The Texts

• Itai Halevi, "Rhetorical Situations, an Introduction"

• Tara J. Yosso and Rebeca Burciaga, "Reclaiming Our Histories, Recovering Community Cultural Wealth"

• Your chosen text that represents your chosen local community

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The Task

Now that you've engaged in rhetorical analysis of your chosen community's public-facing text, you will revise your draft by accounting for community cultural wealth. You will do this by considering two new central questions:

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• Based on your profile of your chosen community and your rhetorical analysis of your chosen text, what forms of community cultural wealth does this community value?

  • How do you know? Be sure to support your claims with thorough analysis and textual evidence

• What forms of community cultural wealth do you or would you bring into this community?

  • How do you see your specific knowledges, perspectives, and experiences contributing to this community's development?

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Once you have thought through these questions, write an audience-facing revision in which you present both your rhetorical understanding of your chosen text and your critical understanding of the role that community cultural wealth plays in your chosen community.

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The Terms

Length

4-8 pages (double-spaced, not including headings)

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Format

.docx or .pdf

MLA citation style

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Assessment Criteria

In your revision, I will be looking for you to do the following:

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• Thoughtfully analyze multiple aspects of the rhetorical situation of your chosen text

• Thoughtfully analyze the role of community cultural wealth in your chosen community

• Generously account for your own knowledges and community cultural wealth

• Clearly explain how your specific knowledges, perspectives, and experiences might contribute to your chosen community's development

• Support your analyses and claims with textual details and justification

• Use key concepts introduced in the course appropriately and prominently in your writing

• Provide a clear and logical structure that enables your audience to follow the progression of your ideas and understand the project you are presenting