We are continuing our quest to breathe life into writing as we seek opportunities to revise the story of our creative journey so that our readers can put themselves in our shoes. This is why details make the difference. By appealing to the readers' senses, you can more effectively write your experience and reach your readers. They can connect with you, even if they have never experienced what you have.
In Honors Survey of Literature, we begin exploring the power of stories and what Nigerian author Chiamanda Adichie calls the "danger of a single story." Please see the updated calendar for our unit, which outlines the reading schedule. Also, under Class Links, you will find the entire video of her speech. We will watch a short excerpt of this video in class. Here you can watch the entire twenty minute speech.
We will also begin to explore how to turn an essay into an original poem. It will be a fun and interesting experiment. Let's embark on a journey to prove that intelligence is, indeed, malleable.
I encourage you to share the article we read in class today, "The Secret to Raising Smart Kids," and the distinction between fixed intelligence and malleable intelligence.
*Please respond: When have you demonstrated that you are a mastery-oriented learner? What is a challenge that you found energizing?
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