About this Activity
In 2-3 thoughtfully written pages, please consider and respond to the following list of questions using the form of a letter addressed to your best friend, parent, grandparent, etc. Do not assume their knowledge of our class. Revisit the first discussion you completed at the beginning of the semester as well as your Reader Responses, Short Papers and Projects. Use examples from your work this semester to support your claims as needed.
When reading a text for this class, what was your process or approach?
What readings/writings/activities have satisfied you most? Why?
Are there broad themes or specific issues/ideas that kept appearing in your writing? How do these broad themes or specific issues/ideas in your writing connect to our course themes and readings? Describe how or if any of these themes impacted you personally over the semester.
How would you describe your overall progress as a reader/writer? For example:
What would you list as your strengths as a reader/ writer at the close of the semester?
What has been most difficult for you to master? Why?
What meaningful conclusions can you come to NOW about the relationships that exist between/across identity, history, and language for the Chicanx authors? How has that changed from your understanding at the beginning of the semester?
How has your understanding of Chicanx literature been challenged or transformed?
Rate your success with reaching any of those goals and/or the learning outcomes outlined in the syllabus.
Assess your participation in class, 1-1conferences, and/or peer group work.
What would you recommend be omitted or added for future sections of this course? Explain briefly.
Any additional closing comments.
