EN101
Spring 2016
WEEK 3
Day One
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Quoting Worksheet. Be sure to attend to the three step process of quoting and stress the MLA.
Also discuss the fact that correctly quoting applies to all majors and other classes.
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Share Identity journal in groups. Be sure to read at least one paragraph of the journals aloud.
How did each of the group members approach the assignment? What topics were chosen? What
was written about? What common connections emerged in your groups? Which journal excerpt
from your group will be shared with the class? Decide as a group and be prepared to state why that
example was chosen.
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Review identity, complexity, and the significance of memory. If we look at our identities and tell
stories that show our identities, then begin to question and analyze those stories, we will often
recognize the complexity. To reflect you show the details, to analyze those details or moments
you use inquiry, use meta-level understanding to come to the significance. This is critical
thinking.
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Introduction and preview of Tan’s memoir
Read: “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan. Gloss throughout. Preview “Home at Last” we will be reading
and glossing this in class so if you are a slow reader please start on the text.
Day Two:
Read: “Home at Last” by Dinaw Mengestu
In Class Work in Groups:
What truths does this text tell? What message does it appear to offer? What are the key words?
Remember that you always want to answer the “so what?” What does this moment show about you?
Why is this significant? How has this moment caused change, struggle, conflict, or complexity in your
life? This shouldn’t just be a simple response. It should show something about your interpretation of
the text. The journal will become part of your formal memoir.
HOME:
2 Pages. Please use the 3 texts that we have read and talked about in class this week: “Mother Tongue”,
“Home at Last” and “Why Should Married Women Change Their Names?” Choose one main idea or
theme from these texts and discuss one of the main ideas or concepts of identity that these authors
analyze. Chose two texts that you want to write about. Each talks about different elements, problems, and
solutions to the complexity that identity can create, but they are all connected in some way. How will you
connect these texts? Use quotes, summarize a small part of the text, analyze the text, and also respond to
the text with your own ideas and thoughts about the topic.