Sequence

Research: Students will select a literacy narrative from the DALN whose narrator identifies with a religious tradition other than their own (whether of a particular faith, general spirituality, or none). They will then research that tradition and compile a bibliography of at least five sources.

Remediate: Students will remediate all or part of the source literacy narrative in such a way that the narrator would recognize an accurate representation of his or her own perspective and story. This remediation will take a media form other than that of the source narrative (for example, a video narrative must be remediated as an image, alphabetic text, or any form other than video).

Reflect: Students will write an alphabetic reflection accounting for their goals and choices in remediating the source narrative: How did they choose their particular media form? What part of the narrative did they decide to focus on, and why? What was left out, and why might that be significant? How did their research influence their decisions in the remediation process? How did their own thoughts, beliefs, and perspectives influence their remediation decisions?

Respond: After returning to review the source literacy narrative in connection with their remediation, students will close with three critical questions they would ask the source narrator in order to begin/continue a conversation addressing the religious dimensions of their literacy narrative. These questions should be clearly connected to/arise out of the students’ work in the three previous stages of the assignment.