New Journalism 2012

05/05/2008

What's more important: to be a good writer or a good reader?

Group A: antRos25, Rhonda, Cecilio, Miriam, Damien, Hermis,

Group B: Darious, Christian, Anthony R., Adam, Victoria

Group C: Winston, Sam, Andrea,

Group D: Aaron, Rebecca, Veronica, Flordalis, Elizabeth

Brainstarter

  1. What’s on your mind?
    Freewrite abour your weekend—or anything else—on paper first, then on tumblr/text
  2. Link to your post on Youth Twitter.

Practice:

  1. Find something you like in Space Issue #2 or in Youth Twitter. (Check out Street Dreamz.)
  2. Write a response in your tumblr/text. Copy Sentence Starters and paste them into a text box on your tumblr.

Your Goal today:

  1. Complete post with details and thought.
  2. Link to a tweet on Youth twitter

General Understanding:
Successfful creators/writers also need to also respond to/read others on the “read/write web.”

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