2. Agenda
Reflecting on the Event's Significance pp.
SMG 48-49
Vocabulary (Chapters 5-9)
Reading (HG through chapter 12)
Journal Writing
3. READ
Read these sections of the St. Martin’s guide
before you proceed. This information will help
you understand how to convey the significance of
your event to your audience
SMG p 37, “Commentary: Autobiographical
Significance”
SMG pages 625-633.
4. The Goal: Indicate the Event’s Significance
Show that the event was important
• Dramatize the event so readers can understand
your feelings about it.
• Show scenes from your point of view so readers
can identify with you.
Tell us that the event was important
• Tell how you felt at the time of the experience
• Tell how you feel about it now, in reflection.
5. The Strategy: Recall Remembered Feelings and Thoughts
Answer these Questions in Detail
• What were your expectations before the event?
• What was your first reaction to the event as it was happening and right after
it ended?
• How did you show your feelings? What did you say?
• What did you want the people involved to think of you? Why did you care
what they thought of you?
• What did you think of yourself at the time?
• How long did these initial feelings last?
• What were the immediate consequences of the event for you personally?
Pause now to reread what you have written. Then write another sentence or
two about the event’s significance to you at the time it occurred.
6.
7. HOMEWORK
Post #11: Answer the questions on slide #5, “Recall
Remembered Feelings and Thoughts”
Post #12: Journal 3
People in power always want more
power. Agree or disagree with this
statement and give examples from your
life, literature, or history to support your
answer.
Read: HG through chapter 12.
Study: Vocab (Chapters 5-9)
