Pre-reading of Aja Martinez "Critical Race Theory"

(30 min)

1. Get into groups of 3/4 with the peers in your Writing Group AND select a group lead who is responsible for reporting your work back to the class at the end of this activity

2. Group Annotations--each group will be responsible for reading and adding an annotation that summarizes a "chunk" of the article:

- Venegas will be responsible for annotating the article Abstract
- Group 1 will be responsible for annotating the Introduction pages 10, 11, and 12
- Group 2 will be responsible for annotating the section "Why Critical Race Theory" pages 12-13 (one page =small group)
- Group 3 will be responsible for annotating "The Effects of a Racial Legacy in a Post Civil Rights America" pages 14, 15, 16 (large group)
- Group 4 will be responsible for annotating "Critical Race Theory" pages 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 (large group)
- Group 5 will be responsible for "Counterstory: A CRT Method"

3. Groups report back: Assemble collective knowledge about this article

Group Work on Prospectus Paragraph

(40 minutes)

FIRST: Read Lamott's "Shitty First Drafts" together and discuss the writing process

SECOND: Read two examples of Prospectus Paragraphs from our Sample Annotated Bibliography file

THIRD: Write a shitty first draft of your Prospectus Paragraph

Write paragraph introducing your research topic. Introduce the general, broad topic then tell your reader what you narrow topic within that is: explain what you will research and why it is important to research (or think about) your topic. Begin with some general comments, some background to give readers a context. In other words, introduce your topic so that, as readers, we understand the issue you are focusing on and why it matters.: As you introduce the issue, explain the --the exigency--you want to make us care, you want to convince your readers that the issue you are researching is in fact important and we should want to know about it. Once you introduce your research topic, tell the reader what you want to know about your topic. What about your topic are you interested in researching?

To Begin: you could begin with some dramatic statistics, or with a recent report or article, you could also begin with a personal anecdote (your personal experience and connection to the topic), you could begin with a rhetorical question

FOURTH: Google share and read your prospectus paragraph out loud to your writing group peers