Tag: nonfiction

Back in the classroom….

First prompt for a wondering and/or wandering writing –  Keep wandering.  Exploring.  Don’t seek definition, or any certitude.  There is a fine prize in whimsicality.  In exploration. Ask yourself what you want from your pages, from your journal.  Be prepared to have the past you talk to the present.  More than a time capsule, the…

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ENGLISH 5 – 5/3/21, Monday

5-5:10:  How are you feeling, now that the semester is over?  Plans for Summer? 5:10-5:40:  Sedaris…. -Your opinion. -What he showed you. -How you connected with him. -Are you going to read other works of his?  Why or why not? -Again, considering out semester’s dominant idea or theme of Truth, how is Sedairs’ truth-telling different…

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English 5 – 3/17/21, Wednesday

Quick meeting tonight…. 5-5:10pm:  Intro…..  How was/is your day?? 5:10-5:35pm:  Irby….  Where are you in the book?  (Don’t worry about spoiling…. Even if you know what happens, you still have to read and for your own opinions and reactions.) What is in your reactions?  How is Irby narrating her days versus Lawson? 5:35-5:50pm:  What do…

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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 1B, Wednesday, 4/22/20

6-6:10pm:  Intro, Narrating the day, checking in… how are you doing, what have you been doing…? 6:10-6:30:  Talk to us about your drafts, post excerpts below and questions for your colleagues.  ASK US QUESTIONS. 6:30-6:50:  What is the opinion you developed, and what do you want readers of your writing on your author(s) to learn…

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English 1B – Monday, 4/20/20

6-6:10pm:  Intro, Narrating the day, checking in… how are you doing, what have you been doing…? 6:10-6:30:  Talk to us about your drafts, post excerpts below and questions for your colleagues.  ASK US QUESTIONS. 6:30-6:50:  What is the opinion you developed, and what do you want readers of your writing on your author(s) to learn…

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English 1B, Wednesday 4/08/20

-Update on how you’re doing.  What have you been writing? -What is this teaching you, this being kept in place…. What shelter is it providing for your writing, your ideas? -What did you write about Lawson, in your typed response? -Lawson thoughts….  I’m dying to hear where you are feeling her intentions, and why she…

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3/29/20

Is Jenny Lawson someone writing with care, or carelessness?  And, carelessness isn’t at all a bad thing, necessarily. Jot your thoughts, below…

Narrate

your day. Whatever details and specifics you wish to include… Don’t paint a picture, transport readers INSIDE the visual.

Tell us a story below.

Make it truthful, funny, weird. Don’t fucking hold back. And don’t think. Just write.

Narration is

music. Life Poetry– Chords and beats and dances, Recital that molds moments from moments that molded the character writing, telling the story itself.