Next Formal Writing Assignment: Creative Response #1

*If you are in my T/Th class, ignore this post until after class on Tuesday.

*M/W/F sections: Read on! This is what I mentioned in class this morning.

Creative Response #2: Epistolary Essay

An "epistolary essay" is an essay in the form of a letter. (Epistle=letter.) This letter is an "open letter," meaning that it is NOT private; it is meant to be made public. Your letter is meant to discuss ideas, by focusing on an individual. Your letter should be addressed to any name or face that has come up in our Social Justice Documentation texts (the song, the poem, ST, DL, Miss America, Faces of the Dead). It is NOT addressed to ST or DL or Bob Dylan or IMY . . . or any of the writers/artists who have presented the information about individuals.

Your goal is to "zoom in" on an individual in order to 1) discuss our ideas from class and your own reflections on these ideas, and 2) make connections. This is formal writing, but it is creative and thoughtful.

Your thesis, unlike in analysis, might not be in one, clear statement. More likely, it will be a main idea that you build throughout your letter. What do you want the reader to feel?
10 points

Your thesis should be supported with interesting connections and new, unique ideas.
5 points

Grammar/Mechanics
5 points

The Creative Response does NOT get turned in; it gets posted on the blog. Follow the syllabus schedule for deadlines.

An exciting thing: after all three 102 sections post, we will have a library of about seventy-five letters--all trying to use writing as a force for understanding and progress! It will be our class theme in action.