This week, we have our first reading assignment from our class list of books. We are reading American Born Chinese. My expectation is that you will begin this book as soon as our module opens, and continue to read it throughout the week, posting to your Critical Circle assignment as you read. In other words, don't wait to finish the book--post as you are reading it.

As you'll see, American Born Chinese is a graphic novel. It looks like a comic book inside, doesn't it? I'll be curious to hear what you think of this style of writing.

Every time we read a book this semester, we'll be participating in a Critical Circle. What's that? Take a look at this videocast...

Here is an excerpt of a Critical Circle to give you an idea of what a Critical Circle conversation looks like:

Critical Circle Example.jpg

After you have viewed the video, you will need to...

Find your Critical Circle group for this week (via the "Courses and Groups" link at the top of the Canvas screen). On your group's homepage, click "Collaborations" to find the Google Document on which everyone in your group can write.
Complete your part of your Critical Circle for this week (posting at least 5 times)
At the end of the week, post the URL (website address) of the collaboration to Week 3 Critical Circles.