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Intro to Project 1

Intro to Project 1. WRA 150 9.5.2012. Today’s Goals. Discuss literacy Introduce project 1 Discuss memoirs. A few words about blogs…. To summarize. You should: Blog Make sure you follow the prompt (2-3 examples means 2-3 examples. Comment on your classmates blogs (it’s fun!).

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Intro to Project 1

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  1. Intro to Project 1 WRA 150 9.5.2012

  2. Today’s Goals • Discuss literacy • Introduce project 1 • Discuss memoirs

  3. A few words about blogs…

  4. To summarize • You should: • Blog • Make sure you follow the prompt (2-3 examples means 2-3 examples. • Comment on your classmates blogs (it’s fun!)

  5. What is literacy?

  6. Boring Definition • Literacy: The ability to read and write.

  7. More interesting • Competence or knowledge in a specified area. • So what does that mean? Can we be literate in things other than reading and writing? • Yes.

  8. So what are you literate in?

  9. Literacy Memoir • So with a broader defection of literacy let’s look at the first project. • Information about assignments will always be on the website on the “assignments” tab. • To the website!

  10. What is a memoir?

  11. So what’s a memoir? • Memoirs are structured differently from formal autobiographies (which tend to encompass the writer's entire life span), focusing rather on the development of his or her personality. The chronological scope of a memoir is determined by the work's context and is therefore more focused and flexible than the traditional arc of birth to old age as found in an autobiography. • (source Wikipedia, emphasis mine)

  12. So what’s a memoir? • A memoir really is an opportunity to reflect -- to look inside yourself and to say, "It’s not just all these external things that have happened to me. It’s really, how has something changed me? Why am I the person I am today? What were the big turning points in my life? What has caused me to have the outlook I have?” • (Source, http://www.creative-writing-now.com/what-is-a-memoir.html, Emphasis Mine)

  13. class Activity & In-class Blog • First we are going to listen to Mike Birbiglia. Think about these questions as you listen. • How does he tell his story? • How does it start his story? • How does it end? • Is there a theme?

  14. In-class blogLiteracy & Memoirs • In a blog I want to reflect on the story that we just heard. Here are some questions that might help with that process: • What did you like about this example? • What didn't you like? • How is this an example of a literacy memoir? Or maybe how isn't it? • How does this make you think more broadly about literacy? • Do you better understand memoirs after listening? • You don't have to answer all these questions, but pick a few that make sense to you are write about those. After I want you to think about project 1. Pick some ideas for your memoir and brainstorm. This should require a good deal of writing: 300-400 words.

  15. Homework • You will have readings. These can be found in the “readings” tab. The password to access them is “wra150readings”. • ELI: You need to get it! The class code is “dales910shout” You need ELI by Monday. Not having it will be bad. Don’t forget.

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