This I Believe…

So, we’ll start with the Show, don’t Tell bit. Imagine you had this sentence:

The morning was cold.

How can you rewrite the sentence so that it show rather than tells?

Next, we’ll look at an example of a great essay from the This I Believe site: T. Susan Chang’s “The Imperfect Traces Left by Human Hands.”  We’ll talk about it in class.

Then, you’ll look at Josh Rittenberg’s “Tomorrow Will Be a Better Day” and in a blog post answer the following questions.

1. How does Rittenberg hook the reader? What’s happening?
2. What specifics does Rittenberg use to emphasize how older generations saw horrible things in their lifetimes?
3. How does Rittenberg use specifics to demonstrate his hopefulness?
4. How does Rittenberg use the title to make his point?

After we talk about that, I’ll ask you to see the paper assignment and the pre-write form.

If we have time, I want to talk about Crisis vs. Conflict and  why crisis less important than conflict and how it can be demonstrated rather than told.

HW:  Hefty pre-write finished for the personal essay.