Monday, January 30, 2017

Writing Territories--Assignment #1 Making Lists

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MLA Heading (in left hand corner):

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Teacher name
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Open a word document.  Put an MLA heading on top.  Create a full page of YOUR Writing Territories.  Save your document.

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

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                                                       Adapted from Lessons That Change Writers by Nancie Atwell

Other ideas:

http://smoran.ednet.ns.ca/writing/writing_territories.htm

1 comment:

  1. Merrill, Jackson, and Harrison The Chicken Rap Colonel Sanders
    Born 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

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