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Assignment #1: Writing Territories/Making Lists for Writing Topics
Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer. ~ Barbara Kingsolver
In Collecting Your Writing Territories, Consider . . .and Make Lists of Ideas. Brainstorm what you can write about. Be specific.
memories: early, earlier, and recent favorites, now and then
obsessions pets, now and then
idiosyncrasies teachers, now and then
problems places: school, camp, trips, times away with friends and relatives
dreams hobbies
itches sports
understandings music
confusions games
passions books
sorrows poems
risks songs
accomplishments movies
fears writers and artists
worries food
fantasies pet peeves
family, close and distant beloved things-objects and possessions, now and then
friends, now and then all the loves of your life
fads
Adapted from Lessons That Change Writers by Nancie Atwell
Other ideas:
http://smoran.ednet.ns.ca/writing/writing_territories.htm
Other ideas:
http://smoran.ednet.ns.ca/writing/writing_territories.htm
Merrill, Jackson, and Harrison The Chicken Rap Colonel Sanders
ReplyDeleteBorn on the 9th of September
Took 40 years to make his first chicken tender
Father died in the middle of July
Before his sons first chicken thigh
Born in Henryville Indiana
His mom’s middle name was Anna
His first job was a conductor
Little did he know he would become a constructor
Enlisted in the military when he was only sixteen
His first wife’s name was Josephine
Wounded a business rival in gun fight
The babies he delivered would see their first light
First restaurant was in a gas station
His best workers loved their occupation
As his side job he practiced law
First KFC franchise started in Utah
After selling his company
He sued them for a lot of mo-ne-y
Some say that he cursed a baseball team
He got famous being outrageous on the TV screen
His company lived up to the American dream
At the end of his life he was buried in Kentucky
His wife and kids would be considered very lucky