3rd class 8.28.12
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This document contains an in-class journal prompt asking students to write about an incident revealing someone's true character along with follow up questions. It also contains quiz questions defining an anecdote, strategies used in personal essays, the meaning of entomology, the definition and an example of a cliché, and homework assignments to post an introduction and answer journal questions about assigned reading.
3rd class 8.28.12
- 2. In-class Journal 8/28/12 Tell me in at least 100 words about 2. An incident that revealed the true character of someone you knew. Answer the following questions about this experience: • Why did the incident occur? • What events led up to it? • How was it resolved? • What were its short- and long-term outcomes? • What is its significance now?
- 4. Quiz
- 5. 1. What is an anecdote?
- 6. 2. For personal essays, writers primarily use three strategies. Name one of them.
- 7. 3. What does “entomology” mean?
- 8. 4. What is a “cliché”? Give me an example of one.
- 9. E.C. Why did the narrator consider himself and his dog clichés?
- 11. 1. What is an anecdote?
- 12. 1. What is an anecdote? A brief story that enlivens* your writing while introducing a topic or illustrating an idea. *to make something come “alive”
- 13. 2. For personal essays, writers primarily use three strategies. Name one of them.
- 14. 2. For personal essays, writers primarily use three strategies. Name one of them. • Narration • Description • Reflection
- 15. 3. What does “entomology” mean?
- 16. 3. What does “entomology” mean? The study of bugs
- 17. 4. What is a “cliché”? Give me an example of one.
- 18. 4. What is a “cliché”? Give me an example of one.
- 20. E.C. Why did the narrator consider himself and his dog clichés?
- 23. Homework for Friday, 8/31/12 • Finish posting your introduction on Blackboard • Read pages 155-157. In your journal answers the questions on page 157.