Acuity Tomorrow!

The title says it all.  Be ready to acuitize (let's just pretend it's a real word) to the best of your ability tomorrow.

The honors classes are pushing themselves to find the most powerful craft moves their authors have used so that they can write the best author's craft essay they can.  Don't settle for something that anyone reading the story can identify easily.  Look a little deeper for craft that demonstrates a depth of thought, an insight.  You know symbolism is my favorite and there are plenty of examples out there in your stories, but there are plenty of other ways to get deep as well.

For Thursday have one or two or five claims written for your topic.  Try to have two-three body paragraphs written out as well.  We are in dog draft stage so there is no need to worry too much about nailing everything perfectly.  But these paragraphs should be essaying.  Our exploring days should be finished for a while.

In the standard class we went over the two charts of craft moves/techniques and the goals of those techniques.  Here's a link to the pictured charts.  Tonight and tomorrow night you should be exploring the possibilities your stories hold.  Write two pages in your writer's notebook about the craft moves you see and the ways the author is using them.  Remember, just identifying the craft moves will not be enough.  You need to understand why the author uses the moves when he does.

All classes...prepare those debates and presentations.

Until next time...