Now that you’ve read Margu you are ready to write a post about the story. Hopefully you will spend some time thinking about this and writing about it. We hope when your blogs are public to write something about this on Ms. Edinger’s blog as she’s done before so that people from all over the world come to see what you have to say. (Keep in mind that your readers will not have read Ms. Edinger’s story as it is not yet published and only on a blog for you.)
1. To start, come up with a direction for your post. Here are some ideas, but you may have another one:
- Respond to a particular part in the story.
- Respond to the literary devices (similes, metaphors, etc.).
- Respond to the various images used.
- What in Margru’s story surprised you? What did you learn?
- Comparison to your oral history? To Amistad Rising?
- Some consider this a Cinderella story — if you think this and want to write about it, why?
- Is there something more you want to know?
2. Once you have a direction begin with a good topic sentence, some examples, and end with a conclusion. I expect a truly excellent paragraph with AT LEAST five sentences (a topic sentence, three in the middle at least, and a concluding one). WE DO NOT WANT A SUMMARY. The only place where you describe the story should be in your topic sentence. The rest will be a response/reflection/review of it.
3. Proofread as always.
4. Post!
As you can imagine, we are all eager to read these!