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Your purpose is to present your reactions to the texts that we have been studying. 

Because this assignment is a short assignment, you won't have space to discuss your reactions to all the readings; therefore I recommend focusing on one or two works in particular (perhaps with a couple of references to others). 

Feel free to express your opinions: 

• Do you like or not like with the works?  Why or why not?  
• Discuss the specific elements of the text that strike you.  
• Feel free to make connections between one text and another, between the text and your lived experiences, between the text and what you have heard, read, or seen in other classes or in other contexts.  In other words, what does the poem, story, or play remind you of?  
• As much as possible in those two pages, you should develop a full response to the text.

1. Each response must fill 1½ to 2 pages, typed, double-spaced, using one of the following fonts:
• Courier New, size 12
• Bookman, size 12
• Arial, size 12
2. The page layout must follow MLA guidelines.  Review the sample on p. 733 of the Holt Handbook (6th edition).  For your convenience, you may use the template for MLA Style.
3. All material that is borrowed from the text—whether quoted, paraphrased, or summarized—must be documented appropriately following MLA guidelines. Use parenthetical references rather than footnotes or end notes.
4. You do not need to include a "Work Cited" page if your only source is our textbook.  However, you must include a "Work Cited" page if you refer to any sources other than our text.

1. Excellent—You have articulated a deep, thoughtful response.  You have analyzed what the authors say; you have made connections between the texts; and you have made connections beyond the texts.  (Making "connections beyond the text" means that you have recognized connections between the text and your lived experiences, between the text and what you have heard, read, or seen in other classes or in other contexts.)
2. Good—You have articulated a thoughtful response.  You have analyzed what the authors say, and you have made connections between the texts.  (Making "connections between the text" means that you have engaged in some comparing and contrasting of the ideas presented by at least two of the authors.)
3. OK—You have written a so-so response.  You have analyzed or summarized a work or two from our text, but you haven't made any connections between the two or beyond the text.