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Given the nature of the 2011 summer reading program, you had significant autonomy in selecting the books you would read. While you were responsible for completing a proposal, you were not given other assignments to complete over the summer. As indicated on your proposal form, you are required to write a letter to your 2011-12 Language Arts teacher that demonstrates your thoughtful reading of your book. We have chosen to break this down further into three focused "Power Paragraphs" for two reasons, one, to introduce you to the idea of a power paragraph, and two, to assist you in covering all aspects of the assignment.

__ Prompt for Paragraph One - A Reflection of Your Choice __
 * *Must be posted to the WIKI by midnight on Wednesday, 8/24 **

I chose to read "The Poisonwood Bible " over the summer because at the time of handing out proposal forms Mrs. Buchholtz told us of a few books that she recommended and that book caught my interest. From what I was told the book was an intriguing story about the family of a missionary who had to move to the African Congo, but later had to get out with little to no supplies or money of any kind. However I found this book to be somewhat of a disappointment because after some time it got a little boring because of how the author went into too much depth describing things that were not all that relevant to the book's plot. Although holding great potential I found this book to be not necessarily bad but a disappointment

You need a book citation here.

__ Prompt for Paragraph Two - A Discussion of What You Gained by Reading Your Book __
 * *Must be posted to the WIKI by midnight on Thursday, 8/25 **

This book made me question how welcome are we in foreign countries and are we just allowed to be there with the permission of a few with more power than others. In the book "The Poisonwood Bible" missionary brings his family with him to the Congo were he is stationed. At first they are graciously welcomed however as time passes the native's patients grows thinner and they are eventually told to flee as it looks as the native people are finally going to gain their independence. This made me question all of the native's prior hospitality and wonder that was only because they had to under the control of the government and then if in other situations Americans with a "good" cause are really as welcome as they believe themselves to be. this may not be the case in all situations however one must wonder if it is still in some.

__ Prompt for Paragraph Three - What to do With it... __
 * *Must be posted to the WIKI by midnight on Sunday, 8/28 **

I chose to read "The Poisonwood Bible" based off of my teacher, Mrs Buchholtz recommendation because it is from a genre that I enjoy. However they book fell short of my expectations and I was fairly disappointed. I feel that the audience who would enjoy this book most would be younger girls.I believe this because they would be more able to relate to daughters and wife who are forced to move to Africa and give up what they know and love. This is why I was not a fan of the book because I didn't relate to any of the characters.


 * Scoring: Your three paragraphs will be given one overall grade, and the timeliness of your posts will be reflected in your "timeliness" grade. **

// An outstanding response to the prompts will include the following: //
 * A strong topic sentence that clearly establishes the focus on the prompt Be sure that your first sentence responds to the prompt to set a focus for the paragraph
 * Evidence that clearly supports the topic sentence Details from the text help
 * Correct use of internal citations and a properly formatted MLA citation for your book (put this citation at the end of paragraph one) missing
 * Strict adherence to the Power Paragraph format
 * Mechanics are clean and do not detract from meaning Read through paragraph two, try reading aloud to "hear" areas that need to be fixed