New Journalism 2012

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

Group A
AntRos25
Adam
Cecilio
Miriam
Christian

Start with a Freeewrite:

1. On paper first, then on tumblr/text… freewrite about

• one of your 10 Self / 10 World Questions. (On your tumblr, look for your questions in your Archive.)

• What is hip hop?
• Is “fan art” art?
• Is “fan fiction” literature?
• Why do we go to school?
• How do I use the Internet to connect with friends and others?

Group B
Andre
Anthony R.
Brandon
Darious
Damien
Sam

2. After freewriting for 10 minutes, write one short, perfect, strong sentence that summarizes your writing so far. Then use this “Focused Sentence” as the beginning of another freewrite in Tumblr.

Group C
Hermis
Flordalise
Rhonda
Victoria
Aaron

3. After you finish your post on tumblr, link to your post on Youth Twitter.

Responding to others:

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.

Group D
Veronica
Winston
Elizabeth

In YouthTwitter.com:

1. Reply to someone in your group
2. Reply to someone outside of EBAFF
3. Read what someone wrote to you and reply back to that person.
4. Do 1, 2, & 3 again.

Be sure to put the person’s name in square brackets, then follow this with the number of the post in parentheses. Like this “I agree with you [Paul](/2337) Youth Twitter is fun.”

ALSO: Check out these Sentence Starters. 

Your Goal today:

1. Complete post with details and thought.
2. Link to a tweet on Youth twitter
3. Respond to someone in Space (using sentence starters).
4. Find others on Youth Twitter to respond to.

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