1. Write about a way in which
you've felt you've had a foot in two different worlds. Your experience can pertain to race and affluence,
social class, religion, or some other characteristic. Write about
balancing these two worlds. Are there ways in which you appreciate having
dual membership, or is it only a burden? What have you learned (the so
what)?
2. Write about the demands of two different college applications. Your experience can focus on the writing, the required tests, the specific elements required from each institution. For this topic, try your hand at satire. Make me laugh. Mock the application process a bit.
3. Write about two different years in high school. Now that you've got 3 1/4 years under your belt, reflect, remember, revisit the good times and the bad. Has your perspective on the school changed? Has your perspective on yourself changed?
4. Write about family. Who doesn't love to write about that? You can write about vacations. You can write about siblings or cousins or crazy aunts and uncles. You can write about crazy escape plans you and your brother devised when you were little kids and were convinced a new map was needed each and every night. Go wild!
Discussion questions ... maybe
- Size 6: What purpose does the lengthy narrative serve?
- Everyday Use: In what way does the conclusion of the story echo the beginning? What is the effect of the story's opening and closing in this way?
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