GarageBand and Blog Entry

1. Opening Moment: Jake
2. Discuss NPR report:
• Next time you will be polling the public...how will you approach people?
• An interview guide brainstormed by you
• Open-ended question...will it elicit a variety of responses?
• Trying out Garage Band. Practice your questions and recording skills in class.
3. Read article: "Against All Odds, A Beautiful Life" and consider the following:

1. Who is the main subject of this article?
2. What details, anecdotes and accounts from other people illustrate the subject’s personality?
3. What overall impression do you have of Maurice Mannion-Vanover from the article? What gives you that impression?
4. Why do you think this article was published in The New York Times?
5. If you were to write a more in-depth profile or obituary for Maurice Mannion-Vanover, which details from this article would you include? What additional information would you need to find out? Which people do you think you would interview to get this information? 

4. Due next class: Final draft college/narrative essay