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WOC190 Spring 2022 Session 4

Class Notes and Homework Assignments

Day 12

W-Th Apr. 27-28

  • Share “postcards from the present”

  • Share observations on “I Remember”

  • Start writing “I Remembers”

Homework

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WOC190 - Final project
WOC190 - Final project

Due at midnight (11:59pm) on Sunday May 14 (China time)

Choose one of your three essays—the one you’re proudest of, or most interested in improving—and revise it into a complete, polished work that you could imagine being published in the Literary Atlas of DKU, or elsewhere.

➤ Work on final project

Get started revising the essay you’ve chosen. This should be your first priority!

➤ Write “I Remembers”

(Note: students in MW section may delay this deadline to Wednesday of next week if they so choose.)

Write at least 20 “I Remember” statements in the style of Joe Brainard’s I Remember. (Write more if you can!) Treat this as an exercise in “automatic writing” — try to produce a lot of writing. Keep writing constantly, just whatever comes to mind. Then delete the ones you don’t like and keep the ones you like.

Upload your “I Remembers” to our SharePoint folder, to the folder titled “I Remember.”

➤ GO BACK AND LOOK AT ENDINGS

Look at the endings of the following pieces: “The Old House at Home,” “Orange Crush,” “Southern Summers,” “Uncle Pat,” “The Man Who Eats,” and “Mazie.” For each one, ask yourself: Why does the author choose to end this way? Come prepared to share your answers next class.

➤ MW SECTION ONLY:

If you haven’t yet, write your “postcard from the present.” (See Day 11’s homework instructions for details.)

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