Artifact Writing: October 16, 2017

Focus: How can you use artifacts to write memoir?

Please have out your white sheets from Friday's workshop with Jovan Mays.

1. Warming up with three good things and a reminder of our memoir overview

2. Thinking about Mr. Jovan Mays and using memoir to unpack artifacts

• His Nana's birdcages

• From ELIC: The falling man

3. Finding the story in your artifacts: Click HERE for today's memoir slides.

HW:
1. Spend 20-30 minutes continuing today's writing exercise. 

2. Bring your school copy of ELIC to turn in by Wednesday at the latest.

3. Come in for a conference (end or 3rd, all of 4th before second lunch, or after school) if you'd like to revise your cultural hysteria essay.