Course Recap for Thursday, September 13, 2012

Details, Details, Details
We looked at two poems about the authors' hometowns, "Where I'm From" by George Ella Lyons and "Courageous Dream's Concern" by Jack White (See Class Links).

We examined how each poem used very specific details to paint a picture of the place they are from.

Homework

• Write a one page poem about where you're from. (Due Tuesday, Sept 18)
• Read Decoded by Jay-Z pgs 20-25, see Class Links (Due Tuesday, Sept 18)
• Read Chapter 2: Clover from The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, pgs 18-26 (Due Tuesday, Sept 18) *You need to have all of Part One of the novel read by Thursday, Sept 27*
• First Blog Post due Monday Sept 17 (This is your last blog post reminder.  Remember blogs are due every Monday and Friday from this point forward until the end of the semester.)
• 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 Thursday, Sept 20)

Possible Blog Post Topics (choose one) 1. Tell me a brief story about where you're from. Use your brainstorms from class Wednesday as a starting point if you don't know what to write about. 2.Have you written in a genre lately that was unfamiliar to you? What was that process like? How did you determine the correct way to complete this genre? Was it hard or easy? Why?