We’ll start with the Immersive Writing assignment. Rough draft is due March 9th and final is March 11th. We’ll spend a bit of time brainstorming ideas.
- What/who could you follow?
- What research might you need to do before/after?
- What might you be on the lookout for?
- What attitude do you currently have towards the subject? How does it change (if at all)?
Email ideas to immersiveessay@drop.io. Go here to see the ideas.
Then, we’re going to tear into H.L. Mencken’s Feminine Mind. We’ll read the first 5 paragraphs and each small group will be prepared to paraphrase the section and comment directly on that paragraph’s use of rhetorical strategies, especially persona, diction, and syntax.
As a contrast, we’ll read “Why I want a wife” by Judy Syfers. Comment directly on at least 4 paragraphs. Be prepared to compare and contrast with Mencken’s piece in terms of purpose, audience, and strategies.
Then, we’ll get a head start on the classic celebrity profile: Frank Sinatra has a cold by Guy Talese. The plan is to have a Socratic seminar/Fishbowl wherein half of the class discusses the first half of the piece while being watched by the other half and then we reverse. To be prepared…
HW: Read Frank Sinatra… and write a 300 word analysis that quotes at least 4 sections and relates them to how Talese uses quotes, specific detail, writing style, and diction to create a portrait of Sinatra. What is Talese’s purpose? What does he want us to see about Sinatra? How does he acheive this purpose?
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