2:06pm 10/23/2010
John, Paul, George, and Ringo- what mentor authors, like the Beatles, can teach us about writing -been studying the Beatles since he was a kid -immersed himself in the writing process about the Beatles • has hundreds of hrs of their rehearsals • drafts! What can we learn from studying writers? • purpose • process • craft • authenticity 1. Purpose • help kids imagine the purpose for their writing • CCS define writing only in 3 ways- persuade, entertain, inform • I Saw Her Standing There- purpose is not in any standards......lust! • Strawberry Fields Forever- know background. Lennon played at orphanage called Strawberry Fields
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2:22pm 10/23/2010
• Here Today- loss 2. Process • kids need to know that all writers draft and revise • Beatles bootlegs • where do writers get their ideas? • internal, background • territories don't have to be fav topics, but topics you are drawn to write about over and over • encourage kids to find topics that matter to them and write about them over and over • Beatles were always playing with language, listening for language • tremendous fans of Lewis Carroll • Love Me Do ------ "Alice, stop daydreaming, do!" • Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds-------lifted language from his son, borrowed motif from Through the LookingGlass • revision • 8 Days a Week lead revised over and over (musically from harmonies barbershop quartet sound to a fade in lead) 3. Craft • writing is a balance of big ideas and details • Eleanor Rigby--- big idea of lonely people, evoke the life of fictional Rigby with details • leads--- She Loves You • get the reader goin