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FAMILY ASSIGNMENT:
1. Break into sub-groups of your family. In other words, divide your family in half (approx 2 - 3 members each).2. Pass around Essay #3. Each person in the family should read each other's papers. (approx 10 mins)
3. As a mini-family, choose the best paper.
4. As a mini-family, discuss and annotate the paper in order to point out what the author did to make it so good. Please put some time into this...really identify the parts of the paper that most stand our or have the greatest rhetorical impact. (approx 10 mins).
5. Then designate three people to do the following (IF THE FAMILY HAS MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE, NONE OF THESE JOBS SHOULD BE PERFORMED BY THE AUTHOR OF THE CHOSEN PAPER. IF THE FAMILY HAS FOUR PEOPLE, TWO MEMBERS SHOULD DO "B" TOGEHER):
A. A member of the family should read the first page of the paper aloud. Slowly and clearly.
B. A member of the family should break down the paper, highlighting the components (i.e. rhetorical devices, etc) of the paper that were most effective
Weekend Assignment: READ/WRITE: Each family is going to be assigned two "This I Believe Essays." These essays are to be read and annotated. Journal #6 will focus on reviewing the piece on all three levels of rhetorical reading. You may write about just one or both of your assigned essays. All essays can be found on the This I Believe web site:
Family One: "A Strange Blessing That Bought Me Home" by Robin Bauder p. 23 & "A Potential for Brutality" by Yinong Young-Xu p. 230
Family Two: "Returning to What's Natural" by Amelia Bacter-Stoltzfus p. 26 & "Baking By Senses and Memory" by Emily Smith p. 206
Family Three: "A Feeling of Wildness" by David Gessner p. 88 & "I Always Have a Choice" by Catherine Royce p. 194
Family Four: "Admittance of to a Better Life" by Michael Oatman p. 173 & "There is No Blame, There is Only Love" by Ann Karasinski p. 131
Family Five: "The Guts to Keep Going" by Amy Lyle Wilson p. 224 & "Failure is a Good Thing" by Jon Carroll p. 47
Family Six: "Freeing Myself Through Forgiveness" by Yolanda Young p. 227 & "Finding the Strength to Fight Our Fears" by Terry Ahwal p. 11
1. Did you enjoy the piece? Why or why not? Was it good?
2. What was the theme of the piece? How specifically did the author succeed in communicating that theme?
3. What was either effective about the introduction of the piece? How did the author utilize rhetorical devices to accentuate the overall importance of the piece?
WRITE: 1. Essay #3...three total drafts...due Monday
2. Begin working on a rough draft of your own This I Believe essay. The specifications for the essay are on pages 247 to 248 of the book, or on the site (above). Be warned to get started on this over the weekend...it can be a deceptively difficult assignment and will be due on Wednesday of next week.
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