Literacy Narratives

In my FYW classes, I usually start by asking them to analyze the key experiences that shaped the way they read and write.

Prose Essay

Start with a pre-writing exercise (a multimodal prompt). Then they write 750-1250 words of prose literacy narrative. And reflect on the process.

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Remix Essay into Comic

After a conversation with me about part 1, they storyboard comics remix, which they peer review. Then finalize their comics and reflect on the process.

2.

Remix back into Prose

Students draft a new prose narrative with the new insights from remix. I invite them to link to a peer's narrative and compare. Final reflection on process.

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