In Class Lab: Literacy Narrative

Vivid Detail: “Lydia climbed off the kitchen counter and waded through the deep water, dragging a small kitchen stool behind her. She positioned the stool in front of her linen closet, propping one foot on the stool and the other on the doorknob; then she climbed to the top self of her linen closet…Crouched there, she watched the water continue to rise. Her ceilings, she knew, were twelve feet tall. That water rose to above her height, then to above six feet, finally to about seven feet (pg.130 para. 8).”

Dialog: “Writing! Yeah, right! How did I manage to fail writing, and by half a point, no less? (pg. 1 para. 2)”

Sensory Description: “Entering the VFW hall, we were struck by a chemical odor of a cleaning solution so strong that it seemed toxic (pg. 128 para.2).”

Brainstorm:

1.       History day

2.       Agate

3.       Book reports

4.       Writing as a child vs. high school

5.       DBQs

6.       Ap history test

Consider your Rhetorical Situation:

5) Purpose: To fulfill the assignment

6) Audience: The audience is likely to have similar experience considering we’ve all gone through school and had to deal with hard writing assignments that we don’t always want to do.

7) Stance: My stance on this topic is that I no longer enjoy writing due to how harsh the assignments have become since being in middle and high school.

8) Media/Design: This assignment will be posted on my blog therefor it will be a typed narrative and I might include some picture if I feel it will help portray how I feel on the subject.

Generating Ideas and Text:

9) What do you see? First I see my elementary school with bright yellow walls, tiny chairs, and children’s art hanging everywhere.  Next I see the middle school, the big picture of the panther mascot on the floor, bigger chairs, bigger kids, less artwork on the walls and more assignment help such as dictionaries, atlases, and maps.

10) What do you hear? In my elementary school I hear kids, running, screaming on the playground. The sound of the rusty swing chains swinging back and forth as friends yell at each other to move out of the way to jump off. In middle school there is no running or screaming children, you over hear conversations of sophistication and once of gossiping teenagers. Then there’s the sound of the bell, greatly loved by all when it rings telling you that class is over, but 5 minutes late hated by many when rung telling you you’re late for your next class.

11) What do you smell? In middle school you smell axe from all the boys who strongly sprayed it on them and into the hallways.

12) How and what do you feel? In elementary you feel small, but free. You’re having fun, your classes are easy you’re a bright student who is told school will not be an issue for you, ever. And then you get to middle school and you don’t understand why you went from having 3 reassess a day to having none and on top of that 6 different classes a day with different students in each one and a different teacher. You fell like lunch is now your favorite and will now forever will be.

13) What do you taste? Minty gum is how you survive in middle school when starving and praying for it to be lunch time.
14) Describe each person: Mrs.Kragen was my 6th and 7th grade agate teacher, basically a smart class where you learned english and history, she had long brown hair which was messily thrown up everyday into a ponytail, pale skin and crazy eyes. She spoke loud, like really loud all the time! She would make up crazy sayings for specific things to help us remember them.
15) Recall (or imagine) some characteristics dialogue: "DON'T CHANGE TENSES" Mrs. Kragen yelled as she grabbed a chair a banged it on the table.
If caught talking or in some way disrupting the class all you would hear from Mrs. Kragen was "Go outside and count to 100" as she starred you down and sharply pointed outside of her classroom.
16) Summarize the action: In elementary school writing was fun, it was a chance to be creative and write short stories about what ever was chosen. But eventually 5th grade will end and you will have to make the transition, for me it was from being an orca to becoming a panther, Poulsbo Middle school is where I was enrolled the nest fall as a 6th grader. Not only did i make the transition to a different school but about 2 months into the school year i then made the transition to a harder class, agate. Agate was an advance program for kids who succeeded and were not challenged by standard english and history class. Changing schools and then changing classes changed how i felt about writing, the once loved subject which allowed me to be creative became a means of getting a grade and fulfilling requirements.
17) Consider the significants of the narrative: Since writing has become solely a means of getting a grade for a class I have learned to except that writing papers on subject that are uninteresting is now a part of my life and it will almost always be.