Let’s talk about style and voice. What are they all about? This website explains it very well:
… Read MoreStudents often confuse writing style with some vague sense of personal style,
Category: Course Activities (Page 2 of 4)
Before class time on Wednesday, April 6, students will do the following…
- Read my Announcement.
- Write a NEW story in any POV you like (First Person or Third Person),
The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.
Neil Gaiman, American Gods
What do these words conjure … Read More
Before Wednesday, March 30, students will do the following…
- Read my Announcement (there are questions you need to be ready to discuss).
- Write Journal Assignment 5: Write about a
It all depends upon context and intention.
Janet Jackson
Think about a specific word that is considered “wrong or dirty or … Read More
POV Activity
… Read MoreWhile there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which
Before class on Wednesday, March 23, students will…
- Finish writing a short story based on your Journal 4 entry. Remember, you must tell it in Third Person and write 350-400
A recap about point of view…
The phrase “That’s my point of view,” is often used in the English language and sometimes stands in for an opinion. When we … Read More
Before class on Wednesday, March 16, students will…
- Read Ursula K Le Guin’s “The Wife’s Story.” (Click on the red hypertext.)
- Read my Announcement on POV.
- Revise your second memoir
By class time on Wednesday, March 9, students will…
- Read and respond to your Cohort’s Memoir 2, using the Peer Review Worksheet (go to Week 5’s Assignment page for the
