Karen came and taught a memoir lesson. As usual she mentioned the due date for the final project, Tuesday, 26 January, 2010!!!!
The focusing theme for this lesson was Anger. Each class made a list of things that made them angry.
Karen read a short memoir/ essay piece called "Tar Baby" from Reading, Writing, Rising Up and asked to writers to notice the various kinds of evidence that the author, a former Jefferson H.S. student had used.
Types of evidence included: Personal Experience; Friends' Experience; Stuff that Happened at School; Newspapers; Internet; Movies; Books; the experience of the "Flaneur" (one who walks around philosophizing).
Writers eventually picked, or were assigned to a group. Writer's homework assignment was to search for evidence about why their topic would make them angry, using the suggested sources above, or others.
Writer's who missed Tuesday will be assigned a group in class on Thursday.
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