Tapestry Step 3

STEP THREE: Beginning your text selections and reflections

1. Create a page on your blog for each of the following Tapestry elements.
A. Quotation One B. Quotation Two C. Short Fiction

2. Copy and paste your quotations and their reflections from your Tapestry Proposal Page to the pages you have created here.
A. Expand on your original reflections.
B. For each of your two quotations, write a reflection in which you briefly identify the source of the quotation (speaker, time, and circumstance where possible). Then, briefly identify the significance of the quotation and the connection to your concept.
C. End the personal reflection with an ellipsis (. . .) which indicates that the reflection will continue later on.

2. Next, select a short story from your reading that you feel has a connection to your theme concept, specifically supporting one SIDE of your theme as presented through your two quotations selected in the setup stage.
A. Identify the title and author of the short story you have chosen.
3. Below the short fiction excerpt, write a reflection.
A. The reflection following this source should pick up where the previous reflection left off. Begin and end each segment of the narrative with an ellipsis ( . . .) to create visual continuity. B. The reflection should briefly explain the connection between ONE of the sides of your theme (ONE quotation) and the short story source. Make connections to your flash fiction, too. This is the beginning of weaving the tapestry.
C. Include direct quotations from the literature source in your reflections (with citations).
4. Reorganize your pages so that the short fiction work you have just completed will be placed AFTER the quotation page it relates to.
B. Include a significant excerpt of this short story on your Short fiction page.
C. Complete an appropriate MLA style entry on your works cited page. Post to your blog.
D. Insert a meaningful graphic(s) for the selected short story that connects to the quotation and concept.

You will pick up this thread in the next section of the Tapestry