PS 1000: PAPER TOPIC WORKSHEET Name __________________________ STEP ONE – BRAINSTORMING (adapted from Staines et al. 2000: 80) 1. Write down three ideas you have for your paper. 2. Of the three ideas above‚ select the one topic you are most interested in writing about. Why are you interested in exploring this topic? 3. What do you already know about this topic? STEP TWO – NARROWING THE FOCUS 4. State a more specific question you could ask‚ related to the topic
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“It was only then‚ when I saw the stone and her name - Chanhassen ’Sugar’ Pickford Hiddle - and the engraving of the tree‚ that I knew‚ by myself and for myself‚ that she was not coming back.” (Creech). Sal and her father moved away from their home in the country after Sal’s mother died in a bus crash. Furthermore‚ Sal is a “country” girl and has trouble getting acclimated to the suburban environment with all of its unfamiliar people and situations
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Gender Bias in Literature "Men Fix Things Girls Have Dolls" -Shirley B. Ernst I have thought about many different ways to organize this paper and have come to the conclusion that the best way to approach the topic is on a book-by-book basis. My perceptions of the gender biases in these books vary greatly and I did not want to begin altering my views on each so that they would fit into certain contrived connections. What interests me most in these stories is how the authors utilize certain character’s
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Judging people that you don’t is a big problem in these stories “The Guest” ‚ Retold by Uma krishnaswami‚ and novel Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. Both of these stories reveal the theme of not judging people at first sight.These stories also reveal through the characters actions ‚words ‚and/or thoughts. “The Guest” teaches the lesson of not judging through the characters actions and his words. When Mullah says ‚ “ When I arrived in rags you turned me away. Now that I am dressed finer you treat
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Don’t judge someone until you really know them was a life lesson learned in the book Walk Two Moons‚ By sharon creech and the short story “The Guest‚” by Uma krishnaswami. Both of the stories show the theme don’t judge someone by their appearance because you don’t know what they’re going through. Even though they have the same theme‚ the authors show the life lesson in different ways. In Walk Two moons they show the life lesson don’t judge someone by using words‚ thoughts‚ and feelings
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you want to hear why the singing tree is important to Sal. If you do then you should read the following paragraphs. I think the singing tree is important to Sal because she goes there a lot. This is going to be from the story Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. My first reasons why the singing tree is important to Sal is. On page 92 it says” the sound was coming from somewhere in the top of one of those trees‚ and I thought instantly‚ of the singing tree in Bybanks.” If she could remember that
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In the novel Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech Sal’s father accuses Sal of “trying to catch fish in the air” (pg. 75) because she was trying to get her father to stop seeing Mrs. Cadaver to get her mother to come back. The author uses this idiom to show that Sal is doing something that is a waste of time because it is impossible to catch fish from the air and it is impossible for Sal’s mother to come back. There have been times in my life when I have tried to do something that turned out to be impossible
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How is leadership depicted in children ’s books? Analysis of A Fine‚ Fine‚ School By Sharon Creech Pictures by Harry Bliss 1. Give overview and summarize book explaining how leadership or follower ship is displayed in the book. A Fine‚ Fine‚ School is the story of Mr. Keene‚ a gung ho principal any school would be lucky to have. This exuberant administrator loves his school so much he wants more and more school: first on Saturdays‚ then on Sundays‚ then on holidays‚ then in the summer
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Being different isn’t a bad thing. It just means you’re fearless and not afraid to be yourself.~Unknown Source In the realistic fiction novel Walk Two Moons‚ by Sharon Creech‚ Salamanca is a 13 year old girl who used to live in Bybanks Kentucky. Salamanca Hiddle conveys several unique personality traits. First‚ Sal is Brave‚ Secondly‚ Sal is Observant‚ Finally‚ Sal is funny Sal is a really interesting character that is super fun to read about. One unique character trait that Sal possesses is Being
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“Everyone is smart in different ways. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree‚ it will spend its whole life thinking that it’s stupid.” Ally had always been scared of what people thought of her. She had always been so afraid of failing that she had never even bothered to try. She was scared that once they found out she couldn’t read‚ although she later found out it was dyslexia and that she wasn’t just “dumb”‚ as she believed she was‚ everyone would dislike her. Then‚ she met Mr. Daniels
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