Homework for Wednesday, April 18th

Curtain-Raiser and Curtain Dropper

Curtain-Raiser: an opening paragraph that hooks your reader with a pithy quotation, a vivid image, an eye-opening fact, or an expression of your own passionate connection to the material.
1. Read through what you’ve written so far. Consider how you might grab your reader’s attention and draw them in to your ideas.
2. Go through your research. Find an apt quotation, a great image, or a surprising fact that you might make use of.
3. Write a lively introductory paragraph that makes use of one of the items selected above.
4. Read your paragraph aloud. Invite feedback.
5. Revise as needed.

Curtain-Dropper: a closing paragraph that leaves the reader with something to consider, a vivid image, an apt metaphor, or a provocative statement.
6. Read through what you’ve written so far. Consider how you might bring your paper to a satisfying conclusion.
7. Brainstorm a list of images, metaphors, and concluding statements that you might make use of.
8. Write a lively concluding paragraph that makes use of one of the items from your list.
9. Read your paragraph aloud. Invite feedback.
10. Revise as needed.

11. Save a copy your paper on your computer, and print a copy to bring to class. (Your paper should be double-spaced, with one-inch margins. At the top of the page, please include your name, the date, “Seattle Arts Ecology,” and “Curtain-Raiser and Curtain-Dropper.”)

12. Also, add your curtain-raiser and curtain-dropper to the first draft of your inquiry paper. Save a copy of your paper on your computer, and print a copy to bring to class. (Your paper should be double-spaced, with one-inch margins. At the top of the page, please include your name, the date, “Seattle Arts Ecology,” and “Inquiry Paper, First Draft.”)