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We started class today thinking about the amazing things you have written about over the past couple of weeks. I mentioned the "Letting Go" essays and how so many of you put down some really powerful ideas; I'm seeing the emergence of some really strong voices in this class and I am very pleased. Our warm up involved looking at some Clyde Butcher photographs and writing a creative story where the image is the setting.  You shared your first lines by using a writeboard.

We then continued our work on storytelling by looking at the Powers of Ten video and exploring questions this short film raised.  Someone has said that seeing is believing, but this statement can easily be turned on its head:  Believing is seeing. So what do we believe that allows us to see the world around us a certain way?   Our next writing assignment asks for a photograph of something that is non-human that somehow is related to you as the observer.  The image will be accompanied by a text, an essay that will help us better understand that connection.  But if you don't believe the connection, you may actually miss it altogether--you may not see it.

the powers of 10 from Bomi Lee on Vimeo.

Homework
--Complete the following in MyWritingLab

• Subjects and Verbs
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Combining Sentences
• Consistent Verb Tenses and Active Voice
• ESL Concerns--Nouns  

--Take your South Florida photograph.

--Bring at least two pages of brainstorming to class on Thursday based on your best photograph.

--Read through Chapter 9 of Three Cups of Tea.