Notebook prompt: First Impressions of Lewis

What are your first impressions of Lewis Blake, as a narrator and as a character? How would you describe his narrative voice/style? How does he orient us to his world through his narration? How does he depict himself as a character in his own story?

Take 5 minutes now to contemplate these questions in your Notebook, in preparation for today's discussion.

DALN Questions: Brainstorming for the Reader's Autobiography

To help you start thinking about your own life experiences in terms of a story that might make a good reflective essay, the prompts provided for participants in the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives can be helpful to jump-start the brainstorming process. For your first prompted entry in your class Notebook, please select three or four of the DALN questions and write a paragraph or two in response to each before our class meeting on Thursday, August 22. 

Proper Nouns and Pronouns

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Thank you!