Personal Essay Writing Workshop 2

Materials: Excerpt 1 The Plot & Excerpts  2., 3 and 4 from 'Tis by Frank McCourt

Overview: In this lesson, we'll learn to write descriptively by studying an excerpt from Tis by Frank McCourt.

Activities:

  1. Read the excerpt and fill out the chart with relevant information.

Observation Chart

Event or  subject observed

 

 

 

 

Visual sounds

 

 

 

 

 

Sounds

 

 

 

 

Smells

 

 

 

 

Tastes

 

 

 

 

Feel/texture

 

 

 

 

Other features: duration, function, condition, location, importance, value

 

 

 

Observation Chart -an example

 

Event or  subject observed

 

 

 

Setting in “The Most Dangerous Game”

Visual sounds

 

 

 

Inky darkness

Lights from the speeding yacht

 

 

Sounds

 

 

 

Muffled throb of the boat engine

Swish of the propeller

Three gunshots

 

Smells

 

 

 

Smoke from Rainsford’s briar pipe

Tastes

 

 

 

Salt of the seawater

Feel/texture

 

 

 

Water warm as blood

Aching muscles

Other features: duration, function, condition, location, importance, value

 

 

Duration- ten minutes

Importance- shows how dangerous the game is

2. Following the timeline activity , for each time frame, use the chart to bring some detailed memoroies.