Tuesday, December 1
In-class:
First Drafts DUE
Genre Fiction Workshop
Revision time and optional teacher conferencing
HW: Complete typed final drafts for Thursday
Thursday, December 3
In-class:
Final Draft DUE
Introduction to Creative Nonfiction (slide show w/ slide notes)
- forms
- purposes & possibilities
- examples
Read “The Zero-Moment Point” (excerpt from The Perfect Storm – handout)
- discuss purpose, strengths, and weaknesses of the form
HW: Read “Snapshot of a Dog” (handout); in ½ page or more, explain what this short example of literary memoir reveals about the dog, and what it reveals about the writer. Why do you believe James Thurber chose to write this essay?
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