All assignments due Monday. You will receive your family on Wednesday, so get excited!READ: RF Chapters 1 & 2
Narration Chapter in text (read by Wednesday's class in case you have any questions)
WRITE: Formal Essay #1: Narrative: Write about an experience in which you became aware of "who you are." In other words, relay a story that reveals something important about you. Describe a moment that was important in shaping your identity.
Potential Ideas: A time you...
...handled peer pressure
...stood up for or against something
...advanced an unpopular view
...stood up for what's right
...made yourself proud
...hit rock bottom
...perservered
...succumbed
...triumphed
...lost big
...gained something invaluable
...learned a truth from your past (i.e. Oprah)
...hid skeletons
...buried the truth
...really grew up
...leaned on family
...asserted individualism
Keep in mind: advice from the reading, MY KEY, narratives are told from the first person, relate the significance as well as tell the story, give it a cool title (not just "First Hand Experience" or "My Family" or "What I Know." Try: "Swimming in Drugs" or "The Dark Half: My Devilish Brother."
This is you coming out party so utilize all the tenets of good writing you know. This is will be our jumping off point for the semester.
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