To Start:
In Class:
Coming Up:
Extra Office Hours:
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To Start:
Staple one copy of your rough draft to your completed rubric and turn it in up front. Then, read this article in today's New York Times.
In Class: We're going to be doing our first round of peer critique in pairs.
Coming Up:
Extra Office Hours:
To Start:
Consider these book covers.
(For a challenge , read "The Reason Every Book About Africa Has the Same Cover- And It's Not Pretty" by Michael Silverberg, which provided the cover montage and inspiration for this starter. In Class: First, we're talking about what makes an effective book cover (rubric here), and Project work time! Coming Up: The rough draft of your story is due before class begins on Monday. You must have:
To Start:
Read "Show Don't Tell", an essay by Chuck Palahniuk, the author of Fight Club. Then answer the following questions In your starter document:
In Class: First, we're going to talk about our timeline for the rest of this project. Then we're going to practice applying Palahniuk's rules in our own stories:
We'll spend the rest of the hour in work time. Shoot for at least one more page, or about 500 words. Coming Up: The first draft of your story is due before class on Monday. To Start:
Write an email or letter to your future self, in a time of stress, like exhibitions/SLCS/POLS/applications.
In Class: We're having an entire, uninterrupted day of project work time. Do not waste it. Yesterday, you wrote an average of 300 words. Today, aim for a total of at least 1000 words (2+ pages) by the end of the hour. At Home: Continue working on your first draft as needed. They are tentatively due in class on Thursday. |