Brainstorm Writing Prompt (Blog 5)

Based on the units above, I either want to map out Unit 3 (the book club project) or Unit 4 (the proposal).

Book Club: Write a 4 - 6 page analysis of the intersections of place and identity as it relates to your chosen book and other texts from this semester. This style of writing will require you to reflect on the book specifically and its connections to theories of how place influences the formation of identity. This essay should synthesize your current understanding of place and identity in light of the book you read and other readings from the class, such as “Creating Narratives of Place and Identity in ‘Little Sweden, U.S.A.,’” Sir Barrie’s The Admirable Crichton, Yi-Fu Tuan and others.

  

Proposal (Research Project): Taking what you have learned about the significance of place, draft a well-researched proposal to improve a local space.  The specific audience for your proposal includes your classmates, the community that will be affected by your proposal, and the specific public official or entity (such as a city council, club, or community association) who has the power to enact your proposed change.

You will format your proposal as a business letter to a public official or organization that you identify, through your research, as most appropriate to receive and act upon your proposal.

Your proposal will need to discuss the following:

·      What is the problem?

·      What is your experience with the problem?

·      What do experts have to say?

·      What is your proposed solution?