Genre Study - Memoir
If you want to learn to shoot a basketball, you begin by carefully observing someone who knows how to shoot a basketball. If you want to be a writer, you begin by carefully observing the work of accomplished writers.
Begin with an explanatory PowerPoint, move to "Culture Comes to Pearl Street."
How does this selection fit the genre study we've just done? What is the author reflecting about? How did this encounter change her? Why?
How is the main idea of this selection reflected in its title?
Point out the beautiful descriptive language and strong verbs.
Point out how the opening paragraph mimics the main idea.
Point out how the opening paragraph mimics the main idea.
1 Topic = 18 Topics (Write Like this p. 13)
Homework: Disclosure Document due on Friday, August 17th.
Collected: 18 Topics as an exit pass
Coming Up: 15 minutes SSR, Benjamin Franklin's memoirs
