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Rock
Whateva', whateva', I do what I want!
Monday, November 21, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
Stevie King speaks the truth
I know I'm always going on and on about him, and he does have a reputation for being a horror-only writer. However, he really GETS writing. Read the following excerpt from his On Writing and follow the instructions I am going to post...soon: )
On Writing
On Writing
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
New Blog Response
Due: Monday by 11:59PM
Please read the following piece:
Thanksgiving
In a well-written, thoughtful response, please answer the following question:
In her essay, Jennifer New describes both her child-like wonder at her early Thanksgivings spent at her grandparent's home in the country and her disappointment that these holidays never fulfilled her ideals of the holiday. Why do you think major holidays are, by their very nature disappointing? What is the author's attitude(tone) about Thanksgiving and what she describes as, 'blockbuster holidays?' Do you agree or disagree with her assertion that there is too much focus on holidays being perfect/picturesque? Explain.
Please read the following piece:
Thanksgiving
In a well-written, thoughtful response, please answer the following question:
In her essay, Jennifer New describes both her child-like wonder at her early Thanksgivings spent at her grandparent's home in the country and her disappointment that these holidays never fulfilled her ideals of the holiday. Why do you think major holidays are, by their very nature disappointing? What is the author's attitude(tone) about Thanksgiving and what she describes as, 'blockbuster holidays?' Do you agree or disagree with her assertion that there is too much focus on holidays being perfect/picturesque? Explain.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Friday's Assignment
Here are the list of essay questions from Friday. All you had to do for today is choose one and prewrite. I'll leave them here for reference.
How did you get caught? (Or not caught, as the case may be.
Chicago author Nelson Algren said, “A writer does well if in his whole life he can tell the story of one street.” Chicagoans, but not just Chicagoans, have always found something instructive, and pleasing, and profound in the stories of their block, of Main Street, of Highway 61, of a farm lane, of the Celestial Highway. Tell us the story of a street, path, road—real or imagined or metaphorical.
Have you ever walked through the aisles of a warehouse store like Costco or Sam’s Club and wondered who would buy a jar of mustard a foot and a half tall? We’ve bought it, but it didn’t stop us from wondering about other things, like absurd eating contests, impulse buys, excess, unimagined uses for mustard, storage, preservatives, notions of bigness…and dozens of other ideas both silly and serious. Write an essay somehow inspired by super-huge mustard.
Spanish poet Antonio Machado wrote, “Between living and dreaming there is a third thing. Guess it.” Give us your guess.
While working at the Raytheon Company, Percy Spencer noticed that standing in front of a magnetron (used to generate microwave radio signals) caused a chocolate bar in his pocket to melt. He then placed a bowl of corn in front of the device, and soon it was popping all over the room. A couple of years later, Raytheon was selling the first commercial microwave oven.
Write about a time you found something you weren’t looking for.
How did you get caught? (Or not caught, as the case may be.
Chicago author Nelson Algren said, “A writer does well if in his whole life he can tell the story of one street.” Chicagoans, but not just Chicagoans, have always found something instructive, and pleasing, and profound in the stories of their block, of Main Street, of Highway 61, of a farm lane, of the Celestial Highway. Tell us the story of a street, path, road—real or imagined or metaphorical.
Have you ever walked through the aisles of a warehouse store like Costco or Sam’s Club and wondered who would buy a jar of mustard a foot and a half tall? We’ve bought it, but it didn’t stop us from wondering about other things, like absurd eating contests, impulse buys, excess, unimagined uses for mustard, storage, preservatives, notions of bigness…and dozens of other ideas both silly and serious. Write an essay somehow inspired by super-huge mustard.
Spanish poet Antonio Machado wrote, “Between living and dreaming there is a third thing. Guess it.” Give us your guess.
While working at the Raytheon Company, Percy Spencer noticed that standing in front of a magnetron (used to generate microwave radio signals) caused a chocolate bar in his pocket to melt. He then placed a bowl of corn in front of the device, and soon it was popping all over the room. A couple of years later, Raytheon was selling the first commercial microwave oven.
Write about a time you found something you weren’t looking for.
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