Maybe you have an initial thought on one of those prompts, but I don’t recommend that you start by trying to write directly in response to them. It’s almost always better to see what you really think of the big picture and then notice how that view comments on the prompt. So for the prewrite, I have generated a list of items designed to spur some inspiration. I’m calling these “inspiration spurs.” For the prewrite, in about two, double-spaced pages, write about any ONE (or at most two) of the following “inspiration spurs”:
A realistic social world that I think is worth striving for includes… This compares with what we’ve read by…
People do bad things or go along with them when…This compares with what we’ve read by…
In this class, the material (or materials) that I found myself thinking the most about were… because…
If I had to recommend one material from this course to other students, it would be … The reason I think they should encounter it is…
A Jesuit education is different from other forms of education that involve justice work because …
When I practiced the Examen, one aspect that emerged as particularly important for me was…
In the discussion boards for this course, one conversation that I was part of that kept me thinking was… because…
I recommend that you spend a good five minutes in silence without any materials or screens in front of you. Just turn the ideas over in your head and ask yourself what you think and why.
Once you have written two or so pages, look over what you what you’ve said, especially at the end. Does anything you’ve said pop or stand out to you? Look especially at the end of your “paper.” I often find that we need to write for two pages to make contact with what we’re actually trying to say. It’s very possible that the last line of this “paper” is the core of your final draft. If something you’ve said does strike you, feel free to put it in highlight or bold.
If your prewrite was done on paper, just take a picture of it and submit the jpgs as the assignment.
In the pre-writing, you will not be graded on style, mechanics, etc. You simply need to write in an unstructured way for a couple of pages, examine what you’ve said, and then upload it.
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