Tuesday, March 5, 2013

**HW DUE FRI. 3/8**

12III 2nd/4th:

HW DUE FRI. 3/8: 

Think of an incident/instance/situation/scenario in your life that accounts for a small amount of time YET SIMULTANEOUSLY REPRESENTS a significant lesson, occurrence, etc.
  
Now, based on this event, compose ROUGH DRAFTS OF YOUR TWO 'PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES' ESSAYS AS FOLLOWS:


1) ONE DRAFT DETAILING THE EVENT from 1st person (YOUR PERSONAL) perspective 

2) ONE DRAFT DETAILING THE SAME EVENT/SUBJECT from ANOTHER PERSON’S/OBJECT'S/etc. perspective; i.e., someone/thing who/that ‘witnessed’ this same event (**1st OR 3rd PERSON IS ACCEPTABLE HERE 

**This set of TANDEM ESSAYS is meant to be shorter, capturing 'a moment/a few moments' in your life** 

--be decisive with your choice of details
--use dialogue, imagery, etc; MAKE IT INTERESTING
--incorporate humor, anger, honesty, grief, confusion, sarcasm, etc.; whatever emotions set the stage for the TONE of your essay topic   
--250-350 words for EACH DRAFT

--use the samples/models shown to you today as guides for composing your perspectives

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