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Workshop Guidelines: Reflective Letter for Ethnography Essay

Workshop Guidelines: Reflective Letter for Ethnography Essay

Before you turn in your ethnography essay, spend some time writing an informal, reflective piece about what you've learned from writing an ethnography. Respond to the following questions.

This activity contains 8 questions.

What did you struggle with as you were doing your research?

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

How did you decide whether/which observations were accurate or believable? In other words, how did you "test" your results to see how plausible they were (getting multiple interviews, reading about it, seeing patterns, etc.)?

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

What surprised you about the process of observing, interviewing, mapping, etc? What did you learn about those processes?

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

What four or five (or more) principles have you learned about research and research writing as a result of doing this project?

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

Explain why you chose to organize your essay as you have. In what ways is the organization appropriate to the subject? Why did you choose to put ideas, scenes, etc., in the order they are in? What effect do you hope it will have?

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

Explain why you chose the narrative strategies you did (telling a story, immersing the reader in detail, using dialogue, "showing") and/or expository strategies ("telling," explaining, using outside sources, presenting an argument). How are those approaches connected to the subject and your purpose? In other words, why is a narrative approach necessary for your readers to understand your subject and your angle on that subject?

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

What have you discovered as you have researched and drafted this essay? about writing? research? the community? yourself? How did your words and writing surprise you?

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

What ideas do you have for revision? What would you like your instructor/peers to focus on as they respond?

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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