English Owning Your Own Shadow by Robert a Johnsons Book Report – Description
(on pages 1-31 only), I’ll be looking to see that you:
have a firm grasp of Johnson’s concepts of shadow, gold in shadow, acculturation, balance, imbalance, and ritual ways of approaching the shadow
and that you’re able to write about these concepts critically, in an organized fashion (I’m asking that you include an outline at the end of your essay
Tip
Think beyond the mere book report. You’ll be investigating Johnson’s ideas by evaluating the evidence and offering your own argument by way of a thesis. The things you’ll want to make sure to do is define the necessary terms, perhaps noting how these terms are different than you may have understood them up until this point; offer evidence (i.e., factual, logical, anecdotal, statistical) from Johnson, culture and perhaps your own life; and consider the implications—why do we need to care about this (or not)?Help on Outlining
Although there are no right ways to outline, there are more efficient ways to do so.The key is that you organize these items in a way that makes sense to somebody in your life who has not read the book. Think of paper-writing as a dialogue. You probably wouldn’t come up to somebody and just start landblasting them with quotes from something you found interesting. Rather, you’d might tell them that you read an interesting book by a guy named Robert Johnson.That person might then say, What’s it about?You would probably mention something about shadow (defining it, according to Johnson).That person would then say, How is it formed?You might then talk about acculturation.That person might then ask, Why should I care?You could then talk about balance/imbalance. And so on. Etc. Hope this makes sense.I would like to see some sort of basic outline at the end of the paper. I will comment on other things (such as intro/thesis/MLA/citing sources), but will not be grading on these things.SLO’s
The above two expectations for this essay correspond with the learning objectives (Student Learning Outcomes) for the unit (and course as a whole), namely that students:
Write coherent, thesis-driven academic prose with well-developed paragraphs.
Integrate relevant ideas and evidence from credible sources using appropriate methods of citation. (We’ll get to that “using appropriate methods of citation” part next week.
1. Concepts = the basic definitions of the key concepts up to page 31 in Johnson’s book (to the subheading, “The Shadow in Projection”) 2. Skill = organization and audienceRegarding number 1, I would think you’d want to cover shadow, gold in shadow, acculturation, balance, imbalance, and ritual ways of approaching the shadow. You also could include ego, seesaw metaphor/fulcrum.Regarding number 2, the key is that you organize these items in a way that makes sense to somebody in your life who has not read the book. Think of paper-writing as a dialogue. You probably wouldn’t come up to somebody and just start landblasting them with quotes from something you found interesting. Rather, you’d might tell them that you read an interesting book by a guy named Robert Johnson.
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