Week 4
Blue and Black, by Lee Krasner (1908-1984)
Good day, to you all. Hope you are well.
Today we will start by looking at past work and then to the narrative work you were to get started on for essay 3. This means we will spend a little bit on last week's blog post, which we had no time for in class. We will review the grammar of verbs, sentence punctuation, and use of quotations. We will get through as much as we can, including the use of apostrophes!, reserving the final draft of summary work described as homework below to next week's classwork. Your narratives (essay 3) are due in class this week or next, as you like. We are scheduled for a very short midterm essay next week in the latter half of class, but I may push that to week 6.
Here's a link to a piece on storytelling–spoken word–that contains points that apply to the writing of stories, too. ----------------------
Here's a link to a piece on storytelling–spoken word–that contains points that apply to the writing of stories, too. ----------------------
Homework: (#3) Find one article or news item that you know you'd like to report on and bring it to class or the means of accessing it. We will use your particular topical interests as a practice work in class, next week or the following as time allows. You will earn points simply for having it with you next week, along with the draft summary described below:
Summary/Response and Quotation Work: Read the essay "Eleven," by Sandra Cisneros, in chapter 6 of your textbook Mosaics and then describe in summary form the author's story, just enough to give a clear sense of her focus, the arc of its development, and a sufficient and interesting review of a major point and her means of support or illustration (one to two paragraphs, please). Quote one or more lines or parts of lines that convey her experience(s) particularly well. Punctuate the very words she uses as direct quotations and see that they “fit” grammatically in the sentence and paragraph in which you have placed them or set them off.
Bonus: An instructive sort of narrative here, from an artist, writer, techie, about doing what matters in life. You might like it:
https://transom.org/2014/jonathan-harris/
Summary/Response and Quotation Work: Read the essay "Eleven," by Sandra Cisneros, in chapter 6 of your textbook Mosaics and then describe in summary form the author's story, just enough to give a clear sense of her focus, the arc of its development, and a sufficient and interesting review of a major point and her means of support or illustration (one to two paragraphs, please). Quote one or more lines or parts of lines that convey her experience(s) particularly well. Punctuate the very words she uses as direct quotations and see that they “fit” grammatically in the sentence and paragraph in which you have placed them or set them off.
Bonus: An instructive sort of narrative here, from an artist, writer, techie, about doing what matters in life. You might like it:
https://transom.org/2014/jonathan-harris/
*You can review the guidelines for using quotation marks at the following URL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/577/01/
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Grammar Practice: Review the following exercise/practice work:
Review the material on pronoun use here:
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