Tag: Essays

ENGLISH 5 – 4/12/21, Monday

5-5:10pm:  What music did you listen to today, at the beginning?  What was the first track you heard?  What did it do for you? 5:10-5:35pm:  You and writing about you…. Where do you start?  Why? What do you want readers leaving with? OTP:  Leave your own essay having learned many things about our character and…

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English 5 – 4/5/21, Monday

5-5:10pm:  Settle in, talk to  each other about your day and your thoughts on the day itself, what it taught you. 5:10-5:35pm:  Your story… what characters are in it and how will you teach us about these characters? 5:35-6pm:  What is the truth to your story?  And if it’s not just one, then how many? …

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ENGLISH 5 – 3/31/21

5-5:10pm:  How was your day?  What did you see?  Where were you?  What did you do? *For tonight’s page:  There is always instruction right next to you and all around you.  Always.  Invariably. Also, if you’re ever “bored”, or blocked with writing, YOUR writing, make it not so.  And yes, it’s that easy. 5:10-5:35pm:  How…

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English 5 – 3/8/21, Monday

5-5:10pm:  Hello!!  Tell us about your journal and journal writing lately.  Any stories?  Anything you could turn into a longer work?  Say 4-5 pages, ABOUT YOU? 5:10-5:40pm:  Samantha Irby’s essay flavor…..  tell us about it. 5:40-6pm:  What writing does for a reader, for the one writing.  But more than that… LIFE.  What we want from…

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English 5 – 2/24/21

5-5:10pm: Narrate your day… write it out!! 5:10-5:40pm: Open discussion on EVERYTHING… what you want as a career, Lawson, writing, the essay we’re writing… EVERYTHING. The more you write, the more credit you accrue. 5:40-6pm: Our next author, Samantha Irby…. Look her up right now. What did you find? What does she seem like? Like…

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English 5 – 2/22/21, Monday

5-5:10pm:  Bonsoir!!  How is everyone doing?  Done any writing for yourself?  Any reading?  Does anyone in here run? 5:10pm-5:35pm:  Report on essays… where did you start?  What have you done? What do you want to do? FTP:  You should always have something envisioned for an essay, what you want the reader to remember and think…

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English 5 – 2/17/21, Wednesday

5-5:10pm:  Intro….  How was your break?  What did you do? What did you read, write?  Read or write anything for you? 5:10-5:35pm:  Lawson’s book….  What is your opinion? What did it show you? What do you wish it had done? If it did teach you something or connect with you in some unique way, what…

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English 5 Prompt for 2-page paper … 2/3/21

BEFORE I TELL YOU WHAT THE PROMPT IS, BE SURE TO EMAIL IT TO ME BEFORE OUR ZOOM MEETING ON MONDAY, 2/8/21 Respond to the following, in two FULL pages: How would you describe Jenny Lawson’s strength? Write your opinion, and support it. That simple. Don’t think of this as some English class paper. KNOW,…

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English 5 – 2/1/21, Monday

5-5:10pm:  Tell us a story from today….  Be sure to react to each other. 5:10-5:30pm:  Parts where Lawson connects to and speaks to you. 5:30-5:50pm:  How could this book help with an idea for the final essay this semester? 5:50-6pm:  Close… now what?  What do you want from Lawson?  What do you hope to see?…

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