CRIT THINKING

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INTROSPEC

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COLLEGE PREP 1-22-13

LETS TALK ABOUT MLK-Thoughts?

-Examples of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos-Don’t Forget EVIDENCE to back up your claims

-Examples of a combination of two or more?

LEMME HAVE EM -Pass your papers to the front

please

MEMOIRS- an autobiographical

sketch--especially one that focuses on the author's personal life or psychological development

- For our purposes

CHARACTERISTICS uA memory; a description of an event from the pastuWritten in the first person; told from one persons

point of viewuBased on the truth uReveals the feelings of the writeruHas meaning; shows what the author learned from

the experience uFocused on one event; about one point in the

authors lifeuAbout the authors experience more than about the

event itself

WHAT IS MEMOIR WRITING http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzLkI-as1VA

FAMOUS EXAMPLES….HAVE YOUR

READ ANY OF THESE?-Night by Elie Wiesel

-”I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou

- Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt

WHY NOT READ ONE FROM ONE OF THE GREATEST POETIC MINDS OF THE 20TH CENTURY -Lets read “Graduation” by Maya Angelou.

-Jot down all the RAFT information available to you after you read the introduction

-As you read, annotate (look for the characteristics of a memoir we mentioned earlier) AND (ethos, pathos, logos).

6 WORD MEMOIRS-6 word memoirs are memoirs (DUR)

that are only 6 words long…no more, no less

-Before you say “oh that’s easy!”, keep in mind that you have to sum up your entire life in 6 words!!!!

-These are very difficult but are extremely useful when creating your own, longer memoir.

TIPS AND EXAMPLESHERE WE GO

LETS TRY SOME!!!-As we cycle through the pictures, write your 6 word memoirs

of these people

LINDSAY LOHAN

THE BEIBS

LEBRON JAMES

ADOLF HITLER

MR. MARTIN

YOUR TURN -Write a 6 word memoir of YOURSELF

-When you have finished your first draft, hook up with a partner and share.

-in your partnerships, ask the writer some probing questions like: does this encompass your essence? Is this all you have to say? Etc.

-HOMEWORK: 1) Post your 6 word memoir to the class wiki wallwisher 2) Post your 6 word memoir to the Smith website for possible publication!