The Individual in Community
Individual in Community Assignment
This assignment asks students to participate in and reflect on an activity, outside of class time, to strengthen their engagement with the Individual in Community Hub unit (WR 111). Note that an alternate version of this activity, which does not ask students to work in groups and which is written to accommodate online/remote events if […]
Whose History Matters? The Importance of Co-Conspirators
In October 2019, Claudia Fox Tree spoke to over a hundred students from WR 111 and WR 112. The 111 students had read, or were about to read, Montana 1948, while many of the 112 students had read this essay by Justin Nobel. Her talk gave students new perspectives on First Nations/Native Americans and other […]
Suggested Readings for WR 111: Essays/Articles and Longer Works
WR 111 uses the current edition of The Norton Sampler along with a longer work (memoir, novel, graphic memoir) of the instructor’s choice. All the readers should connect with each other, and with the theme (and Hub requirement) of “The Individual in Community.” Faculty notes on some of the more useful essays follow, but check […]
Individual in Community (ELL)
Our Essential Lessons are a sequence of lessons that form the backbone of the Writing Program curriculum, illustrating what we want all students to learn across our program’s diverse course topics. BU’s international students and English language learners (ELLs), often new to North American higher education, are poised to learn more about and start analyzing […]