The link below is the reading and followed by that are the instructions.
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1. To write the essay for your portfolio consider an opening sentence along the lines of Pratt in “Arts of the Contact Zone”
2. Consider the development of your opening in the style of either Pratt—something of a particular remembrance or Gawande—an event from the past in the form of a historical story.
3. Pointing to evidence to support your objective which is to employ the lens of the contact zone as Pratt has presented and practiced with Gauman Poma.
4. Focus only on the maternity experience and observations of Gawande.
5. Show, from Gawande’s observations, the discrete elements of the contact zone.
6. The elements are meet, clash and grapple leading to revealing the asymmetrical relations of power similar to the example or analogous to Pratt’s discussion of Poma’s letter.
7. Each element must be present in your essay. Pay especial attention to the grapple part which requires extensive descriiptions of the events 098oipl. pointing out the give-and-take of the intervention in changing the practice of care for mothers and children at the birthing time.
8. I strongly recommend that you understand the meaning of grapple. With the understanding you have in mind tell the story of Gawande’s observations.
9. Meet means who are the participants.
10.Clash means what difference (s) occurred among the participants.
11.Grapple: see item 7 above.
10. Do not offer an opinion; do not offer a judgment.
11. Stick with your focus on transferring your knowledge of Pratt and Gawande to show that you know how to analyze events using the lens of the contact zone.
12. After you deal with the content of your essay, review your writing to integrate the “markers” that illustrate academic writing. There are 16 of these “markers”.
Advanced Markers
1. Storytelling– this a way to connect your intentions about what you are starting to write to a concrete, specific event that you show has characteristics of your argument
2. transitional points to get to another part of your essay; this marker is to show your reader how to get from one point in your writing to the next point especially (a) within a compound or complex sentence, (b) between two sentences and (c) between paragraphs [see Basic and Essential Markers]
3. word choices—no placeholders like using the category of words things, sometimes, anyone; use specific words like ’55 Chevy, when under stress, middle-class people who struggle to earn a living for each category of placeholders
4. consideration of your audience to shape your writing to what they would want to read; in this course it is your instructor who is looking through the lens of academic reading and writing
5. the logic of your presentation; is your essay organized in a way that the structure of your writing [for example, the structure of your argument] can be followed in a point-to-point manner
6. how to begin your essay to show its appeal so the audience is drawn into your reading.
The Quotation: use when exact words are worth repeating such as when the words of an authority are worth emphasizing.
The Paraphrase: use when not worth quoting what your source has said but the details contain useful information.
The Summary: useful for illustrating the main points when details are not useful.
The Signal phrase: makes clear that what you say is distinguished from what your sources say.
3. In addition you illustrate your improvement as a writer during this course by showing your skill in using many of the “markers” good writers use.
MLA style essay
