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JSU Writing Project Anthology JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY WRITING PROJECT ANTHOLOGY SUMMER1992 J A C K S O N V I L L E S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y 11 W R I T I N G P R O J E C T A N T H O L O G Y S U M M E R 1 9 9 2 Jacksonville State University i ! Jacksonville, Alabama ' ' DIRECTOR Lisa McLean Williams English Department ,I I, Jacksonville State University i ASSISTANT DIRECTOR G. Kenneth Guthrie English Department Jacksonville State University I I I I DEDICATION The teacher-fellows of the Jacksonville State University Writing Project, 1992, hereby dedicate this anthology to Judy Ramsey and her staff, Maria Amado, Debbie Kipp and Kim Howard, who persistently and patiently made our words real. I i ( ! I ' I Foreword I Eighteen strangers, we came together during the hot, humid days of Summer 1992. We met, laughed, cried, learned, taught, and wrote, and wrote, and wrote, and wrote, and wrote. Between June 29 and July 30, as participants in the fifth I i annual JSU Writing Project Summer Institute, we found l ! enthusiasm, friendship, inspiration, and rejuvenation. From those five weeks emerged a sense of love for our profession I i and respect for our colleagues. Eighteen friends, we said good-bye, having shared a part of ourselves with each other and those who will read this anthology. CONTEN'rs Dedication Foreword 1992 Teacher Fellows 1 Schedule ... 4 Demonstration Summaries 5 Writing by Participants Patricia Bates 12 Willie Charley 20 Cristy Colvin. 25 Lisa Emigh. 34 Ken Guthrie. 41 l J Grace Hobbs. 45 Cindy Johnson. 54 Ann Lett ... 61 Laura Lockette 69 Marilyn McCoy. 76 Tonya Mitchell 82 Pamela Moore 89 Janet Smart. 98 Tony Snider. .106 Leroy Sterling .113 Debra Upchurch . 121 Karen Wilksman .129 Lisa Williams. .136 I I ! ! Mildred Woods. .141 Ellen Wright. .149 i I ! Annotated Bibliography. .158 Author Information ... .165 i I i ! I 1 9 9 2 T E A C H E R - F E L L O W S I I I ! TRICIA BATES Hokes Bluff High School 516 West Mann Avenue Hokes Bluff, AL 35903 i Boaz, AL 35957 205-492-1360 205-593-3310 7th & 8th English ) i WILLIE CHARLEY Wilcox Central High School Route 1 Box 83 P, o. Box 1089 Coy, AL 36435 Camden, AL 36726 205-337-4451 205-682-9239 12th English, AP English 11th Honors English CRISTY COLVIN Alexandria High School Route 4 Box 71 353 Stadium Drive Crossville, AL 35962 Alexandria, Al 36250 205-528-7384 205-820-4141 8th Science/10th Biology LISA EMIGH New Market Elementary School 105 Mountain Star Circle College Street Brownsboro, AL 35741 New Market, AL 35761 i i I 205-852-4489 1st grade GRACE HOBBS Selma High School 933 Houston Park 2180 N, Broad Street Selma, AL 36701 Selma, AL 36701 205-872-7530 205-874-1680 7th-12th French 12th AP English CINDY JOHNSON Union Grove Junior High 6258 Sorter Road 3685 Union Grove Road Guntersville, AL 35976 Union Grove, AL 35175 205-582-3059 205-753-2532 4th grade ANN LETT John S, Jones Elementary 201 Jo-Cyn Drive Route 13 Box 18 Glencoe, AL 35905 Lumbley Road 205-492-7389 Gadsden, AL 35901 205-492-7389 3rd grade I l LAURA LOCKETTE Weaver High School 1407 Old Field Road 917 Clairmont Drive Jacksonville, AL 36265 Weaver, AL 36277 205-435-8600 205-820-2110 8th, 9th & 11th Teacher-Fellows 2 MARILYN MCCOY Summit Academy 305 West Avenue, NW 3001 Scenic Highway Jacksonville, AL 36265 Gadsden, AL 35901 205-435-7803 800-245-3645, x317 i 5th-12th, All subjects (EC) TONYA MITCHELL Alexandria High School Cottonwood Apartments 14 353 Stadium Drive Jacksonville, AL 36265 Alexandria, AL 36250 205-435-1809 205-820-4141 ( 8th & 9th English I I PAMELA MOORE Guntersville High School 5016 Doris Lane 4800 Highway 431 South Guntersville, AL 35976 Guntersville, AL 35976 205-582-8861 205-582-2046 12th AP English Literature 11th AP American Literature JANET SMART Jacksonville State University 802 12th Avenue 700 Pelham Road North Jacksonville, AL 36265 Stone Center 205-435-7101 Jacksonville, AL 36265 205--782-5412 English LEROY STERLING Alabama A&M University 1109 Oster Drive Normal, AL 35762 Huntsville, AL 35816 205-851-5000 205-539-5060 English TONY SNIDER Pleasant Valley High School 531 Antioch Road 4141 Pleasant Valley Road Anniston, AL 36201 Jacksonville, AL 36265 205-236-9850 205-435-4828 8th English DEBRA UPCHURCH Golden Springs Elementary 721 E North Street 100 Feary Drive Talladega, AL 35160 Anniston, AL 36201 205-761-1882 205-236-2632 I I I 2nd Grade I • MILDRED WOODS c. L. Salter Elementary 726 Roosevelt Avenue 202 Brecon Access Road Talladega, AL 35160 Talladega, AL 35160 205-362-6977 205-362-4344 K-5 Special Education Teacher-Fellows 3 j i ELLEN WRIGHT Valley Head School P. o. Box 33 P. o. Box 145 Mentone, AL 35984 Valley Head, AL 35984 205-634-4174 205··635-6228 8th, 10th, & 12th AP English *KAREN WILKSMAN Huntsville High School 3401 Pulaski Pike Billie Watkins Drive Huntsville, AL 35810 Huntsville, AL 35801 205-851-7016 205-532-4870 10th English Calhoun Community College Building 3650 Redstone Arsenal Freshman English I . I ! ! .I ' i ! ! j ' * Advanced Fellow DAILY SCHEDULE 9:00 - 9:15 Announcements 9:15 - 9:30 Journal Readings 9:30 - 11:00 Presentations 11:00 - 12:00 Writing/Conferences 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch i I 1:00 - 3:30 Response Groups (M, Th) ' Writing/Research ( T, W) 3:30 - 4:00 Round Table SPECIAL EVENTS/GUEST PRESENTA'I'IONS June 30 Elizabeth Cowan Neeld Education Consultant June 30 Luncheon, President"s Dining Room July 8 Susan Herport-Methvin English Department l Jacksonville State University ) ! July 21 Sampler Day Prospective Teacher Fellows Visit July 23 Ann Boozer Pres.ldent Alabama Council of Teachers of English July 27 Adm.lnistrator Day July 30 Graduation Reception I DEMONSTRATION SUMMARIES Writing Dialogue the Natural Way The objective of th.is act.iv.tty is to make dialogue writing easy and fun. Students are grouped, receiving situations in which one partner is a reporter, the other a personality with which students identify. They conduct and participate in an interview by writing notes (similar to those we usually discourage). Names and vivid verbs are added in the first revision; then punctuation is added in a last revision. Students role play their interview. This activity reinforces interviewing skills, synonym usage, process writing and punctuation of dialogue. Patricia Bates Writing Autobiographies Writing autobiographies provides multiple activities for students to sharpen their skills in writing poetry and essays. The project also causes students to improve their interviewing skills. They increase their ability to edit their own writing and that of their peers as they work in response groups. Learning to write creatively while adhering to strict guidelines is an added benefit of writing autobiographies. The students become more aware of writing for an audience during the autobiography-writing project. And very importantly, they enjoy writing. Willie Charley The Importance of Imagery in Poetry This lesson explains imagery and introduces the poetry unit. We began by going over the senses and the meaning of imagery. Then, we read "Snake" by D.H. Lawrence and discussed the imagery in it. Next, everyone drew a topic out of the hat and wrote a descriptive paragraph about it, making sure to include as much imagery as possible. Volunteers read their paragraphs, and then the other fellows tried to guess the reader's topic. We discussed two more poems: "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" and "Meeting of Night." The writers then wrote a poem containing as many images as possible. Each person swapped poems with a partner and underlined or circled all of the imagery they found. Partners gave back poem, then volunteers read their poems aloud. Cristy Colvin Demonstration Summaries 6 Thematic Teaching of the Fish This lesson demonstrated how language arts can be extended into other content areas using a common theme. We began by the reading of the poem "Read to Me," 'rhen, several people told fishing yarns. Using the book Swimmy by Leo Lionni, we problem solved and wrote a prediction. Everyone I I drew pictures dealing with the story and wrote sentences under I them. Groups were assigned. Members shared their pictures and voted on one to be shared in the author's chair. The ' I group leaders shared their pictures in the author's chair. We I made paper fish and named them. The class voted on the name of the class fish. Finally, we role played how it felt to be eaten by a big fish and wrote about it. Lisa Emigh Finding Sources for Writing through Oral History Interviews Students often claim their source pool for writing ideas has run dry. To replenish their resevoir, students can tap resources which are near at hand and often overlooked. Interviewing family members renews students' confidence in their ability to find suitable and interesting topics for composition. 'rhe procedure is simple. First, students brainstorm potential interview questions and generate a list which will solicit specific information and narrative. Armed with their personal lists and with the tape recorder running, students then interview a grandparent ( or an acceptable substitute) . 'l'he minimum length of interview time should be 30 minutes; it often takes half of that time for both parties to feel comfortable with the process. Once the interview is completed, students may be assigned any number of writing pieces based on the information obtained.
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