You looked over your classmates poems and pointed out lines that stood out to you and lines that presented a strong image or feeling.
Three of you read your poems aloud and at least two of you centered your poems around specific events (Brandon's a snow day in his hometown and CeCe the financial crisis that plagued Saginaw). You were asked to circle any lines in your poem that centered around a specific event. You will use these as potential inspiration when you write a narrative about where you're from.
What Makes A Good Story
We compared and contrasted our feelings about the two readings from this weekend, Decoded by Jay-Z and Chapter 2 of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. We talked about the things we liked in each piece and the things we didn't. The biggest thing we didn't like about the chapter we read from The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is that the chapter felt a little bit like a list of events one after the other which made it a little monotonous versus the excerpt from Decoded where we actually had scenes. From this we can conclude that a good element of storytelling is to show what happened rather than tell.
Homework
- Write a narrative about Where You're From using your poem for inspiration. It should be one-page single-spaced (two pages double spaced). Do not go over this page limit. (Due Wednesday, Sept 19)
- Read "My Ill Literacy Narrative: Growing Up Black, Po and a Girl, in the Hood" by Elaine Richardson, pgs 48-60 in The Mercury Reader (Due Wednesday, Sept 19)
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