Activity # 1
Journal -- Describe someone who is a hero to you and explain why.
Activity #2
Discuss Chapter 1 in Back to the Lake
"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you will go." Dr. Seuss
"Learning to write is similar to learning to play the piano. You have to practice daily to improve your skills. Studying good examples also helps." Juha Haataia Give an example of something in your life that you have had to work hard at achieving.
"Good writers are usually good readers" ... "they read critically, paying close attention to the strategies and techniques that accomplished writers use all the time for presenting their ideas. (2)"
What does it mean to be an "active reader"?
"The word text, like the word textile, derives from the Latin word for weaving. A text is a written fabric of words. When you read a text with a critical eye, you unravel that fabric, looking at how the words fit together to make meaning. You also question what you're reading and think more deeply about your own ideas on the subject. (2)"
The Reading Process
Previewing -- looking over the text generally
Reading -- combing through it systematically from beginning to end, trying to discern the author's main point.
Responding -- Do you agree or disagree (or both) with the author's ideas?
Go over Active Reading Outline for Chapter 1
Video on active reading https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhdaOGmXcWs
Activity #3
Let's put that active reading into practice.
First, have you ever been through a tornado, a hurricane, or a severe thunderstorm? Describe how you felt at the time. Were you frightened, excited -- or did everything happen too fast? What were your thoughts and feelings once the incident was over?
The first "essay" you will write for this class is a narrative essay, or a story. We're going to read a narrative essay now and dissect it.In-class: Read, annotate, and discuss Wind by William Least Heat-Moon (handout from pages 34-35) from "Short Prose Reader"
Did you notice that Leola and Paul never mentioned their feelings in describing their adventure? What feelings do you think they had? How would you have felt? Would their account have been more interesting if they had included their feelings? Why or why not?
Gaining Word Power
Leola and Paul use some lively, descriptive verbs in telling their story:
...Paul gawked at me. (para. 2)
We hunkered in the corner ... (para. 3)
We clamped on to each other ... (para. 4)
It was just plain imbedded in us. (para. 9)
The same sentences are rewritten below, minus the verbs. Fill in each blank with your own definition of the missing word.
Paul ________ at me.
We __________ in the corner.
We __________ on to each other.
It was just plain ________ in us.
Go to the link below and copy and complete the active reading outline for further discussion.
Active Reading Outline
If there is time remaining, work on your Shitty First Draft response.
Homework: Read and annotate Chapter 6 -- Narration
Complete Chapter 6 Active Reading Online
Active Reading Online
Complete final draft of Shitty First Draft response
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