Nathan C's First Blog

Agenda:
   1. Poems
   2. Autobiographical Narrative ~ Examples/Guidelines/Prompts
   3. L.C. Work time:
      - Plot Rollercoaster
      - Luminous Passages
          * P.E.E.L. 

Homework:
   - Brainstorm A. N. (Autobiographical Narrative)
   - L. C. Work!

Today we started off with reading the poems, "Caged Bird" and our new poem "Lodged." Then we were given the guidelines to our Autobiographical Narrative Essay, and then we silently reviewed them, reading them over and forming any thoughts or questions about it. While this is happening, Ms. Witham reviewed the essay's guidelines, giving us notes and helping us understand it better. Then we were given an example of a narrative and read it together out loud. It was great. We talked about what made the essay stand out, especially the sensory details that captured how the writer felt so close to home at the beach.

We set up a new assignment in our Table of Contents naming it "Autobio. Narr. Brainstorm (at least 8 ideas)" on page 21. Since the project is due on Monday, we worked in our Literature Circle groups to work on our final project.