09.03 - Marigolds (Reading)

At the beginning of class, everyone responded to the following prompt in their writing journal:

Have you moved from childhood to adulthood yet? How do you know or how will you know? Explain your response.

After everyone had a chance to respond to this prompt, students formed groups based on their general answer (yes, no, it's complicated). Groups discussed and then shared out the reasons they had for their choices.

We used this discussion to prepare us for our reading of the story "Marigolds" by Eugenia Collier in which a young woman transitions from childhood to adulthood.

We will be writing an in class essay using this story next class. Before reading the story, we looked at the assignment, prompt choices, and rubric that will be used to assess students' responses. This essay will not go in the grade book as a formal grade. The essay is an opportunity for me to see where everyone is at in terms of their essay writing.


I read the story aloud with the help of some students volunteers.

Handouts from today's class:

"Marigolds" by Eugenia Collier
Essay assignment and prompts
Essay assessment rubric


Homework:

Think about which essay prompt you would like to respond to next class.

Revisit the story to firm up your understanding of it and how you can use it to respond to one of the essay prompts.

If you do not have one already, be sure to get a writer's journal for class. See the posts on 08.29 and 08.30 for details.