1. Personal Essay Workshop September 14, 2015 British Literature

2. Warm Up: Anglo-Saxon Riddles “The sea suckled me; the wild waves washed me; I was rocked by breakers in my restless cradle. Footless but fixed, I opened my wordless mouth to the life-giving floods. But soon some man will come to consume me, slip the point of his knife savagely into my side, slide it down, ripping the flesh from my bones, then slurp me in raw, smiling as he sucks me down.” -Translated from Old English by Michael R. Burch WHAT AM I?

3. Analyzing Diction  Child  Kid  Orphan  Youngster  Little one  Brat  Small Fry  Crumb-Catcher  Minor  Juvenile

4. To Prepare for Our Workshop  Take out your rough draft of your personal essay.  We will be participating in a partner workshop, due to feedback from your peers.  Write the feedback you are looking for at the top of your paper.

5. Partner Workshop  STEP ONE: Carefully choose a partner to work with to complete this workshop.  STEP TWO: The person with the closest birthday will go first as the feedback provider.  STEP THREE: The writer will discuss what kind of feedback he or she is looking for in his or her essay.  STEP FOUR: The writer will give his or her essay to the evaluator to read aloud.  STEP FIVE: The evaluator will complete the steps on the Peer Workshop sheet with the writer to have meaningful conversation about the essay. DO NOT SWITCH ROLES UNTIL I TELL YOU TO DO SO!

6. Homework  A revised version of your rough draft is due on Thursday for an editing workshop.  Final draft is due on Friday.  The Root Word vocabulary quiz is on Thursday.