Greetings!
A few reminders about the upcoming In Class Essay #1 on Monday.
1. You will have the entire class session to write and complete the essay. Use your time wisely. Spend the first five or ten minutes choosing a prompt (there will be 3 to choose from), and planning your main points and supports.
2. I consider this effort as I would a rough draft. I do not evaluate in class essays the same way I do out of class essays. I realize it will not be your VERY BEST writing given the time restraints. Think of it this way: if you receive an 85/100 on an in class essay, just figure that if you wrote that same exact essay having three weeks to write it out of class, your score would be about 10 to 15 points lower than what you earned on the in class essay.
3. Remember to bring a blue (or green) book to class--I do not care what size it is.
4. You may use pen or pencil.
5. Try to remember to skip every other line, but if you forget, don't spend time re-writing the essay.
6. You may write on the back side of the paper if you wish.
7. You may bring any notes you have about the film to class to use while writing your essay.
TO PREPARE FOR MONDAY:
I suggest that you have a substantial answer to all seven of the study questions.
I also suggest that you read the interview with the filmmakers, available on line. SEE LINK BELOW.
http://www.daughterfromdanang.com/about/qa.html
YOU WILL HAVE THREE PROMPTS TO CHOOSE FROM...YOU WILL WRITE ON ONLY ONE.
1. EXPLAIN SPECIFICALLY THE REASONS WHY HEIDI ULTIMATELY HAD THE EXPERIENCE SHE DID WHEN SHE RETURNED TO VIETNAM, HER FIRST HOME. BE SPECIFIC
2. AS A VIEWER OF THIS DOCUMENTARY, DO YOU FEEL IT WAS AN EFFECTIVE OR INEFFECTIVE DOCUMENTARY? WHY OR WHY NOT? BE SPECIFIC.
3. THINK ABOUT THE DEFINITION OF HOME...AND HOW IT CAN CHANGE FOR MANY PEOPLE BASED ON ONE'S EXPERIENCES. THINK ABOUT HEIDI AND HOW SHE MIGHT HAVE DEFINED HOME BEFORE HER TRIP....AND THEN AFTER HER TRIP. BE SPECIFIC.
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