English 2100 x 81: Fall 2020

Module 6

Week 6 Module: September 28

 

 

Here’s what you need to do this week:

      1. Read this document about your Core Assignment 2: Rhetorical Analysis of a Cultural Artifact. Begin familiarizing yourself with the assignment and its deadlines. Then, spend a day or two considering which artifact you want to pick. I’m open for conversations to bounce ideas around during this time–please use me as a resource if you’re having trouble deciding!

        When you’ve decided on an artifact you’d like to write about, complete Step 1, the “copious notes step” by Sunday, 10/4 at 5PM. See further instructions on your assignment sheet.

      2. Read: “The Racial Triangulation of Asian Americans,” by Claire Jean Kim and write a weekly blog post.Instructions: Read pages 105-108 (intro) and page 116 (starting with “Coded Racial Triangulation: 1965 to Today”) through page 122. While reading, keep this in mind:This is a scholarly article, and the author’s intended audience is her colleagues: scholars, researchers and academics. That’s all to say it’s a difficult reading! But oneI’m certain you’ll get a lot from. My advice is to read slowly, but not to feel pressure to understand everything. There won’t be a test.

      3. Blog post: Your post should consist of a quote that stood out to you and which felt significant. Type the quote into the post, and write a paragraph about the context of the quote, explaining what it means. Please post by Wednesday 9/30 at 5PM. It’s okay if multiple posts end up being on the same quote. Comment on 2 peer posts by Thursday 10/1 at 5PM.

      4. We’ll Zoom this Wednesday, 9/30 from 8:30-9:30AM.We’ll talk about last week’s reading, so please have your notes ready. We’ll make space for any questions you have about the Rhetorical Analysis essay.

      5. By Sunday, 10/4: read these two examples of rhetorical analyses of cultural artifacts: “You Left Out the Part About…” by Ta-Nehisi Coates (about X-Men: First Class) and “One Step Forward Towards Equality, Two Steps Back for Asian Americans” by Tristin Chau (about Crazy Rich Asians and Fresh Off The Boat, and written by a Baruch student in Writing 2100!). Both of these readings are in Join the Conversation, if you have a copy (page 139 and 144 respectively).

~*~A little extra: I loved reading your blog posts last week. If anyone is Youtube savvy and wants to make a playlist of all the songs, we can put it up on the class site.