Assignment

Your Voice Project

This document provides an overview of the tasks and time line for completing this assignment.

Assignment Instructions

In this unit, you will learn about some of the different American experiences of individuals, families, and groups orcommunities in the second half of the twentieth century.

As you work through the lessons in this unit, you will examine your own American experience. You will complete awriting assignment that expresses or explains what being an American means to you and how America and its core values have influenced your life. You may write about your individual American experience, the experience of your family, or the experience of the group from which you derive your cultural heritage and identity. You may choose to write a poem, a short story, an article, or a memoir.

Process

You should always use a process for your writing that includes planning and drafting. To complete thisassignment, you will do the following:

• Read the rubric on the last page of this document. Keep the criteria listed on the rubric in mind as you complete the writing assignment.

• Define what being an American means to you and how its core values have influenced your life.

• Decide on a subject for your writing that reflects your beliefs about being an American. You may wish to focus on yourself, your family, or the group from which you derive your cultural heritage and identity.

• Identify the best format for your writing.

• Develop a plan for gathering information and organizing your opinions in the most effective way possible.

• Gather research and conduct interviews as necessary.

• Create an outline for your writing.

• Begin drafting your project, using your outline as a guide.

• Review and revise your first draft. You should try to have another person read your work and give you feedback as part of your revision process.

• Write the final draft of your project. Follow these requirements and recommendations when completing your draft: