The Power of Love

HOMEWORK: Finish chapter 11 before class on Monday. You have to finish the novel next weekend.

The Bean Trees Vocabulary--words  "perturbed" to "tomatillos". Quiz today
Sparknotes Summary of The Bean Trees . This is very helpful.

Work on study guides. 

When we have 25 minutes left, we will do a creative writing piece.

The short, short story genre.
Here's Hemingway's story: "For sale: baby shoes. Never worn."
Now, write your own short, short story. Remember, it needs a beginning, and middle, and an end and must have a controlling idea. Keep in mind that fiction deals with life themes, such as loss, redemption, the quest for knowledge, etc.
Here are some examples: Short, Short Stories

Creative Writing for las
Narrative essay due Thursday, March 13
Assignment: Write a "This I Believe" essay from the perspective of one of the characters in The Bean Trees. 

Length: 3 typed, double-spaced pages
More info concerning the assignment to come later. We will finish the book by Monday, 
March 10, so you'll know all of the thoughts of Taylor and her friends and relatives by then and be able to write from their perspective. I'll be giving you a number of example essays over the next few days and I think that you'll start to see some themes in them that relate to the characters in The Bean Trees.  You will write your essay on one of these themes, or on another theme appropriate
Example essays
--Taken from This I Believe series on National Public Radio (known as NPR)
     Be Cool to the Pizza Dude--Sarah Adams
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          Notes: the four principles behind coolness to the pizza dude.
     Remembering All the Boys--Elvia Bautista
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           Notes: why Elvia wants to remember the boys.
     The Power of Love to Transform and to Heal--Jackie Lantry
online text      When Children Are Wanted--Margaret Sanger
online text      Everything Potent is Dangerous--Wallace Stegner
online text      In Giving I Connect With Others--Isabelle Allende
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Draw a line under the notes you took on "The Power of Love" and then . . .
Write a paragraph telling us about a time in your own life when you have seen the power of love transform someone. You don't have to write about yourself. Feel free to tell about someone you observed or heard about. If you're having a hard time thinking of what to write, think in terms of someone's day getting better simply because someone showed that they care.