Through presentation and discussion,
participants compared the process taught in
rhetoric to the process for writing a good
story.
The Meridian Freedom Project’s rhetoric
process calls for using language such as:
claim, proof, impact. We related this to
one of the commandments for effective
fiction writing: Show, don’t Tell. We
then rewrote
passages from
The
FOG MACHINE
from “showing” to “telling.”
During brainstorming from the prompt “I have
a dream that one day…” Mr. Tyler Smith’s 6th-grade
rhetoric students shared dreams of becoming
mayor and a doctor, especially to help the
homeless.
Many dreams in Ms. Jermesha Haywood’s 8th-grade
rhetoric class were the same as dreams
expressed by students 50 years ago. "New"
dreams included: equal pay and job
opportunities for women, a cleaner earth,
and no more bullying. |