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Paper Instructions:

Reading Journal Entry #1: Jamaica Kincaid, Lucy (maximum 1 page double spaced)
During the week of Jan. 7, students will draft the first reading reflection. Each student will bring two hard copies of their response to following prompt to tutorial on the week of January 14.

•    Choose one passage (direct quote) from Jamaica Kincaid’s Lucy that you think best represents how gender and/or racism affect Lucy’s sense of belonging in the U.S.

•    Type that passage at the top of your reading journal entry and provide the proper MLA citation for it. Then explain in your own words what you think that passage means. How does it relate to the main themes of the text and of the course?

•    What are your reactions to the passage you’ve chosen? Why do you think it’s important? How might your own personal experience relate to the text?



Reading Journal Entry #2: Julia Alvarez, Return to Sender (maximum 1 page double spaced) 
Each student will bring two hard copies of the response to the following prompt to tutorial on the week of January 21.

•    How does Alvarez depict the life experiences of undocumented migrant children? What is significant about these depictions? How do they challenge popular myths about undocumented migrants as “illegal” or “criminal”? In your response, be sure to include direct quotations from the text to support your claims.

•    Did the novel change your views of migrants? What did you learn? 


Reading Journal Entries #3 & #4 
Each student will bring two hard copies of the response to the following prompts to tutorial on the week of January 28.

Reading Journal Entry #3 (maximum 1 page)
•    Choose either Young Jin Park’s “Language Choice” OR Zi Lin’s “Lazy Susan.” What do you think are the most interesting or important aspects of the chosen essay? Why?

Reading Journal Entry #4 (maximum 1 page)
•    Choose either Young Jin Park’s “Language Choice” OR Zi Lin’s “Lazy Susan.” How does the author use secondary sources to further develop and deepen the author’s reflection about their personal experience? Take note of how the author introduces the secondary source, and how the author links the secondary source to her own experience. 

Reading Journal Entries #5 & #6 
Each student will bring two hard copies of the response to the following prompts to tutorial on the week of February 4.

Reading Journal Entry #5 (maximum 1 page)
•    How and why is food central to Fred Wah’s sense of identity and belonging? In your response be sure to identify one quote about food that you think is most important or interesting. Do you associate food with your own sense of cultural or family identity? 

Reading Journal Entry #6 (maximum ½ page)
•    Write one discussion question on Selvadurai’s “Conversations with My Mother” that will prompt class discussion.


Reading Journal Entries #7 & #8
Each student will bring two hard copies of the response to the following prompts to tutorial on the week of February 11.

Reading Journal Entry #7 (maximum 1 page)
•    Identify at least 5 main features of the Canadian Multiculturalism Act. You may present them in list form.

Reading Journal Entry #8 (maximum 1 page)
•    Choose one quote from Rohinton Mistry’s “Squatter” that you think best exemplifies the challenges that Sarosh faces as an immigrant to Canada. Explain the quote in your own words. Then discuss what you think is most significant about the quote.

Reading Journal Entries #9 & #10
Each student will bring two hard copies of the response to the following prompts to tutorial on the week of March 3.

Reading Journal Entry #9
•    What is Edward Said’s argument in “Reflections on Exile”? 

Reading Journal Entry #10
•    How does Safar Ahmed use comix (mix of images and words) in “Villawood: Notes from an Immigration Detention Centre” to convey the experiences of detained migrants? Why is this form of storytelling important?