Tonight we'll wrap our discussion of Amy Krause Rosenthal's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AN ORDINARY LIFE by reviewing your own encyclopedia entries. We'll be looking at your work for voice, spark of emotion, and true sentences -- the hallmarks of Amy's best work.
We'll also spread Amy's joy with a quick writing exercise.
Then we'll begin discussing Studs' Terkel's work and why it's important. I have a powerpoint lecture for you, plus some video footage that will help introduce you to Studs the person, the writer, the journalist and oral historian.
Assignment:
Read at least five entries in WORKING and be prepared to write about them in a short essay exam next week.
Find one person to interview and, employing Studs' technique (as covered in class), produce a piece to share in class. Your piece should be no more than 800 words -- not including your introduction. Follow Studs' example in WORKING. Your piece should include not just an account of what your subject does all day, but how he/she feels about what he/she does all day. It's the feeling that really counts.
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