Week One : The Narrative Arc & Story Structure
Week Three :
Week Four : Writing A Biography
- Reading Grimm's Fairy Tales ("The Juniper Tree", "Rapuzel", etc.)
- The text of The Juniper Tree
- Building a "foiry tale" inventory:
- Read 2-3 fairy tales with in groups of 2-3
- Share a list using this Form
- Watching (TBA)
- Identifying the Inciting Incident and the Climax in the film
- Introduction to Cornell Notes, and note-taking
- Watching short biographies of other Inventors and Innovators (Nikola Tesla, Hedy Lamarr, George Washington Carver)
- Introducing the Biography assignment: Interview someone you know, and that you can speak with face-to-face. You may record them, or take notes, but your objective is simply to record a list of events from the beginning of their lives to now. Remember the questions we brainstormed in class as possible starters:
- What do you do now?
- What did you dream of, or hope to do, when you were my age?
- What inspired you to do what you do, or to become what you are now?
- What did you need to do to get where you are now?
- What obstacles have you had to overcome in your life?
- How did you overcome those obstacles, and did you have help?
- What was the most difficult decision you made?
- Who, or what inspired you along the way?
- What advice would you give someone who wanted to follow your path?
- What is the thing you are most proud of?
Week Three :
- Conducting your interviews
Week Four : Writing A Biography
- Organizing your interview; Identifying the Inciting Incident, Rising Action and Climax, for the purpose of our writing
- Presentation on writing a Biographical Profile
- Continuing our Reading of Night
- Rough Draft...
- Final Draft due ...
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