ENG 120 Cuyamaca College Immigrate Life in the USA Discussion

The Critical Reading Response is not an essay; it does not require an introduction or conclusion; in fact, it consists of two, well-developed paragraphs in which you first introduce and summarize the assigned text and then respond to it with your own opinion and/or experience, quoting at least once from the text to help support and illustrate your response. I created this assignment to help you grow as a critical reader and writer.

In the Critical Reading Response, the first paragraph is objective (not influenced by personal feelings and opinions) and the second paragraph is subjective (influenced by personal feelings and opinions).

The two-paragraph assignment should be 1-2 pages in length and in MLA format and style, with a Works Cited page.

For this first Critical Reading Response, do each of the following for Oscar Casares’s “Crossing the Border Without Losing Your Past.” (Links to an external site.) I have included the link to the original source, or you may use the copy you printed for the Discussion Forum: Crossing the Border Without Losing Your Past-1.pdf

1. In the first paragraph, introduce the source using the Academic Meaty Sentence, and then summarize the editorial essay as a whole.
2. In the second paragraph, discuss your response to the text, quoting at least once from it to support and/or illustrate your response. Be sure to use in-text citations.
3. Be sure to create a transition between the two paragraphs; it is your job to connect these paragraphs for the reader. This website is great for help with transitions: OWL Transitions (Links to an external site.)
4. The final page should be the Works Cited page with Casares on it. Do not do any additional research. Use the sources from the previous module for help with MLA. You may also use the class MLA cite.