What specific memories or specific experiences

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With the last assignment, I asked you to read, annotate, and respond to essays that I selected. With this assignment, your challenge is to search the database of essays and locate a This I Believe essay that

pulls you in and keeps you engaged
relates to your own experiences
invites you to reflect about your own life and your own belief(s)

Then, you will complete a series of assignments that will allow you to reflect about your connections with the essay. As you summarize, list, and free write you will learn about how the writing process triggers memories and helps you process thoughts about those memories. Note that you are the target audience for this exercise.

Instructions

Learn about the This I Believe project by
reading the → "About" section of the This I Believe site
reading through the → guidelines, which the writers who submitted essays, should have used to guide them as they composed their essays. (Note that they are now suggestions because they are not currently accepting submissions.)
Read and listen to several of the This I Believe essays by scrolling through the submissions and stopping and listening to the essays that pull you in and grab your attention. (I recommend bookmarking those that you might use for this assignment.)
You may browse through the essays in the following ways:
Essays By Theme
Featured Essays of the Week
Essays Broadcast During the 1950s
Bookmark or save the URLs for essays that appeal to you.
Select one.
Bookmark the page.
Next, you need to read and annotate the essay.
Options:
Print the essay and then either scan or take a picture of your hand-written annotations.
Use your own Hypothes.is account to highlight and annotate the essay. Then share it with me or take pictures of your highlights and annotations.
Highlight and copy the essay into Word. (If you would like help with this, send me a note.) Then annotate in Word by using the New Comments option on the Review ribbon.
Screenshot: Review ribbon with New Comment highlighted
Follow → Teresa's Article & Essay Reading Steps.
Open, download, and save the Connection Challenge template.
Word process your responses beneath the headings within the template.
Submit the following in the → This I Believe Connection Folder.
a picture or scan of the annotated essay
If you used the Word Review tool to add your annotations, submit your WORD file.
your Word document with your summary, three brainstormed lists, and your free write
Specific Instructions for Each Part

Summary

Turn your printed copy of your This I Believe essay over or shrink your screen. Then, summarize what the essay is about in two-four sentences. Remember, your challenge here is to capture the essence of the entire essay in a few sentences. I recommend following these steps:

Capture: Summary Tips

Capture: Summary Examples

List #1: Specific Memories or Experiences

Brainstorm a list of answers to the following question: What specific memories or specific experiences from my own life come to mind as I read the This I Believe essay? Strive to develop a list of 5-7 specific memories or experiences. Allow the listing process to trigger memories.

List #2: Details about a Specific Memory/Experience

Next, brainstorm another list. What do I remember about one of the memories or experiences on my first list? Strive to develop a list of 10 or more details.

List #3: Details about a Specific Memory/Experience

Next, brainstorm another list. What do I remember about another one of my memories or experiences on the first list? Strive to develop a list of 10 or more details.

Freewrite

Compose a free write. Before you begin, read this explanation of what free writing is from Barbara Fine Clouse's text A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers: Strategies and Process:

With freewriting you write to discover ideas to write about. It works like this: Sit in a quiet spot and write nonstop . . . at the computer . . . for about 10 minutes. Record every idea that occurs to you, no matter how willy or irrelevant it seems, and do not stop for any reason. In short , write anything-even wild or silly statements. Soon new thoughts will strike you, and you can write them. Do not evaluate anything or censor yourself. Do not worry about grammar, spelling, or neatness. (21)

In your freewrite focus on relating the writer's belief to your own view. You might agree with the belief (think that it also guides and shapes your life or that you would like it to), you might disagree with the belief (that that this belief does not guide and shape your life), and be grateful that it does not, or you might think that parts of the belief apply to your life and parts do not. Just put your fingers on the keyboard or pen to paper and let the words flow.

Write for 7-10 minutes without stopping.

Attachment:- Instructions.zip

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