Writing About The Odyssey: September 17, 2019

Focus: How can a timed writing help you deepen your understanding of a text?

*Please turn in your school copies of The Odyssey.*

1. Warming up with kudos, questions, and epiphanies on each other's blogs

2. Walking through your first AP Lit prompt as a class; composing your first "Tuesday" writing individually

• Find the heart of the prompt and underline it.
• Brainstorm and/or outline in a way that works for you  (5 min).
• Don't start writing until you have an idea of what you're going to say after your first body paragraph.
• Write in the present tense.
• Go narrow, go deep (the more precise you can get with your examples, the better).
• MOST IMPORTANTLY: Let yourself discover new meanings as you write. End in a better place than where you started.

3. Wrapping up with thoughts on your first timed writing

HW:

1.  For TOMORROW:

• Bring East of Eden to class.

2. For FRIDAY: 

• Complete your final poetry response (autumn poetry packet given out last Wed).

• Read Chapters 1, 2, and 3 in East of Eden and complete your first reading ticket.