Narrative

Diversity Narrative - Casarae Gibson

The Diversity Narrative is the first full length assignment that English 106 students complete in my classroom. Students have to develop a story that suits their interest along with promoting diversity within their college campus, community, and/or religion. The main focus of this project is to promote diversity in the classroom and to make sure that students understand the concepts of diversity not only in the United States, but globally.

Literacy Narrative - Kim Myers

I see the Literacy Narrative as a way to make students rethink their ideas about writing. Many of our students have trouble deviating from the five-paragraph essay format they were taught in high school. The Literacy Narrative requires them to experiment with organization and voice; when they're talking about themselves, they often abandon the stuffy, mechanical voice they cling to in more formal writing. The Narrative also encourages students to think of their own lives as worthy of examination. This mentality will serve them well in the WYWIP syllabus approach, as most of their work will deal with matters that relate in some way to them and to their lives at Purdue.

Literacy Narrative and Comic - Catherine Lewis

This assignment asks students to examine their own experiences with reading and writing and to translate their experiences into a vivid, detailed, and descriptive story. This introductory, informal narrative allows students to explore the line between public and private writing, and it forces them to consider what their writing reveals about themselves. By narrating a significant instance in their “literacy life,” students recognize that they do indeed have experiences with composition that they can either build on or overcome. I’ve used the Comic component of the Literacy Narrative primarily as a drafting and pre-writing tool, but it also allows students to see composition as something physical—something that can be manipulated and organized and revised. The Comic could also be useful as an introductory assignment in a unit that deals with visual rhetoric and visual arguments.

Literacy Narrative - Adam Watkins