Mentor Texts - Positionality
As you create your blog post for our next group of mentor texts, you'll want to carefully read and research your assigned mentor text. (What's mentor text? Find out more here: https://lead.nwp.org/knowledgebase/reading-writing-and-mentor-texts-imagining-possibilities-nwp-radio/ )
Read/watch/listen through your text and create an x-page in your notebook. These first impressions may lead you to important questions and insights later.
Do some Google research about the publisher/author/text/genre or some other element of your text. You might even just Google a question you have about the text.
Read the text again with these questions, and your own questions, in mind:
Try your best to categorize the text. What genres could it belong to and border? What are some similar texts you are familiar with?
What kind of vibe do you get from the text?
Do you think you are part of the intended audience for this text? Who might this text bring in? Who might it keep out?
What is the text doing? What might readers take away from the text?
What occasion might have prompted the text?
Who is the speaker of the text? How is this speaker similar to but different from the author?
What is the text about? How would you summarize it in just a sentence or two?
What nuances, complications, problems, insights, connections are emerging for you? What important message is surfacing?
After answering these questions, introduce the text in a blog post for an audience that may or may not be familiar with the text. It might be helpful to keep a specific person in mind that you would want to tell about this text. Avoid classroom terms and rhetorical jargon (unless you are an English major or writing for English/Composition academics). Organize your thoughts in a logical manner--one that makes sense for your audience. Use a format that best suits your purposes and objectives.
Last name starts with
A-E read I
F-J read J
K-O read K
P-T read L
U-Z read M
I: Religion and Sexuality by Kristin Russo
J: Singing Through Prison Walls by Dena Takruri
K: Museums Should Honor the Everyday, not Just the Extraordinary by Ariana Curtis
L: An Oral History of the Early Trans Internet by Henry Giardina
M: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bVTNPNsw-E Exploring The Roots Of Chicago’s Queer South Asian Community
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