Disscusion 2

M3: DRAMA - Journal Entry (RR8) 

Please select prompt # 1 or prompt #2. Write about  one prompt  only.

Prompt 1. Creative Writing: Choose a character from Hanberry’s A Raisin in the Sun and write at least a diary or journal entry that this character might have written. Try to reflect what is happening in the play in the entry and be sure to include the character’s private thoughts and ideas.

You should also use the information you learned from the “Cultural and Historical Contexts” reading to shape the diary entries; in other words, try to have the diary entry reflect the character’s experience of the larger world around him or her, based on current events of the time.

Prompt 2. Choose a character from the brief excerpt of Bruce Norris’s Clybourne Park (whose two acts feature a prequel and sequel to Hansberry’s play).  Write a diary entry for one of those characters that reflects the heated, though somewhat awkward, discussion that happens in the excerpt. Recall that the journal entry could detail how a character really feels versus what they seem able to say to one another in public.

Your postings will be reviewed according to the following criteria:

· Writing well-developed paragraphs relevant to the prompt(s) (minimum 300 words).

· Be sure that your thesis is explicit and supported with one to two quotations from the literature.

· Do not write in first or second person.

· Replying to two of your classmates with meaningful responses with a minimum of 30 words (do not simply write "I agree. I like what you've written.")

· Following the rules of Standard English. Please proofread your writing before clicking the ‘submit’ button!

· When you include a quotation from the literature in your mini-essay, please place an in-text citation (also called a parenthetical citation) immediately after you close the quotation marks and before you place a period at the end of your sentence. That way, anyone in the class (including me!) can easily find the quotation in the literature if necessary. If you're not sure what to place inside the parentheses, there is instruction in the textbook in Chapter 34- Quotation, Citation, and Documentation. 

· When you include in-text citations, there must be a Works Cited listing at the bottom of your post.

· Be sure to follow the "Quote Sandwich" when you insert quotations.