ANNOUNCEMENT #11. Collages: Please locate yours and check to see

that you have answered the four questions

on the back.

2. If you have not, please see the PowerPoint for Thursday, Sept. 17, for the questions and

turn back in ASAP.

Post-Reflection: On the backside of your poster!

As you look at your collage, notice the types of images you selected, the colors, and how you arranged them.

1) At first glance, what do you think the board says about you?2) Consider: WHY did you choose those pics and place them

where you did? 3) Were you surprised by anything? Any connections /

patterns / feelings / thoughts you see that you weren’t aware of before?

4) What is one thing you believe others will learn about you from this story board?

ANNOUNCEMENT #2

Your 6-word narrative PowerPoint slide should be emailed to me no later than

class time tomorrow.

Locate a half sheet of

paper and a pencil and answer the following questions with your

elbow partner.

PERSONAL NARRATIVES

WHAT IS A “PERSONAL NARRATIVE”?

Digging Deeper into Personal Storytelling

5. List five things you can think of that relate to summertime

gardens

4. List four words that describe a Midwestern “end of summer” type of day in August and September:

3. What do we mean when we say “the dog days of summer”?

2. “Back in the day,” air conditioners were a luxury and most

people did not own one. List two ways a kid in the 1950s

without air conditioning might have coped with the heat:

1. Do your parents have a “saying” they repeat when they are

trying to get you to go do something instead of just sitting?

Write it down- one per partner!

Who is this famous Minnesotan?

The circular story:

…when an author structures the telling of the tale to end the way it began.

**Garrison’s trademark**

Sometimes, comedians use modified versions of the circular tale format in jokes:

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=brian+regen+spelling+bee&FORM=HDRSC3#view=detail&mid=C045FA7AE566A4996A97C045FA7AE566A4996A97

The Art of Garrison’s Storytelling

He uses first person – feels like he is talking to YOU

Creates visual images with words – “imagery”

Repeats important phrases – “anaphora” – to emphasize key ideas

Characters speak – “dialogue”

He comes through as the author – “Voice”

How he felt comes through – “tone”

Why did he tell it?!?! – “Lesson learned”- “Life is what you make it”

• He introduces the story with the air conditioner tale – “Tomato Butt” has a

beginning, middle and end – he then comes back to the air conditioner tale by

repeating the lesson learned

While you watch the video, …

Make a list of the things you

SHOULD do and the things you

should AVOID in a narrative writing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjqpZbYe6xA