Have students read at least one transcript from the Oral History Interviews on Great Sand Dunes' web site. Recorders, clipboards, pen/pencil, paper Procedureġ. They can help increase our understanding today of the complexities of history. Oral histories are a good tool for finding out different perspectives, interpretations, and/or experiences of historical events. Students will describe three good questioning and oral history interview techniques.
(This could be one of the subject categories from the website or one that the class chooses that is more specific to your community, centering on a particular significant event, historic building, or tradition.)Ģ. Students will work together to choose one topic to investigate. What is an oral history and how does it help us understand the past? Objectiveġ. Your writing can only get better.Grade Level: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade Subject: Literacy and Language Arts,Social Studies Lesson Duration: 90 Minutes State Standards: Colorado Social StudiesĬolorado Reading, Writing, and Communicatingĥth-12th grade 1.1, 1.2 Essential Question Just keep writing and that will emerge slowly and naturally. You have your own unique story, you have your own unique voice.
They are just people, like you or me.Įveryone has a story and everyone has a voice. Life is merely one disaster followed by another and these humiliating disasters are your stepping stones to wisdom and knowledge.ĭon’t compare yourself with others because these great classical authors of the past often wrote a hundred bad, average, or okay books before they wrote their beautiful masterpiece. Set aside a regular writing time, make it a habit.ĭon’t be afraid of failure, what’s the worst that can happen? You write something, you don’t like it- so what? rewrite it! or write something else! Don’t fear the tyranny of the blank page. Get away from distractions- people, television, internet. Nonetheless, I will share what works for me, perhaps these strategies will work for you too. Creative writing, just like any artform seems to be beyond rules it is an intuitive, private and personal process and different for everybody.
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