1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1102
IMPORTANT FINAL/MAJOR ASSIGNMENT **ABSOLUTELY DUE/FINAL DRAFT SUBMITTED TO ME THURS. 5/9** (or early submission 5/7-5/8):
ENG 1102 FINAL EXAM **DRAFT** PERSONAL ESSAY:
'SHAPING MY IDENTITY' and/or 'WHO I AM IS MORE THAN A SINGLE STORY'
**Personal/Reflective/Narrative Essay
*WITH Documented Sources*
AUDIENCE/PURPOSE/CONTEXT and PROMPT FOR/TO YOUR WRITING...
In her 2009 Ted Talk, “The Danger of a Single Story,” Chimamanda Adichie says, “Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people. But stories can also repair that broken dignity.”
1) FIRST, recall our watching in class **BY FRI. 5/3 MS. ADICHIE'S TED TALK HERE with the TRANSCRIPT provided under the video (click the link 'TRANSCRIPT' to follow along again and find "quotes" if needed)
Ms. Adichie tells of a time when she believed a single story or narrow/damaging stereotype about another culture as well as her own experience with others seeing and interacting with her through the ideas and stereotypes formed from their single story of Africa.
2) THEN, for this IMPORTANT ENG1102 FINAL EXAM, FULLY-COMPLETED DRAFT ASSIGNMENT, I'd like for you to personally reflect upon your life and the factors that have shaped your identity up to this point.
2) THEN, for this IMPORTANT ENG1102 FINAL EXAM, FULLY-COMPLETED DRAFT ASSIGNMENT, I'd like for you to personally reflect upon your life and the factors that have shaped your identity up to this point.
Specifically, using Adichie's talk, the resources listed below from our readings this semester, explore how a SINGLE STORY or ANY SPECIFIC ASPECT OR OCCURRENCE IN YOUR LIFE has affected you and your identity formation. In order to do this, please consider the following questions:
- TO BRAINSTORM IDEAS AND GET STARTED WITH YOUR PERSONAL SINGLE STORY REFLECTION, THINK IN TERMS OF THIS STATEMENT (*note this is a TEMPLATE, so your ideas DO NOT have to look exactly like this!!): "Just because I/I'm _________, people believe [that I am/I should/I have/etc.] ____________."
- When have you felt like others have accepted only a “single story” about you? How did this stereotype affect your own identity or perceptions of self or others? Did this make your stronger and want to fight that stereotype harder?
- How did you/can you change their mind?
- What is/are the danger[s] in accepting a single story about a person or group?
- HOW DID THIS EVENT OR INSTANCE YOU'VE CHOSEN TO WRITE ABOUT AFFECT WHO YOU ARE/HOW YOUR IDENTITY HAS BEEN FORMED THUS FAR?
**ABOVE ALL, TELL YOUR STORY. REFLECT ON PAPER. PUT YOURSELF AND A DEFENSE OF YOUR IDENTITY AGAINST A SINGLE STORY **OR** HOW YOU'VE BEEN IMPACTED BY WHAT YOU'VE CHOSEN TO WRITE ABOUT ON THE BLANK SHEETS IN FRONT OF YOU.**
3) KNOW THE REQUIRED MLA/CONVENTIONS BASICS/IMPORTANT INFO FOR COMPLETING THIS ESSAY
- MINIMUM TWO (2) page (+/-600 words) PERSONAL REFLECTIVE ESSAY DRAFT using 1st-person POV (*or 3rd person/see me and we'll talk) describing your experience with the danger[s] of a “single story” that has been 'assumed' for, or created, for you
- TYPED DRAFT, MLA 9th edition, 12pt.-Times New Roman/Calibri font--JUST BE CONSISTENT--with MLA Format (double-spaced, proper headings/header)
- Use at least THREE RESOURCES/SOURCES from those listed below and "BLEND IN text evidence" from each of those sources" with a proper IN-TEXT CITATION AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE (----).
- A Works Cited is expected for this DRAFT, **and YOU'LL BE PROVIDED WITH A "CHEAT SHEET" w/all sources properly documented MLA STYLE, 8th/9th ed.; ***ATTACHED ON THE CLASSROOM TBA....
- **PLEASE READ: When you enter class THURS. 5/9 (FINAL DUE DATE/WILL ALSO TAKE THIS SUBMITTED AS EARLY AS TUES. 5/7 or WED. 5/8), I MUST HAVE YOUR COMPLETED COPY OF THIS FULLY COMPLETED DRAFT SUBMITTED TO THE GOOGLE CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENT I'LL CREATE FOR SUBMITTING THIS ESSAY. *NO HARD/PRINTED COPY OF THIS DRAFT IS REQUIRED.*
- BEWARE: LATE DRAFTS WILL BE HEAVILY PENALIZED FOR AN ENG1102 FINAL EXAM GRADE.
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4) ADDITIONALLY, MAKE SURE YOUR FULL-DRAFT ESSAY HAS INCORPORATED AT LEAST THREE (3) THE FOLLOWING SOURCES BELOW, CITED MLA STYLE:
- your draft personal/reflective essay must include a BLENDED "direct quote" excerpt/paraphrase and/or both **ALONG WITH CONTEXT OF HOW/WHY this particular portion/piece fits with your reflection from at least THREE (3) of the following texts we've explored THIS YEAR from the both ENG1101 and 1102:
~Elie Wiesel speech, "1986 Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech" (*paper copy in your binder/supplemental section)
~Victor Herman, the "Prologue" from his autobiography/memoir Coming Out of the Ice: An Unexpected Life of Victor Herman (*paper copy in your binder/JOURNAL #13)
~Tim O'Brien's novel The Things They Carried (*copies in back of room/on shelf)
~Victor Herman, the "Prologue" from his autobiography/memoir Coming Out of the Ice: An Unexpected Life of Victor Herman (*paper copy in your binder/JOURNAL #13)
~Tim O'Brien's novel The Things They Carried (*copies in back of room/on shelf)
~Susan Sontag, excerpt/quote from her nonfiction book Regarding the Pain of Others (*paper copy in your binder/JOURNAL #6)
~Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, TED Talk: "The Danger of a Single Story" (*use the TEDTalk TRANSCRIPT to quote from this)
~Sir Ken Robinson, TED Talk: "Do Schools Kill Creativity?" (*use the TEDTalk TRANSCRIPT to quote from this)
~Chris Pulver, YouTube video: "Be a Mr. Jensen"
~Jeannette Walls' memoir, The Glass Castle (book copies in your possession)
~Amy Tan, personal reflective 'sketch' anecdote essay "Fish Cheeks" (paper copy in JOURNAL section/JOURNAL #21)
~Zora Neal Hurston's personal reflective essay "How It Feels To Be Colored Me" (paper copy in JOURNAL section/JOURNAL #21)
~Sherman Alexie's personal anecdotal essay "Superman and Me" (paper copy in JOURNAL section/JOURNAL #21)
~Marianne Leek's personal reflection memoir essay "Travels with Doc" on The Bitter Southerner site
~Sandra Cisneros' fiction short story "Eleven" (paper copy in your binder/supplemental section)
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5) ALSO NOTE: IF YOU'D LIKE, YOU CAN INCORPORATE THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS/ASSIGNMENTS INTO YOUR FINAL EXAM ESSAY DRAFT AS ANOTHER OPTIONAL SOURCE (**IN ADDITION TO THE THREE *REQUIRED* FROM THE LIST ABOVE!); PLEASE READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY!:
5) ALSO NOTE: IF YOU'D LIKE, YOU CAN INCORPORATE THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS/ASSIGNMENTS INTO YOUR FINAL EXAM ESSAY DRAFT AS ANOTHER OPTIONAL SOURCE (**IN ADDITION TO THE THREE *REQUIRED* FROM THE LIST ABOVE!); PLEASE READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY!:
- EXCERPTS PULLED FROM YOUR JOURNAL #1 FROM THIS YEAR/last semester AP/1101: your "Letter of Introduction" (**NO WORK CITED ENTRY REQUIRED!)
- excerpts from/all of your "Where I'm From" CREATIVE PERSONAL VERSE piece from last year (*if you had me for Honors American Lit./Comp.--your AMLIT binder may be up front in my room!)
- 'piece' it out any way you'd like to within the bones of your personal response (**NO WORK CITED ENTRY REQUIRED!)
- any quote, song lyric, bible verse, something you've read from another book/text, etc. that 'strikes your fancy' and fits within the theme and direction of your personal essay (**PLEASE ADD A WORK CITED ENTRY FOR WHAT YOU INCORPORATE)
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6) AND FINALLY, for some help in getting started with NARRATIVE/PERSONAL WRITING.....
Below are some helpful pointers/tips to follow for BASIC NARRATIVE WRITING. They are SUGGESTIONS for getting you started or to give you ideas if you get stuck with your writing. Do remember that in personal writing DETAILS are very important. You want to PAINT a picture for your reader!
NARRATIVE WRITING tells a story. In essay form, the narrative writing could also be considered reflection or an exploration of the author's values told as a story. The author may remember his or her past, or a memorable person or event from that past, or even observe the present.- recreates an experience OR experiences through time
- Unlike other essay types, you may write in the first person (I, me, we); it is a story about YOU!
- also communicates a main idea or a lesson learned THROUGH the details or experience within the essay
*Writing about experience
- Rather than telling your readers what happened, use vivid details and descriptions to actually recreate the experience for your readers.
- Use descriptive language! This is made possible by using figurative language (similes, metaphors, personification), sensory words (words using your five senses), and vivid words (“the author ‘stood timidly,’" or “my grandmother looked at me with great concern as if I were the only person in the world that mattered.")
- DON'T TELL. SHOW. It’s not interesting to read about the garage sale. But it is fascinating to see, feel and experience one. Don’t be greedy on details.
*Communicating the significance of the experience:
- Narrative essays sometimes begin with a 'HOOK' or attention-grabber INTRO. Example:
- I'll never forget January 21, 2012. That's the day my single story became my ONLY story in some people's eyes. Because on that day, I was sent to alternative school for making a stupid mistake. I gladly accepted the consequences of my decision, but that mistake became a badge of shame that labeled me as one of the 'bad influences,' someone who former friends glance at sideways when they think you're not paying attention. Well, I am paying attention, and I'm going on record here to say that GOOD PEOPLE can make BAD DECISIONS. My name is _________, and despite the negative stereotypes many have placed upon me, I have a rich story that shapes my identity, who I AM today. Here's my story.
- The writing should be lively and interesting; it should engage the reader’s interest by adding significant details and personal observations. Sharing personal thoughts and feelings will invite the reader into the writer’s world and make them care about the writer’s experiences
- I'll never forget January 21, 2012. That's the day my single story became my ONLY story in some people's eyes. Because on that day, I was sent to alternative school for making a stupid mistake. I gladly accepted the consequences of my decision, but that mistake became a badge of shame that labeled me as one of the 'bad influences,' someone who former friends glance at sideways when they think you're not paying attention. Well, I am paying attention, and I'm going on record here to say that GOOD PEOPLE can make BAD DECISIONS. My name is _________, and despite the negative stereotypes many have placed upon me, I have a rich story that shapes my identity, who I AM today. Here's my story.
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