Day 3

Journal Prompts

*Write a “gangster love poem” (see examples). Remember—being a gangster is a state of mind—doesn’t matter if you’re from the streets of Chicago, East Chicago, or Chesterton!

*Read the poem “Otherwise” and write your own otherwise poem.

*Rhetorically analyze the way you are dressed today/your look…

-Who’s your audience? (It’s not just us, your peers—think beyond us!)

-What’s your tone, your vibe?

-What message are you sending via your look?

-How does your wardrobe today influence your audience? You chose to

wear what you did today because…

*Please respond to prompt #57 on the “301 Prompts…” handout.

(Where Is the Line Between Truth and Fiction?)

*Other…