write a reflective essay describe an event or experience, then analyzes the meaning of that experience and what can be learned from it. What makes an essay reflective is that the writer is analyzing a past event from the present. This reflective essay requires the writer to open up about their thoughts and emotions about specific experiences or readings or ideas during the semester in CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL ACTIVISM IN HAWAII. The essay must include a vivid summary and description of 2-3 experience(s) so that the reader feels they have also experienced it. They should also include an explanation of one’s thoughts, feelings, and reactions.
Introductory Paragraph
Your first paragraph should be an introduction in which you identify the subject and give the reader a general overview of the impression it made on you. Your introductory paragraph should also included a thesis statement that will serve as the focal point of your paper.
Example Thesis: “I felt affirmed during the course of this class because I realize that my experiences, like those of my colleagues, are culturally constructed and constantly evolving. In this essay, I will discuss the trip to the capital to meet with Laulani Teale, the Na Maka O Ka Aina movie “Act of War,” and discussions about being home-free for Hawaiians living in tents on the beach as examples that have helped me to grow as a human being.
Body Paragraphs
In the first body paragraph, write about one reason an experience made the impression on you that it did. Then, write about why. This is a reflective essay, which means you can speculate. There are no right or wrong answers in this type of essay.
In the second body paragraph, write about the second experience that made the impression on you that it did. Then, write about why.
In the third body paragraph, write about the third reason your subject made the impression on you that it did. Then, write about why.
Conclusion
Recap your thesis statement and the conclusions you provided in the body of your essay. Sum up your article with some final thoughts on your subject, and some closing reflective thoughts.
In the end, you can choose any experience to write about. I uploaded some article for the class, also some videos related to the class.
1- Journey to Justice : A Conversation With Dr. Haunani-Kay Trask. The link https://vimeo.com/39644495
2-Meet the native Hawaiians fighting U.S. occupation | AJ+. the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBokfBwYJo0&feature=emb_title
3- Noho Hewa – debating a film about US occupation of Hawai’i (PMC). the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZtJlZHnOTc&feature=emb_title
4-Was The Hawaiian Kingdom Race-Based? – A Visit With Willy Kauai. The link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L0Rmfvk32o&feature=emb_title.
5- The Na Maka O Ka Aina documentary. https://www.hawaiianvoice.com/featured-video/.