HOW DOES A WRITER MAKE HIMSELF UNIQUE, stand out from the crowd and provide the reader not just with information, but with insight? We are starting to shift from first-person prose into some of the nuances of non-fiction prose, and will begin reading an excellent essay by David Foster Wallace, while at the same time finish our workshop on the verb essays.

Monday

Starting class with a journal based upon footage from the opening of Woody Allen's Manhattan. Describe the opening. From there, we will continue the verb workshop.
HW: No homework.

Tuesday

Starting class with a journal based upon footage from the opening of Woody Allen's Manhattan. Describe the opening. From there, we will continue the verb workshop.
HW: Finish reading and writing feedback on the verb essays for workshop.

Wednesday

Journal: What is this place, this New Trier? Write this in the 3rd person. We will continue the verb workshop.
HW: Read the essay, "Consider the Lobster," by David Foster Wallace. His is an excellent example of a non-fiction essay which drips with style and voice, in addition to the rich, carefully organized and complex information he provides. Pay attention to his style and techniques as you read, annotating for that. Due Monday.

Thursday

Continuing with the verb workshop. We're focusing upon the conversation that happens when a workshop is firing on all cylinders. We don't want to endure four months of polite observations and timid suggestions. Join in the conversation! How would you revise the essay?
HW: Finish reading the last three verb essays that I passed out in class today. Revise and turn in your verb revisions one week from your workshop date!

Friday

Journal: Describe "New Trier" using the figurative language of metaphor and similes. Reading through chapter eight of Building Great Sentences by Prof. Landon.
HW: Finish reading "Considering the Lobster," by David Foster Wallace. Also finish the Didion essay for Tuesday.