white tiger reflections

To get you in the habit of using our class blogs, and to have you work on critically reflecting on others’ ideas, AND to help you prepare for next Monday's discussion, your HW is to read through several of your classmates’ blog posts on White Tiger and respond to them.

Step 1: First go to your own blog (or email) and read your five posts, even if you just wrote them this week! J This will remind you of what you took away from Adiga’s book.

Step 2: Go to this page to see the full list of Grade 12 blogs.

Step 3: Take some time to read through your classmates’ blogs on WT – you can visit several and read one post to get a feel, or just focus in on one or two blogs.

Step 4: After reading around, choose one person’s work to study. Re-read their blog posts carefully, and take note of your thoughts throughout. Consider these questions:

1. Where do your thoughts on or reactions to the book converge or align?

2. Where do you conflict with the writer’s thoughts/reactions?

3. What do you think is the source of this conflict? Differing interpretations? Differing worldviews? Stereotyping? Educational background? Other? What do you make of the conflict?

4. Do you learn anything from the blogs? Do you have areas of contention with the writer’s interpretations?

You’re not meant to answer all these questions, but it’s a starting point if you’re having trouble processing their ideas.

The upshot is this: You will need to write a blog post this weekend in which you respond to your chosen focus-subject’s response to WT. You can respond however you like – except that you must be polite in any critiques you offer. NOTE: I am not requiring you to critique their work, but to respond…

You will be graded on the three Cs. Think of this as a way for me to see where your minds are at the moment. J