1. From the packet, read and annotate James Baldwin's essay from his collection The Fire Next Time and Stephen King's essay, "On Impact."See personal essay notes for guiding questions. Due Tuesday.
2. Work on revisions for summer essay. Be sure to include a process paragraph which addresses the following questions: What revisions did you make in this draft? How do you think these revisions strengthened your writing? How did the revision writing differ from the initial draft writing? Did you have any challenges as you revised your paper? If so, elaborate.
Tuesday:
1. Read "Rocking Around the Clock" by Elvis Costello, noting these guiding questions:
Read Elvis Costello’s piece carefully, taking note of elements like tone, voice, diction, and restraint (sometimes known as economy). Note how he reveals something of himself as he suggests music for every hour of the day. Especially, note his clear sense of audience. Who is he talking to? How is the audience invited in and persuaded to hang out with him for several pages? How does he use language to convey his own personality and reach out to his reader? How does he (subtly) build credibility with his reader? Due block day.
2. Work on revisions for summer essay. Make sure to include a process paragraph at end. See questions from Monday.
Block day:
1. Work on revisions for summer essay. Make sure to include a process paragraph at end. See questions from Monday.
2. Begin working on Costello assignment. Due Tuesday, 9/24. Here is an exemplar essay. Note the exemplar has 24, rather than 18 hours. You will only write 18 hours.
Friday:
1. Continue drafting "Rocking Around the Clock" essay. Due Tuesday, 9/24.
2. Read and annotate David Sedaris essay in packet from last week. Due Monday, 9/23
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