"Alone"

Assignment:
Read the following short piece from a memoir that starts with exposition (explaining what it feels like to be alone) and then transitions to narrative. I am providing you with the exposition part. You need to write a little narrative that relates. Tell me a story about a time that you have felt alone.

"Alone"

Some days I wear alone like a coat, like a hood draping from my head that first warm day of Spring, like socks bunching up inside my sneakers. Like that.

Alone is how I walk some days, with my hands shoved deep in my pockets, with my head down, walking against the day, into it then out again.

Alone is the taste in my mouth ome morning, like morning breath, like hunger. It's lumpy oatmeal for breakfast when Mama doesn't have time to cook and I still don't know how much oatmeal and water and milk will make it all right.

However, one period of time that I really felt the most alone was when...

Memoir Practice

Think about a place that means a lot to you, a place that when you look back you have a lot of memories that you associate with it. Tell me about the place and two of the memories that you have had there and what you think about those experiences now that you are older and wiser.

Night

Night

Persuasive Practice

Write the introduction to the following persuasive prompt. Be sure to have an observation, this makes me realize, and thesis with three reasons.

________________ is the best season. Persuade others to agree with you.

Christmas Vacation

Tell me about one special event or activity that you did over break using the sentence transofrmers we studied in class.

Write at least two paragraphs telling me about the activity or event and a few sentneces at the end telling me how you used the sentence transformers.

Racial Cleansing in America

Go to the address below:
http://cds.aas.duke.edu/audio/index.html

Scroll down to look for "Racial Cleansing in America." Once you have found it, click listen to the podcast.

Assignment: What do you think about what happened in the small town? Share your opinion, but be sure to back it up with what you just listened to online.

Gossamer

What did you think of the book and the show? Which one, in your opinion, did you think was more interesting? Please be sure to talk specifically about characters and plot. Do not give just a general two sentence answer.