week of 4/23/13

Thursday:

Goal: Examine some 2nd-person writing. 

HW: Imitate either "Theme for English B" or "Girl" 

Option 1: Write a story/poem that is a list of advice to someone.

Option 2: Write a story/ poem that is a letter to a teacher. If you're angry about something, be tactful and don't use the teacher's real name, as that would be a little awkward for me.

First Step: "Theme for English B" by Langston Hughes.

Make a three-column chart on piece of paper. 

Walk around the room and talk to three different people. 

Left column:

1. Person's Name
2. Name of the city they'd visit if they could visit any city in the world.

Middle Column:

1. Their favorite line in the Poem

Right Column: 

1. Explanation of why it's their favorite line.

Then...

"Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid, read by Edwidge Danticat (4:00 to about 9:30 in the podcast)

If time: A few short stories?




Tuesday

23-minute class

Submit Short Stories

Hand back a few random odds and ends

Read a story or two.