave them alone, and they'll come home,
And bring their tails behind them.

Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn.
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Where is the boy that looks after the sheep?
"He's under the haycock, fast asleep."
Will you wake him? "No, not I;
For if I do, he'll be sure to cry."

Little Jack Horner
Sat in a corner,
Eating his Christmas pie.
He put in his thumb,
And he pulled out a plum,
And said, "What a good boy am I!"

Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating of curds and whey;
There came a spider,
And sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet away.

Mistress Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With cockle-shells, and silver bells,
And pretty maids all in a row.

Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard
To get her poor dog a bone;
But when she came there
The cupboard was bare,
And so the poor dog had none.

Rock-a-bye, baby,
   In the tree top:
When the wind blows,
   The cradle will rock;
When the bough breaks,
   The cradle will fall;
Down will come baby,
   Cradle and all.

The rose is red,
The violet's blue;
Pinks are sweet,
And so are you!

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe,
She had so many children, she didn't know what to do;
She gave them some broth without any bread,
She whipped them all soundly, and put them to bed.

Three blind mice! See, how they run!
They all ran after the farmer's wife,
Who cut off their tails with the carving knife!
Did you ever see such a thing in your life?
Three blind mice!

 

 

Genres:

Monster in the House

Golden Fleece

Out of the Bottle

Dude with a Problem

Rites of Passage

Buddy Love

Whydunit

Fool Triumphant

Institutionalize

Superhero