Sunday, April 14, 2013

Monday 4/15

Freewrite:  Respond to the quote below:

David Sedaris
“A good [short story] would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit.”
― David Sedaris


1.  Discuss freewrite
2.  Share "Sensuality" pieces
3.  Activity:  Share your short story with a partner.  Read each other's story.  Prepare a short (yet creative) synopsis to read to the class.  *Imagine the story is being published, and you are prepaing a kind of 
"press-release" about it....  *10 mins - Share

4.  Invite students to read selected excerpts from their short stories.  
Articulate :  The context
                         Significance to narrative
                         Thematic implications

5.  Fiction Powerpoints