<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">Submit your paragraph(s) to the drop box.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 16px;">Remember that your focus should be a description of your author's background and how this background impacts the viewpoint or writing of book. </span></p> <p> </p> <p style="outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px 0.0001pt; padding: 0px; word-wrap: normal; line-height: normal; word-break: normal;"><span style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: normal; word-break: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In a couple of well-developed PEA-style paragraph(s) of at least 7-10 sentences each, explain your discoveries. Consider these questions:</span></p> <p> </p> <p style="outline: 0px; margin: 1em 0px 0.0001pt; padding: 0px; word-wrap: normal; line-height: normal; word-break: normal;"> </p> <p> </p> <ul style="outline: 0px; margin-top: 0in; word-wrap: normal; word-break: normal;"> <li style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; word-wrap: normal; word-break: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: normal; word-break: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">What did you find out about your author’s life?</span></li> <li style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; word-wrap: normal; word-break: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: normal; word-break: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">How might those events have influenced the writing and core message in the book you’re reading?</span></li> <li style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; word-wrap: normal; word-break: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: normal; word-break: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">What specific events in the text prove your point? (Quotes are great!)</span></li> <li style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; word-wrap: normal; word-break: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: normal; word-break: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">What other aspects of the text revealed the author's viewpoint or bias? </span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 16px;"> Since you are all reading different books, remember to name your author and the book. ;-)</span></p><input name="sch-grade-item-max-points" type="hidden" value="40">