the goal is to produce a summary and analysis of this first course theme text that demonstrates your ability to interpret and critically engage texts in sophisticated and academically-acceptable ways, and to generate critical questions that invite further inquiry into issues that the text raises.

Here again is a more detailed breakdown of the requirements for the assignment:

Establish a central theme that grows out of an issue raised by “From Outside, In” and provide a title indicating that theme
Demonstrate understanding of the text by providing a clear, logically-structured, and thorough summary of the text’s content
Provide relevant background and rhetorical information about the text
Identify the text’s central claims and evidence given to support those claims
Integrate and cite direct and indirect passages in accordance with the conventions of academic research
Meet academic expectations for clarity, cohesion, organization, paragraph structure, grammar, and mechanics
Use Times New Roman, black pt. 12 font, double-spaced, and indent paragraphs
Meet a minimum length of 750 words of revised, polished writing (three pages)
Explain the writer’s connection to an issue raised in the text;
Pose critical questions for further research that grow out of the text and that encourage complex, debatable answers or are otherwise suitable for academic inquiry