Q Please post the creative component (Part 1) of Essay 2 here. Here are the details of this part of the assignment (same as on assignment sheet): Part I. (Due Thursday, April 1) 1-10 typed, double-spaced pages of your own creative writing. You may choose to polish, edit, and type up one of your creative responses, or you may choose to write something new. Keep in mind you will eventually have to comment on your piece of writing and its connection to the literature we are studying. This writing may be a poem, story, song lyrics, or creative nonfiction essay. Be prepared to share this writing in a small group. Be prepared to receive both compliments and feedback. Do—even if your piece is a poem—write at least one full page. *** By Sunday, April 4, please respond to two other people. Respond only to those people with 0 or 1 other responses, to ensure that each person gets feedback from at least 1 reader. How do I respond? Here are instructions: 1. Offer a brief summary. You might begin, "This is what I'm understanding after reading your piece..." Conclude by stating what you think is at the heart of the piece. What's at stake? What's most essential? What seems to be the dominant theme or lesson (if there seems to be one)? 2. Pay the writer 2 specific compliments. Let them know what, specifically, is working really well in their piece right now. What made you laugh/cry/feel something? What bit of description was so vivid or appealing to the senses that you could easily imagine seeing/tasting/feeling/hearing what was being described? 3. Offer 1 idea for revision. Was there a part that was a little confusing or unclear? Be specific about this too. You don't need to edit each other's work, but if you notice a pattern of error (like a problem with comma splices or tense inconsistency), you can mention it. 4. Speculate on a connection the writer might make between their piece and the literature we're studying. What piece(s) did it remind you of and why? (This may also be a comment about how it reminded you of a certain piece because it covered a similar topic/theme/character in a very DIFFERENT way than the piece from the work of African literature. 5. Ask the writer a question about the piece that might deepen or expand their thinking about their writing and connections that could be made in Part 2 of the essay assignment.

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