Dear Class,
Thanks for your hard work today. I’m looking forward to this semester, and I hope you are as well. As stated in class, below are the homework instructions for next class. Please use the reading questions to guide your reading.
HOMEWORK for 2/1 class:
-Review syllabus
-READ and ANNOTATE “Superman and Me,” with the following questions in mind:
1. How did Alexie’s worldview change after encountering Superman?
2. According to Alexie, how is a paragraph like a fence?
3. How does the author’s ethnic and economic background affect his attitude toward writing?
4. What do you see about writing, reading, and/or racism that you didn’t see before reading this essay?
-Scan or take a picture of your second page of “Superman and Me,” with annotations included, and upload it to the appropriate dropbox here.
-PRINT and BRING TO CLASS “Superman and Me” and “The Movie That Changed
My Life”
Best,
Professor Kwong
