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Qualities of Voice (Information (Practice in the Classroom: (Raising the…
Qualities of Voice
Information
Practice in the Classroom:
Give students options in writing
choosing topics that they are passionate about
Raising the stakes
grades
competition
Writetheworld.com
uses money as an incentive
Narrative
Practice in the Classroom:
Short story writing
provide students with a prompt
have them use elements of a story
Discuss what makes a story
Plot and setting
characters with development
Climax (and building up to it)
Perception
Practice in the Classroom:
Looking at other author's perceptions and how it affects his or her work
Analyzing personal works
Looking at specific details
connecting ideas to form a path
Analyze any bias
Surprise
Practice in the Classroom:
Students analyze their own work
Look at the build up of their story/ work.
Analyze the "unexpected" (surprise) part to their work.
Reflect on how it affects what they are trying to convey.
Work shopping with other students
Students will be able to see how a surprise affects their audience.
Also be able to see if the surprise was effective or not and why
Was the build up strong enough?
Was there enough detail?
Was there enough backstory to get the full picture?
Did it move too fast or too slow?
Humor, Lightness, and Play
Practice in the Classroom
Discussing when and why to use humor.
Not always for everyone
Romano uses the example of Edgar Allen Poe
To draw the reader in
Add lightness to a dark subject
Comedic relief
Provide examples of successful humor in writing (and other forms of media/ text)
Examples in Shakespearean plays
Hamlet
Measure for Measure
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Examples in cinema and televsion
Writing activities
Have students create a dialogue between characters (Romano)
Playwright style
Comic strip style
Have a competition of best comedic title/ paragraph/ writing prompt/ short story/ etc.