Day 1 fun: Where I'm From

Poems, poems and more poems.

1. Pick a favorite line from your poem (make it a complete thought or image or description) and put it on the board. This is the start of Chalk Talk.
2. After all comments are on the board, respond to four lines with constructive feedback. What is constructive feedback? Let's define that. Debrief the comments.
3. What's for homework for Tuesday? What does annotate mean? What's this about vocab? All questions answered as we dive into Frankenstein! Check out the essential documents for the syllabus and the vocab sheets.
4. Any questions or worries or anything, send me an email, stop by my office, or otherwise get in touch with me.

Welcome & Where I'm From

Welcome & introductions

1. The Blog and all its glory
2. Essential documents: course information, syllabus, goals, etc
3. Name game: Interview someone you do not know for six minutes. Really listen and take notes. Organize your notes into a short presentation about your partner.

Let's get reading and writing

1. The poem to inspire your own writing.
2. Let's take a listen.
3. Discussion: Is there anything you aren't familiar with? Is there anything you notice in the poem? What kinds of things does Lyon list or describe? What kinds of details does she remember about her past?
4. Brainstorm: free write for 5 minutes about people, places and things that define who you are.
1. Let's turn those ideas into metaphors and similes.

Homework

1. Check syllabus on blog.

Intros, Titles, Conclusions and more!

Here is the handout to help with the beginning and end of your essay.

Remember -- the essay is due on Tuesday at 3pm. Please bring it to my office OR have Lindsay put it in my mailbox. Remember the rough draft, the body paragraph handout and the final -- all together. If I don't have it by 3pm, it is late. nnnnnnooooooooooo.

Body Paragraph Work

Here is the handout for refining your body paragraphs. While we will do this only once in class, you can use this again and again ... and even next year. It was passed on to me by J and Nicole. They attended a conference and learned some super cool stuff!

Thesis work

Here is the handout for thesis work. This could prove helpful for other classes as well!

Final Analytical Essay

Here are more details.

Come to tutorial, ask questions in class, check the syllabus for the timeline of this essay.

Preparing for Battle Writing

Here it is!