Assignment for English 120

Read these texts: “Welcome to Your Authentic Indian ExperienceTM” by Rebecca Roanhorse and “What is the Morally Appropriate Language in Which to Read and Write?” by Arundhati Roy.

One thing to keep in mind is that Roanhorse uses the term authentic and Roy uses the term Appropriate, but they are intact speaking about the same thing.

After you have read and annotated both pieces, please submit an annotation worksheet which I have supplied. Submit a separate worksheet for each piece. Once you have finished the annotation worksheet, please write up an academic summary for both readings.

NEW ADDITION TO YOUR ACADEMIC SUMMARY: Your academic summary for these two pieces should now be longer than four sentences. The new piece we are adding this week to your academic summaries is the author’s tone. How does the author sounds in their language? Is it formal or informal? Is it scholarly? Is it humorous or sad?

When you are reading I want to you catalogue your own responses and observations (part of the annotation process) and look closely and consider the following:

What kind of stories is the author sharing?

Why do you think he or she chose to share those specific stories? What is his or her purpose?

What do you think is the result of the author being so open about those experiences? What is your reaction to reading those specific stories in the moment? What do you feel as you read them? (Particularly focus on what makes those stories effective or not effective compared to others.)