Directions To You: August 21, 2019

Focus: How do you generate topics for personal narratives?

1. Warming up with "Directions To Where I Live"

• What did you notice?

• What surprised you?

• Which lines felt important?

2. Introducing you to our first unit: Narrative Journeys

3. If time allows, experimenting with another topic generator: Boundaries Writing

4. Highlighting key parts of the syllabus and introducing you to the website

HW:
ASAP:

• Please join our class Remind account either by accepting the invitation I sent you on Saturday or by clicking here.

For Friday:

• Complete and print your first poetry response (click HERE if you need the packet).
• Make sure you (and hopefully your parents/guardians) have completed the survey I sent you last week.
• Reread Books 1-4 of The Odyssey (we'll do our first Socratic ticket in class).
• Have our course syllabus signed.