Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Mrs. Burr
(https://openenglishatslcc.pressbooks.com/chapter/personal-literacy-and-academic-learning/ )
a. Quoted from the article, “to be literate means to be able to communicate through
texts in ways that help you meet your needs and the needs of others.”
b. Quoted from the article, “When we learn to transfer our personal literate practices
2. Create a small timeline mapping your reading or writing history. Include memorable
moments.
d. 2020- wrote my short story that I am deciding to publish to the school magazine
Day 2 (2.21.20) “You Will Never Believe What Happened: Stories We Tell” By Ron
Christiansen.
(https://openenglishatslcc.pressbooks.com/chapter/you-will-never-believe-what-happened-stories
-we-tell/ )
a. Quoted from the article, “We all tell stories. For humor. For clarifying our view of
b. Quotes from the article, “We are naturally rhetorical beings who attempt to
engage those around us through narrative—we shape the events in our life so they
2. Explain this quote: “If telling stories makes us human, reading stories seems to put us in
a. I think this is plainly just saying that keeping in touch with the present times and
being able to read stories from different perspectives, brings out our ability to stay
open minded.
(https://openenglishatslcc.pressbooks.com/chapter/is-that-a-true-story/ )
a. Quoted from article, “To be honest, I was unsure how to do it effectively and a bit
b. Quoted from the article, “Sometimes I assumed students were simply being a bit
lazy; eventually, I realized that students were actually asking a specific question
in order to figure out if their writing would be acceptable in this particular
rhetorical context: “Does my story have to be true, like completely true?” You can
2. ??
Day 4 (2.27.20): “Adding The Storyteller’s Tools To The Writer’s Toolbox” By Clint Johnson
(https://openenglishatslcc.pressbooks.com/chapter/adding-the-storytellers-tools-to-your-writers-t
oolbox/)
i. “We ask, Does this make sense to me? Have I seen it bear out in my life?
Stories can provide new experiences by which people can make sense of
describe something using the senses not only gives an additional texture of
the author creates yet are not the author. Their words—dialogue—have
i. “You know that every good story is about conflict because conflict means
have competing interests and take action trying to achieve their personal
1. Record techniques used by Jerry to illustrate the concept “why some ideas survive and
others die”
b. Unexpected: Quoted from article, “It’s also important to know that comedy
thrives on irony—or in other words, the unexpected. The more unpredictable the
c. Concrete: quoted from the article, “When instructors say, “Show, don’t tell,” this
is what they mean. Telling is weaker because it gives a secondhand report: how it
was a classy concert hall where nobody would expect crappy equipment, how
Seinfeld gripped about the spotlight, how everyone thought it was really funny.”
d. Credible: quoted from the article, “One way is to borrow fame, as this article does
e. Emotional: quoted from the article, ”Projecting emotion is important but tricky.
Good writers don’t want to overdo it, and they don’t want to use fallacious or
unethical approaches, such as fear mongering. Done well, emotional appeals can
f. Story-based: quoted from the article, “The best story type for each piece of
writing will depend on its situation and purpose and audience, but using miniature
stories like the spotlight tale can be a great method for highlighting a writer’s
g. Conclusion: quoted from the article, “That’s the power of language to do things,
Day 7 (3.9.920): “The Narrative Effect: Story As The Forward Frame” By Lisa Bickmore (
might consider the possibility that we should think of all writing as storytelling.”
2. What ah-hah moment did you formulate about your upcoming memoir/draft from this
essay?
a. I don’t want to forget to make it as visual as I can, in order for my audience to feel
(https://openenglishatslcc.pressbooks.com/chapter/punctuation-memes-and-choice/ )
2. What’s interesting?
a. Make sure each side of the sentences with a semicolon can stand by itself