Wednesday, October 12, 2016

"Grace"

"Grace" Seems an interesting title.

In a Christian sense, it is the "free and unmerited favor of God" but I'm not certain that any child in any of these articles found themselves to be a child of "favor."

This week, we are practicing a different skill.

This is reader-response criticism.  You need to acknowledge and analyze the argument presented in the article you chose to read.  Tell me where you found a thesis, what the author's message is, and what readers are to take away from these articles.  Next, you need to respond in a human way.  The connections you make with any part of either of these articles is valid, and it is your job to prove how.  If you have a grandparent much like Paul, if you know someone in Foster-Care, if you have political ideas about how to change or manage the system, if you have facts and figures and research you'd like to share, if you know someone who has dedicated their lives to saving children...........anything of this nature, is valid and worthy, and your job is to write about those connections.

It needs to be a personal, insightful, and well - thought - out piece of writing.  Length?  I don't know, long enough to be clear and precise?  12 - 15 sentences.

Write well.

Be thoughtful. 

Your writing assignment is due on Sunday October 16th by 1156 pm.........  =)