Today we started off first period with a good morning from Mr. Rivers, and then proceeded to talk more about citations and titling an essay in a way to catch the reader’s eye. On top of that we discussed formatting an essay the correct way, and even touched upon what NOT to include in an essay, such as elementary school terms like "in conclusion" or "since the beginning of time." From the discussion of creating our own title we learned to make that the last step in our essay writing, to allow for us to use the content of the essay to inspire the title. Another important not that Mr. Rivers displayed was how writing can change, it depends on audience to inspire what you are writing about and how you write it. Moving on from the grammatical realm of things, we shifted into the introductory chapter of Ready Player One, and discussed the tone of it along with its intended audience. As a class we talked about how mysterious the billionaire character, "Halliday" and how his plan to hide the Easter egg in his video game was so difficult. The prize of whoever would find this Easter egg would be a winner of his fortune. Knowing that the winner of this impossible contest was an 18 year old from a trailer park in the middle of no where (the narrator), shows how the novel is going to be told from a young perspective, appealing to younger audiences. The unique intro to this story sets the stage making the reader want to know what will happen next, as we learned to try and incorporate in any of our introductory paragraphs for ourselves. Aside from the interesting story line, the tone of the introductory paragraph was very candid, and abrupt in terms of the narrator explaining things. This tone makes the novel a more relatable text to read and would appeal more to younger teenagers or even college kids who are interested in either video games, or enjoys relating to the narrator with simplistic voice. By the end of class after discussing both the importance of a good introductory paragraph and how it relates to this introductory chapter of Ready Player One, it was a great example for us students to see how important the introduction is to set the stage for the rest of the text.
Lots of good details about our classwork here, and you do a nice job of really trying to preserve the flow of information. Our class functions largely on cause and effect, and your post shows that natural progression from activity to activity and question to question. Your examples are precise and include specific evidence that you and your peers discussed during class. Consider how multiple paragraphs could have helped you to organize this more clearly, rather than just seeing a wall of text. Also, don’t forget about that other important aspect of the blogs: your extension! Half of this post should be dedicated to extending our learning beyond the walls of the classroom. How do we examine allusions or grammar or introductory paragraphs out in the real world?
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