Packet #3 Workshop/POV exercise

AGENDA:

Workshop items in packet #3

Turn in POV exercise for classwork grade

Submit a workshop item for 4th marking period (if you have not already)!

POV/ Zora Neale Hurston

AGENDA:

Finish POV exercise
Discuss  "Sweat"

1. Why do you think Delia stays with Sykes after he has been so abusive towards her?
2. What is the significance of Delia being a washwoman? Why, of all professions, might Hurston have chosen this one?
3. Do you think Delia is a meek or strong character? Why or why not?
4. Are there any redeeming qualities about Sykes?
5. How does Delia's faith help her through the hardships in her life? Would she have survived without her religion?
6. How do the village men on Joe Clarke's porch add to the story? What does their dialogue and comments say about them? About society in general?
7. Why is the setting of Florida important to the story?
8. What is your opinion on the dialect found in "Sweat"? Is it distracting? Rich culturally? Awfully confusing?

Workshop?

Yearbook poem/Point of View Exercise

AGENDA:

Copy and paste a poem 12-20 lines for the yearbook in the comment section of this blog. (I will send it to Ms. Rudy).

Title of poem
by  (Your name)
Poem

Work on Point of view exercise.

Select a new short story for workshop on Friday.

HMWK: Read "Sweat"

Yearbook Poetry/New workshops

AGENDA:

Select a poem to be included in the yearbook---12-20 lines

Select a new piece for workshop

Check out these blogs:

http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/origin-stories-fiction-by-prompt/

https://mastersreview.com/craft-lessons-and-prompts-experimental-literature-and-a-clockwork-

http://www.poewar.com/fifteen-craft-exercises-for-writers/orange/

PORTFOLIO/end of marking period

AGENDA:

Continue work on portfolio for marking period.

20 pages  due on Thursday--a combination of short and long stories, exercises, etc.

Refer back to prompts on blog for more prompts.