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Crit Thinking Topic: Introspection . College Prep 1-22-13. Lets Talk About MLK. -Thoughts? -Examples of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos -Don ’ t Forget EVIDENCE to back up your claims -Examples of a combination of two or more?. Lemme have em. - Pass your papers to the front please . Memoirs. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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CRIT THINKING
TOPIC
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INTROSPEC
TION
COLLEGE PREP 1-22-13
LETS TALK ABOUT MLK-Thoughts?
-Examples of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos-Don’t Forget EVIDENCE to back up your claims
-Examples of a combination of two or more?
LEMME HAVE EM -Pass your papers to the front
please
MEMOIRS- an autobiographical
sketch--especially one that focuses on the author's personal life or psychological development
- For our purposes
CHARACTERISTICS uA memory; a description of an event from the pastuWritten in the first person; told from one persons
point of viewuBased on the truth uReveals the feelings of the writeruHas meaning; shows what the author learned from
the experience uFocused on one event; about one point in the
authors lifeuAbout the authors experience more than about the
event itself
WHAT IS MEMOIR WRITING http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzLkI-as1VA
FAMOUS EXAMPLES….HAVE YOUR
READ ANY OF THESE?-Night by Elie Wiesel
-”I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou
- Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
WHY NOT READ ONE FROM ONE OF THE GREATEST POETIC MINDS OF THE 20TH CENTURY -Lets read “Graduation” by Maya Angelou.
-Jot down all the RAFT information available to you after you read the introduction
-As you read, annotate (look for the characteristics of a memoir we mentioned earlier) AND (ethos, pathos, logos).
6 WORD MEMOIRS-6 word memoirs are memoirs (DUR)
that are only 6 words long…no more, no less
-Before you say “oh that’s easy!”, keep in mind that you have to sum up your entire life in 6 words!!!!
-These are very difficult but are extremely useful when creating your own, longer memoir.
TIPS AND EXAMPLESHERE WE GO
LETS TRY SOME!!!-As we cycle through the pictures, write your 6 word memoirs
of these people
LINDSAY LOHAN
THE BEIBS
LEBRON JAMES
ADOLF HITLER
MR. MARTIN
YOUR TURN -Write a 6 word memoir of YOURSELF
-When you have finished your first draft, hook up with a partner and share.
-in your partnerships, ask the writer some probing questions like: does this encompass your essence? Is this all you have to say? Etc.
-HOMEWORK: 1) Post your 6 word memoir to the class wiki wallwisher 2) Post your 6 word memoir to the Smith website for possible publication!