Determining Your Question: September 4, 2019

Focus: How can we use a question to seek and find meaning in our personal essays?

1. Warming up with independent reading and considering what question your book may be trying to answer

2. Reading Glazner's "Foul Ball" and discussing his use of craft moves

3. Exploring how Glazner uses a question to structure his essay and considering what question you're seeking to answer through the process of writing your personal essay

HW:
1. Spend at least one hour of your own time reading your independent reading book.

2. For Friday:

• Bring your independent reading book to class on Friday.
• Complete at least one page of your personal essay draft (typed and double spaced).