13 Kate Folsom: the basics of writing good shit that people enjoy readingigniteportland
Forget everything your teachers taught you in school and listen close: it's not about knowing how to diagram a sentence or tell the difference between elusion, illusion and allusion. Writing well is about getting ideas across in a way that makes people want to keep reading, and more importantly, not beat you about the head with your own work. I'll be giving simple tips for writing effective prose and not getting bogged down in trying to fit some paradigm of "good writing."
13 Kate Folsom: the basics of writing good shit that people enjoy readingigniteportland
Forget everything your teachers taught you in school and listen close: it's not about knowing how to diagram a sentence or tell the difference between elusion, illusion and allusion. Writing well is about getting ideas across in a way that makes people want to keep reading, and more importantly, not beat you about the head with your own work. I'll be giving simple tips for writing effective prose and not getting bogged down in trying to fit some paradigm of "good writing."
ELEMENTS AND THEME OF A LITERARY TEXT
English 5 Q1 w 1-5
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OBJECTIVE
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Identify the elements of a literary text.
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Infer the theme of the literary text.
BE POLITE
When someone gives you something
It’s good to say “Thank you”
Say “Thank you, thank you”
“Thank you very much”
Chorus:
Be polite, be polite
Have good manners and be polite
Be polite, be polite
Have good manners and be polite
When you want something
It’s better to say “Please”
Say “Please, please, please, please”
“Pretty, pretty please”
Repeat Chorus
When you want something
It’s good to wait your turn
Be patient, patient
And wait your turn
Repeat Chorus
When you do something by accident
It’s good to say “Sorry”
Say “Sorry, sorry”
“I’m very, very sorry”
Repeat Chorus
Unlocking of Difficult Words (using picture clues, context clues, and examples.
A.
crook
Say: “The crook is stole the lady’s bag.
“What do crooks steal? Why do they steal things?”
A.
argue
Say:“Don’t argue over who little things.”(show picture of two people arguing)
“Why do people argue?”
A.
deaf
Say:“The two girls are deaf.”(Show pictures of two deaf girls)
“Why do some people cannot hear?”
A.
crook
A.
Argue
A.
Deaf
A Letter Soup
By Pedro Pablo Sacristan
Once upon a time there was a very evil and
unpleasant crook who only ever thought about how to get
money. Seeing anyone happy bothered the crook
enormously. What he hated most was when people were
polite and courteous to each other, saying things like
please and thank you, and don't mention it. It annoyed
him even more if they were smiling when they said these
things.
The crook thought all those kinds of words were a
useless waste, and weren't good for anything. So what
he did was spend a lot of time inventing a machine
which could steal words. With this machine, he
planned to steal 'please', 'thank you', 'don't mention
it', and similar words people used to be polite. He
was convinced that no one would notice if those words
were to suddenly disappear. When he had stolen these
words, he intended to take them apart and sell the
letters to book publishers.
Afterhestarteduphismachine,peoplewouldopentheirmouths,intendingtosaykindandpolitethings,butnothingcameout.Allthosewordsendedupinsidethebigmachine.Justasthecrookhadhoped,inthebeginningnothinghappened.Itlookedlikepeoplereallydidn'tneedtobepoliteafterall.However,afterawhile,peoplestartedtofeelliketheywerealwaysinabadmood,doingeverythingreluctantly,andfeelinglikeeveryoneelsewasbeingforeverdemandingofthem.So,withinafewdays,everyonewasangryandarguingovertheslightestlittlething.
The crook was terribly happy with his success, but he didn't count on a couple of very special little girls. Those girls were deaf, and had to communicate using sign language. Now,becausethe machine couldn't steal gestures, these girls continued being kind and polite. Soon they realised what had been happening to everyone else, and they found out about the crook and his wicked plan.
Thegirlsfollowedhimtohishideoutonthetopofahillnexttothesea.Theretheyfoundthe
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2. How Not To Use Quotations
"Anyone can be sorry for the donkey with its galed
back, but it is generally owing to some kind of
acident if one even notices the old woman under
her load of sticks"
This quote by George shows that people care more
about the donkeys than the people. It also shows
the old woman had to carry a load of sticks that
the donkey could have carried instead and I don't
think it is fair either.
3. "Anyone can be sorry for the donkey with its galed
back, but it is generally owing to some kind of
acident if one even notices the old woman under
her load of sticks"
This quote by George shows that people care more
about the donkeys than the people. It also shows
the old woman had to carry a load of sticks that
the donkey could have carried instead and I don't
think it is fair either.
4. Spelling Errors are
You must always
unforgivable in a
introduce a quotation!
quotation!
"Anyone can be sorry for the donkey with its galed
back, but it is generally owing to some kind of
acident if one even notices the old woman under
her load of sticks" know Orwell! Use Surnames only!
You don't
This quote by George shows that people care more
about the donkeys than the people. It also shows
the old woman had to carry a load of sticks that
the donkey could have carried instead and I don't
think it is fair either.
You are meant to write in something called formal
continuous prose… and that means no contractions!
6. Point
• What point are you trying to make in the first place?
• How does the point relate to the main THEME(S) of
the text?
• What is the best way of introducing your point?
7. Evidence
• Does your evidence really support or prove the
point you are trying to make?
• How much of the quotation is actually needed?
• Have you presented the evidence correctly?
8. Explanation
• Unless you explain what your evidence
shows, you are wasting your time.
• Your explanation needs to show or explain
the relationship between the evidence and the
point you are trying to make.
• Simplicity and clarity are always the best
strategies.
9. Look... A Donkey!
• Let's look again at the
quotation I've selected...
• 1st: What aspect of the
THEME does it illustrate?
• 2nd: It's a long quotation…
do we need to use all of it?
• 3rd: What point are you trying
to make by using it?
11. Main Theme
The end of
colonialism is
inevitable...
PS: Morocco was a
French colony… Orwell
is British, but he was
visiting Morocco!
12. How To Use Quotations
"Anyone can be sorry for the donkey with its
galed back, but it is generally owing to some
kind of acident if one even notices the old
woman under her load of sticks"
First: MAKE SURE IT IS SPELLED CORRECTLY!
13. How To Use Quotations
"Anyone can be sorry for the donkey with its
galled back, but it is generally owing to some
kind of accident if one even notices the old
woman under her load of sticks"
First: MAKE SURE IT IS SPELLED CORRECTLY!
14. What Does The Quotation
Illustrate… And How?
• It has to illustrate something related to the
theme if it is to be worth using...
Quickly write down what you think the
quotation has to say about the MAIN
THEME of the essay.
(2 minutes!)
15. What Does The Quotation
Illustrate… And How?
• Which part of the quotation is actually the
important bit?
Quickly select the word(s) that are actually
related to the main theme. The skill is
remembering that you want to use the
minimum of words from the original and are
allowed to paraphrase the rest.
(2 minutes!)