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Humanities 10:
Truth in the Modern World

"Shitty First Drafts"

10/5/2015

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To Start:
Read "Shitty First Drafts," an excerpt from Annie Lammot's book, Bird by Bird. Then, answer the questions. (You may answer in a GoogleDoc or on paper, but commit to just one for the week.)
  • What's the point of a first draft, according to Lamott?
  • How does she suggest that authors go about writing drafts?
  • What ideas from this reading can you use in your own work?

In Class:
First, we're going to examine some example stories and a draft of the rubric for this project. 
  • Read through the rubric.
  • Spend ten minutes reading through at least part of one example story. 
    • Beyond the Beads
    • Motivation in Morocco
    • The Weeds of the Past
  • Use the rubric to evaluate the example story.
    • Write areas that need improvement in the column on the left.
    • Write areas that go above and beyond the criteria in the column to the right.
    • Write the score you think the story earned in the center column.
  • Let me know, in person, on your post-it, or via email, if you have any suggestions for the rubric.

Then we'll have work time. Use it wisely to get words down without being a perfectionist.

At Home:
Continue working on your first draft as needed. They are tentatively due in class on Thursday.
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