Children’s Writing Day 2

Dr. Will Kurlinkus

• Underlife: those behaviors which undercut
the roles expected of participants in a
situation—the ways an employee, for
example, shows she is not just an employee,
but has a more complex personality outside
that role.
1. Disruptive: individuals hope to disrupt
the organizations that restrict their
identities
2. Contained: ways of resistance that
still maintain the larger institution
With underlife we are dealing with multiple
identities simultaneously and the unwillingness
of a person to shift/adapt that identity role to fit
in a new situation.
Last time we talked
about underlife of the
middle school girl. I’m
interested where
underlife occurs in
college classrooms?
Good writing instruction often
guides the teacher to ask their
students to write to
audiences/imagine audiences
beyond the classroom. Is this
possible? Are you always
imagining me when writing?
Underlife—Robert
Brooke
1. Creative use of classroom activities
and materials
2. Comments on roles students are
asked to take up (e.g. what will the
teacher want us to do, what’s the
minimal effort we can put in, etc.)
3. Evaluative comments on the
classroom/teacher (this
assignment was dumb)
4. Private activities not related to the
class (answering emails while kind
of paying attention)
Banning Laptops
in College
Classrooms? Cell
phones?
Play Freely At Your Own
Risk—Amy Fusselman
• Savage Park: Hanegi playpark in Tokyo
contains tools, wood, fires, 15 foot
high platforms. It is an “adventure
playground”
• In many people’s minds, part of
growing up is learning to take risks—
having the freedom to make mistakes
(even arm breaking ones). Are kids
today too coddled?
• Did you ever play dangerously as a
kid?
Getting to Sesame
Street—Throughline NPR
• Sesame Street was originally created
specifically for inner-city kids who
were a little bit behind.
• Before Sesame Street kids TV wasn’t
trying to be educational.
• What role does kid’s TV play in raising
us?
• Learning how to deal with emotions?
Journey Map Your
Literacy Narrative
1. Phases
2. Actions &
Characters
3. Emotions
4. Keyterms for
reflection
Persona: Lulu Bishop
Goal: Find a coffee shop that’s easy to work at.

ACTION Walk to Coffee Shop Order Coffee Find a place to sit Work Decide to Leave

Tasks Tasks Tasks Tasks Tasks

A. Locate coffee shop A. Wait in line A. Look for open A. Begin to work A. When it gets to
on map B. Choose from table B. Listen for order to crowded or loud
TASK LIST B. Gather things menu B. Look for outlet for be called decided to leave
C. Walk to location C. Pay laptop C. Decide to put on B. If there is no open
D. Wait for coffee C. Wait for open headphones or not table
table C. If work is done

Happy, I know where Happy if open tables, Happy to get to work. Happy if task is
the coffee shop is
and am excited to
Frustrated if frustrated if not, may
decide to leave if no
Annoyed I have to
keep listening for the
accomplished.
Frustrated if the
leave house long line. where to sit. Wish I order. Annoyed if too place is too loud or
knew table crowded and loud. crowded.
FEELING ADJECTIVE Happy to availability from
order my home

favorite