Harris Burdick Under The Rug Picture

I began using the book about 20 years ago in my high school classroom as a prompt for writing a story.

Harris burdick under the rug picture.

Under the rug under the rug. Just felt like posting this. Write a three paragraph story about this picture. I used the portfolio so that get students could select one of the pictures to have at their desk while they were writing.

You start to play it. The second paragraph should tell about what is happening in the picture. Harris burdick stories are short fictional stories the author makes up based on only three things. Inside were dozens of stories all inspired by the burdick drawings.

I didn t know grandpa had a gun but i found out when he pulled a loaded revolver from his pocket and peeked under the rug. And it s like somebody s nightmare in the 3rd grade our teacher had a copy of this book filled with black and white drawings fr. These fourteen drawings so the story goes were brought to a children s book publisher by a man named harris burdick along. Two weeks passed and it happened again.

In 1984 chris van allsburg gave us the mysteries of harris burdick. It wimped but ran out from under the rug. Here little kitty little kit argh he fell back like me and i saw blood gushing from his face. Jed came in with a chair and smashed it on the bump under the rug.

It consists of a series of images ostensibly created by harris burdick a man who has mysteriously disappeared. Burdick had written a title and caption for each picture. His briefcase lay open at his feet papers spewing from it covering the carpet sofa and coffee table. The first paragraph should tell about the man in the picture and what happened before this scene.

He returned with a dust covered cardboard box. Each image is accompanied by a title and a single line of text which encourage readers to create their own stories. This was a creative writing assignment i did a while ago. It s my own take on the picture titled under the rug by harris burdick from the book the mysteries of harris burdick the first sentence was given with the picture.

This portfolio is a perfect accompaniment to the book the mysteries of harris burdick. When i told peter wenders how difficult it was to look at the drawings and their captions without imagining a story he smiled and left the room. Two weeks passed and it happened again. The mysteries of harris burdick assignment 1.

Or he was supposed to be.