Due by NOON Wednesday, Sept 16. PLEASE NOTE: WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE “WATCH AND WRITE” IN CLASS ON MONDAY, SEPT 14–I WILL GUIDE YOU THROUGH STEPS 2-4

If you were in Monday’s class, please make sure you do #1 and #5.  If you were not in Monday’s class, make sure you do 1 through 5!!

If you have not done the homework for last Friday, you can do it for partial credit!

1.COMMENT: Please comment on at least two of your peers’ posts about Education narratives from last Friday.

(We will go through the following in class on Monday– so if you were in Monday’s class, you don’t have to do 2-4 again.:)

2. READ: “Tardy” by Lynda Barry.  https://jackshalom.net/2018/10/17/tardy/

3. THINK: Think of one specific incident that changed your views on education. Picture the scene (for example, when Marlys walks into the office and gets her tardy slip.) 

4. WATCH and WRITE: Please watch and do the activity outlined in the following video (link below) by Lynda Barry (she’s the person who drew the comic “Tardy!”). LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjmwJX4KobY&feature=youtu.be

You will need: 

  • Two pieces of paper
  • Something to write with 
  • A few words (“When Miss Speck told me I was going nowhere in life”) describing a scene from your life that changed your views on education.  Write this description at the top of one piece of paper. This will be the “X” page (meaning, you draw an X right through the page. 
  • Ignore the screen that says “pause play.”

You will do the following exercise– just follow along. To clarify: you answer the questions Lynda Barry asks anywhere on the X page. Answer in note form. The “X” is to remind you that the rules of the paper are off– you don’t have to write in the lines.  

After you’ve answered these questions, you’ll write the scene out in paragraph form, like you’re writing an essay or a story. 

5. Type up and POST your paragraph to the website. (Those of you who were in class on Monday will still have to do this step!) The point of this paragraph is to write a scene about a turning point in your educational experience using Concrete, Significant Detail.

Keep in mind that this, like every exercise we do, is meant to help you toward your essay writing.  I hope that you find a scene you’ll be able to use in your essay– and if not, I hope you learn something about writing scenes.Â