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The Power of the Letter

6/28/2014

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Questions To Start Today's Session:
  • How can / have letters be used in everyday circumstances?
  • How can letters appear in literature (e.g. novels, poems, etc.)? 
  • Can you think of any examples of how letters have appeared in literature and/or other works of art (such as movies, TV shows, etc.)?

Writing Activities:
  • Choose one of these two prompts: 1) Write a letter to an older version of yourself, or 2) Write a letter to a future generation.
  • Take on someone else's voice. Write a letter using their writing style.
    Write a letter to someone who can affect your future.
  • Imagine you are a leader in a futuristic society. Write a letter to someone in another kingdom / planet.

Letters To and From Writers and People in Other Professions:
  • Carl Sagan’s letter to 17-year-old Neil deGrasse Tyson
  • Excerpt of a Letter from Emily Dickinson to Her Editor



The Epistle in Nonfiction
  • Excerpt from Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou
Epistolary Novels
  • Dracula by Bram Stoker
  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
    The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    by Stephen Chbosky

Epistles (Poems)
  • "The Author to Her Book" by Anne Bradstreet
  • "Letter” by Langston Hughes

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/journey/hughes-transcript.html
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