Did I mention the importance of reading your assignments? I can't remember.Okay, here's the official work for next class, plus a pasting of what you might try to bring your narratives more to life on the page.
Assignment:
- Personal Narrative: Prepare a draft of your essay, bring to class for your own use. We’ll spend time writing.
- Reading: Re-read portions of Chapter 4 that have to do with moving from sketch to draft. Also the essays mentioned below. A tip about reading: If you're having trouble with an aspect of your essay -- the beginning, the ending, or using specific details, etc. -- go back to the essays and read them focusing on JUST that element you're working on. For example, if you're struggling with your ending, go back through Chapter 4's essays and the ones that I'm posting on Blackboard and read JUST the endings to get a sense of how authors do it.
- Essay Examples: As I’m able, I’ll post more documents with essays for you to read and examine. As you know from the Chapter 2 (on reading), you should strive to read each piece twice (at least) to look carefully at what choices the author makes. I will put up examples that capture various styles of essays.
General tips/writing exercises from class that you might include in your portfolio:
- Pick a place in your essay and freewrite by adding dialogue, metaphoric language, a scene.
- Use the book’s questions about discovering the point of your essay. (Good questions to ask: pp. 105, 111-112)
- Find your point – the moment your essay builds up to – and freewrite about that moment. Try to avoid, “I realized…”; “Suddenly I saw that…” See if you can write more subtly.
As always, check here daily to see if I've made more posts - OR if your classmates have. Look also for comments on various posts that may post questions.
Have a safe weekend.
mc
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