An interesting song by The Decemberists
“The Soldiering Life”
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My 10th graders listened to this in class, but I wanted to give them another opportunity. (The album art to the left–just click on it to enlarge–is also quite interesting.)
Introduction Reminders
Remember that we have three main things to do in our introduction to our writing project:
1. Introduce our project by explaining the “thread” that connects our writing pieces together.
2. Reflect on the process of writing this project.
3. Justify our creative narrative and poetry pieces.
Some Dedication Examples
From Alice Walker’s Novel The Color Purple
To the Spirit:
Without whose assistance
Neither this book
Nor I
Would have been
Written.
From Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings:
This book is dedicated to
My son, Guy Johnson,
and all the strong
black birds of promise
who defy the odds and gods
and sing their songs
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Yay for The Decemberists!
Is this for T.S. Eliot?