I’m working on a literature writing question and need support to help me study.
OBJECTIVES
This assignment invites students to explore their personal, political, and critical writing voice
within the context of Ethnic Studies. This assignment is designed to help students work towards
to varying degrees the following Course Learning Outcomes: Identify and analyze social
constructions of race; Demonstrate a working facility with guiding principles and vocabularies
of contemporary Ethnic Studies; Conceptualize critical inquiries and practices focused on race
and social justice (See Course Syllabus).
PROMPT
You are invited to write critically and/or creatively about our course materials, i.e. lectures;
readings; poetry; or screenings. At the end of each week/unit (Unit I-IV only), you’ll post to a
forum a brief piece of writing that reflects on the unit’s materials. This is a space for you to think
and write freely, experimentally, critically, and/or creatively. Every learner processes
information differently. Some will find it helpful to simply write an analytical paragraph on a
specific idea, passage, or question raised in the unit. Some might find it helpful to write a brief
letter to a peer, friend, family member, or future self to share their thinking on any specific
aspect of the unit. Some might find it helpful to write an originally composed short free verse
poem or cento poem and provide a brief explanation of why you were compelled to respond
through poetry. Some might decide to write a list of demands inspired by the unit’s materials.
Again, this is a space to deepen your thinking and reflection on the course materials through the
act of writing. Think and write freely! Think and write with intention! There are helpful
resources under > Assignment Prompts & Resources for reading and thinking about difficult
scholarly texts, and for writing an analytical paragraph or writing a cento poem. These resources
should help you explore different forms of writing. They should help you get started and are not
intended to teaching you “the right” way of doing this assignment. Again, think and write freely
and with intention!
FORMAT
The format is free and open—one full paragraph (see > Template for Writing Analytical
Paragraph) or a poem with a brief explanation or the equivalent
Reading: https://csalateral.org/issue/2/pedagogy-for-our-fu…
com/lives-depend-on-ethnic-studies/”>https://visiblemagazine.com/lives-depend-on-ethnic…
org/poetry-database/poem/we”>https://www.splitthisrock.org/poetry-database/poem…
https://www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2020/09/09/47…
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