Friday Freewrite: September 16, 2016

Focus: How do we start writing memoir?

Please turn in your printed essays with the purple checklist stapled to the front. If you have not yet printed yours, you have until 3:00 pm to turn this in. 

1. Warming up with Friday Freewrite #1:  "Directions to Where I Live"

• Exploring a few student samples (printed copies only)
• Writing your own

2. Understanding what memoir is and how it works in this class; click HERE for the overview.

3.  Returning to Thomas's narrative: How does it overlap with Oskar's?

• What directions have these two narrators given us to where they live?

HW:

1. If you have not yet acquired a journal, make sure you get one by Monday and bring it to class. Select one that suits your tastes.

2. First reading assignment: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: Pages 35-85 for THURSDAY. You will have 30 minutes on Monday and 30 minutes on Wednesday to read.

3. First memoir assignment: Next Friday (Sep 23), bring in a collection of items that have significance to you (ticket stubs, printed photos, hospital ID bracelet, etc.).