Look over the MENTOR TEXT memoirs by professional writers that I’ve provided for this project.
Choose ONE to explore in this discussion.
- Why DO YOU THINK the writer hoped their story would clarify or challenge assumptions about their community? What are they trying to change?
Answer the following questions:
- Who did you choose as your mentor and why were you drawn to this story?
- Do a tiny bit of research on the author. Give 1-2 interesting facts about them, when they were writing, or what surrounding context is interesting to know to help us understand their story a bit better.
- What community are they a part of in this story? What community/group are they writing about? Explain who you think makes up this group or community at the time they are writing this text.
- Are they writing to outsiders or insiders?
- What assumptions does the audience have about this community? What stereotypes, biases, generalizations, or confusions does the audience have that they writer is trying to fix?
- Why DO YOU THINK the writer hoped their story would clarify or challenge assumptions about their community? What are they trying to change?
- ANALYZE THE NARRATIVE ARC:
