Chapter 3 Profiles – We talked a lot about this last week, and Monday this week we will have student small group presentations on the chapter content.
Eulogy means words spoken in memory (or praise) of someone who has died. Now, quite often, the words are combined with musical audio and video of the deceased, for memorial services.
Example Audios:
Albinoni Adagio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eLU5W1vc8Y
Audio-Visual Eulogy EXAMPLE Performed by The Doors (few words)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bms33Rjj6iY
Pachelbel's Canon in D
London Symphony Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNbe34V1nog
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkSp8wc8lKw
Profile refers to writing that features a person, usually. The St. Martin's Guide extends that to include of a "place or of an activity that brings people together," in other words, a human situation.
COLLECT some notes for writing a profile of a person in-class next week!
Your first essay is about a personal event and the last chance for Peer Review is Monday of week 4 (at the end of class).
Students have asked for "more exact" instructions for the personal event essay. Your instructions include reading the whole of Chapter 2, Remembering an Event. That's your background to establish comprehension of the genre!
Your teacher shared an essay about a personal roots-seeking journey by James Webb, last week. It's an example of an extended V-Paragraph Essay form. We encourage students NOT to mimic the very stale five part essays of the past, but to get a little more creative...
Eulogy means words spoken in memory (or praise) of someone who has died. Now, quite often, the words are combined with musical audio and video of the deceased, for memorial services.
Example Audios:
Albinoni Adagio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eLU5W1vc8Y
Audio-Visual Eulogy EXAMPLE Performed by The Doors (few words)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bms33Rjj6iY
Pachelbel's Canon in D
London Symphony Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNbe34V1nog
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkSp8wc8lKw
Profile refers to writing that features a person, usually. The St. Martin's Guide extends that to include of a "place or of an activity that brings people together," in other words, a human situation.
COLLECT some notes for writing a profile of a person in-class next week!
Your first essay is about a personal event and the last chance for Peer Review is Monday of week 4 (at the end of class).
Students have asked for "more exact" instructions for the personal event essay. Your instructions include reading the whole of Chapter 2, Remembering an Event. That's your background to establish comprehension of the genre!
Your teacher shared an essay about a personal roots-seeking journey by James Webb, last week. It's an example of an extended V-Paragraph Essay form. We encourage students NOT to mimic the very stale five part essays of the past, but to get a little more creative...
maybe not THIS creative (there should be a line between chaos and good communication, after all).
Ask for an e-mail with the class
PowerPoints on
essay organization, if you still feel lost.
Note: employers are complaining that millennials are too stuck on detailed instructions to think creatively. Sad!
Ask for an e-mail with the class
PowerPoints on
essay organization, if you still feel lost.
Note: employers are complaining that millennials are too stuck on detailed instructions to think creatively. Sad!
Highlights of Essay Organization:
Introduction
Revision, editing and proof reading are essential!
Reminder:
Basic elements of a remembered event essay
A well-told story
Vivid description
Personal significance
Introduction
- General Statements
- Introduce the subject of the essay
- Generate reader interest
- Thesis Statement
- Names the topic
- Shows the writer’s opinion
- Is often the last sentence
- May offer an “essay map”
- Remember Unity
- Support the thesis with content
- Don’t wander off track
- Remember Coherence
- Use transitions
- Use conjunctions
- Avoid choppy sentences
- Signal end of essay
- Remind readers of main points
- Leave readers with final thoughts
Revision, editing and proof reading are essential!
Reminder:
Basic elements of a remembered event essay
A well-told story
Vivid description
Personal significance