Easy (100 words*) Write an obituary or a death notice about a person who has just died. Medium (250 words*) Write a eulogy* about a recently deceased person. Alternatively, write a diary page as if it were written by a grieving person dealing with and coming to terms with the passing of someone they cherished or loved. * A eulogy is a speech or writing in praise of a person or persons or things, especially one who recently died or retired. Difficult (400 words*) Write an account of the burial of an important person. Alternatively, write a diary page as if it were written by a grieving person dealing with and coming to terms with the passing of someone they cherished or loved (same as previously but longer). Extra-difficult (variable) Compose an elegy or a lament, ie. a poem that expresses sadness about someone's death. Wild card (variable) Describe the burial rites of the speakers of your language. What is the most common type of burial (above ground, underground, cremation, etc.) and why? Is the body buried facing a certain direction (if so, why)? What is a typical funeral like? Is there a mourning period? Etc.