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Agenda In-class writing Travel Narrative Assignment Preparation for Reading Journal 1 Questions for America is in the Heart

In Class Writing You have 45 minutes. You should spend the first ten minutes brainstorming and organizing your thoughts. You should spend the last ten minutes proofreading. Here is the question: What has travel meant to you, and what do you hope that travel will mean to you in the future?

In Class Writing Here is the question: What has travel meant to you, and what do you hope that travel will mean to you in the future? Your essay should be organized as a narrative that progresses from the past to the present and then to the future. Pay attention to the quality of your descriptions and examples. Do not write an unrealistically positive description of your experiences and your expectations. Pay attention to the organization of your essay (paragraphs stay on topic, sentences flow, transitions between paragraphs)

Travel Narrative The assignment description is available on the course web page. Share with people in your group the place that you visited or are planning on visiting.

Prep for Reading Journal 1 In your first reading journal you will write about the history of your own family during the period covered in America is in the Heart. For a few minutes write down notes about your family from the period Where were they? What were they doing?

Prep for Reading Journal 1 In your first reading journal you will write about the history of your own family during the period covered in America is in the Heart. For a few minutes write down notes about your family from the period Where were they? What were they doing?

Questions for AIH How did the narrator’s family lose their land? What caused the narrator to travel abroad? What lead the narrator to come to the US? What circumstances (political, legal, economic) enabled the narrator to travel?

Paragraphs There is not a set number of paragraphs. The number of paragraphs is based on the needs of the subject that you’re writing about. Paragraphs should begin with a topic sentence. The remaining sentences in the paragraph should develop the topic. In other words, make sure that paragraphs stay on topic. There should be transitions between paragraphs.

Homework Save your notes from the reading journal prep The travel narrative is due on Thursday. If necessary, ask people about your family history from Get the textbooks. We are beginning America is in the Heart this week.