>> Good day, good day,
good day, how are you,
how are you, how are you?
I'm good, I'm good, I'm
good, and I hope you are too.
This is Jason Reynolds and
welcome back to another episode
of the Write Right Rite,
where we stretch ourselves
and our imagination
and create new ways
to express ourselves
however we want to, right?
That's what this
whole thing is about,
I hope you all have been
good, been writing with me
for a while now, so we
should all be loosened up,
we know what we're
doing, flexing our muscles
when it comes to this thing
and expressing ourselves
however we choose.
Here's what I've
been thinking about,
I love newspaper headlines,
not because they're good
because they almost
never are, right?
It's like you know, three
injured in a car crash, right?
Or, you know, big
storm hits DC, right?
Whatever it is.
I don't really like what
they're talking about but I do
like the way that
they're written
in this really interesting,
only a few words to tell this,
to sort of prep this
whole story.
I really like that, right?
Michael Jordan wins sixth
championship, right?
It's like these just boop
boop boop boop boop, right?
Couple of words.
Super cool.
Here's what I want you to do;
I want you to write a
headline about your day.
Which means that you can't,
it can't be too many words,
just you know, like right now
you all aren't in class anymore
for the summertime,
but if you were still
in school it would be, teacher
asks student to write story.
Right? That's it.
And I think it's super cool.
Or maybe for me it'd be
like; man sits alone in front
of yellow wall, right?
For hours.
Or, man stares at computer
with no words, right?
Man can't think of
anything to write, you know.
Whatever, think of just
something super cool,
just using six words
max so that's the limit,
six words to talk about
your day or even six words
to talk about your life.
If you could sum up your
life in a six word headline
in the newspaper,
what would it be?
Or your day, or your week,
or your family, right?
And it will be super cool and
what it'll teach you is just how
to use the words that matter,
only the words that count,
which is the basis of poetry
and honestly the basis
of any good writer.
Just the words that
matter, alright?
Good luck with that one,
I hope it goes well,
it'll be a little challenging
maybe but it'll be fun.
I'll talk to you
all soon, you know,
so if you need a newspaper,
your uncle read the
newspaper every single day,
tell him to let you
borrow it, alright?
Peace.