Senior+Writing+-+December+7+-+11

=Monday, December 7= = = =Tuesday, December 8= = = =Wednesday, December 9=
 * No classes!
 * ===Syllabus===
 * ===Class procedures and reasons===
 * ===questionnaire===
 * ===Warm-up:===
 * ===Words often confused #2===
 * ===Look at Sedaris story===
 * ===how do you feel about the narrator?===
 * ===How does the author make you feel that way?===
 * ===Questions on Sedaris story===
 * ===Word choice is powerful in writing.===
 * ===The fewer words you use, the more powerful each word is!===
 * ===What is an anecdote?===
 * ===a short and interesting story told to make a point and make readers and listeners laugh. ===
 * ===It's personal ===
 * ===Write your own anecdote!===

= = =Thursday, December 10= = = =Friday, December 11=
 * ===Are you trying to get out of this class as fast as possible?===
 * ===You have until next Wednesday, December 16===
 * ===Essays will be picked up to be graded===
 * Diction warm-up:
 * "letting the door __thud__ shut"
 * ===What is an autobiography?===
 * ===Story author tells describing own life.===
 * ===What is a memoir?===
 * ===Story author tells about a particular period of own life.===
 * ===Six-word memoirs===
 * ===[|youtube video]===
 * ===Write your own six-word memoirs===
 * ===worksheet===
 * ===Finish your anecdote!===
 * =warm-up:=
 * =Commonly Confused words #2=
 * =Friday newspaper work!=