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Part 1: Summary: Using the techniques for critically reading a text…
Part 1: Summary: Using the techniques for critically reading a text found in your weekly lecture, identify three main points in Alexie’s story. While you are welcome to use full paragraph format, you can also simply list the three points in bullet format for this assignment (but do be sure to use complete sentences). Remember: Summaries are objective statements that cover the main points of the essay. They do not share your own personal experience or opinion.
Part 2: Response Freewrite: Next, review the four prompts below. Set a timer for 15 minutes and freewrite responses to these prompts. Use the time as it is most beneficial to you for this exercise. You can focus all 15 minutes on just one prompt, or you can reply to two, three, or all four (you do not have to freewrite in response to each prompt).
Remember: When freewriting, write anything that comes to mind in response to the questions. Avoid the urge to edit or pause. The goal is just to put your ideas on paper (or on the screen). This freewrite will not be graded for sentence structure. While you are welcome to continue writing after the timer rings, don’t end early!
Freewrite prompts:
Influences: Alexie introduces his father as an early influencer of his literary development. Who has impacted your life in a similar way? Are there friends, family members, teachers, or other mentors who helped shape your introduction to reading, writing, or education? In what ways were these important?
Development as a reader or writer: Alexie describes his early experiences with books beginning with his interest in Superman comics, and then explains how he developed his understanding of a paragraph by relating it to the world around him. Do you have similar early memories of interacting with texts in specific ways? If so, what are those and how did they help influence your understanding or relationship to reading and/or writing?
Expectations: Alexie explains that there were certain expectations placed on children who lived on the reservation, which he challenged by breaking the stereotype. Have expectations been placed on you by family or society regarding your education? If so, how have you either challenged or lived up to those expectations?
Relationship with Education: Alexie shares that he visits as many classrooms as possible to encourage students to develop a love of reading. In this way, he demonstrates the value of education in impacting life in positive ways (in fact, he notes that it might “save” lives). What value do you place on education? In what ways might it impact your life?
