I or not to I

Brandon Norton, Jake

Erickson, Jared Dvorak,
Justin Nemec
Get into groups
Group 1: Katherine, Anthony, Jatelyn
Group 2: Travis, Ally, Breigha, Megan
Group 3: Ethan, Belle, Morgan
Group 4: Anna, Jacob Earll, Cole
Group 5: Elisha, Oliver, Avrie
Group 6: Tia, Eric, Sydney
Freewrite

Write about your favorite childhood memory. Who was it with?

Where did you go? What did you do?
Talk in your groups

● Talk about your day without using first person pronouns.

○ What did you eat for lunch?
○ How was class?
○ Did you sleep well last night?
Can/should you use I in a...?

Personal Narrative

Rhetorical Analysis

Persuasive Writing

Scientific Journal

Newspaper Article

Biography
Questions
- What are some obvious examples of text where you would/would not use “I”?

- What is the significance of being absent from your writing?

- What is the significance of being present in your own writing?

- How does being present/absent change your writing?

What Influences Your Writing?
- What are examples of things that “The act of writing is influenced by the writing

influenced your writing? beliefs learned, adopted, and now followed as a

- What and who are the things that influence habit in practice to record, or save, our selfhood.”

your writing?

- Write down on the whiteboard anything

that has inspired your writing. Be prepared

to explain what/why.
Pros and Cons
Discuss pros and cons on different types of writing.

When would it be appropriate to use “I” and when not in those writings?