Whats Your Name
UDWPA QUESTIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
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Question 1 In her essay “Shooting Dad”, Sarah Vowell describes her attempt at “becoming a better daughter.” Her effort to understand her father’s interest in guns is a potential model for resolving disagreements. Do you believe her approach—trying to understand the other side—could be used to address conflicts you’ve experienced or observed? Why or why not?
Write an essay that answers this question with specific reference to Vowell’s text. Your essay should include your own defensible thesis statement and reasons and examples from your studies, experience, or observations that develop and support it.
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Question 2. In her essay “Shooting Dad”, Sarah Vowell describes her shift from focusing on her and her father’s differences to focusing on their similarities. This shift allows her to prioritize their relationship over their disagreements. In your experience, is this a common evolution in a child-parent relationship?
Write an essay that answers this question with specific reference to Vowell’s text. Your essay should include your own defensible thesis statement and reasons and examples from your studies, experience, or observations that develop and support it.
Shooting Dad
By Sarah Vowell
Sarah Jane Vowell (1969- ) is an American author, journalist, essayist and social commentator. Often referred to as a "social observer," Vowell has written five nonfiction books on American history and culture, and was a contributing editor for the radio program This American Life on Public Radio International from 1996–2008. She was also the voice of Violet in the animated film The Incredibles.
If you were passing by the house where I grew up during my teenage years and it happened to be before Election Day, you wouldn't have needed to come inside to see that it was a house divided. You could have looked at the Democratic campaign poster in the upstairs window and
SCROLL DOWN FOR SEPTEMBER UDWPA TEXT
Question 1 In her essay “Shooting Dad”, Sarah Vowell describes her attempt at “becoming a better daughter.” Her effort to understand her father’s interest in guns is a potential model for resolving disagreements. Do you believe her approach—trying to understand the other side—could be used to address conflicts you’ve experienced or observed? Why or why not?
Write an essay that answers this question with specific reference to Vowell’s text. Your essay should include your own defensible thesis statement and reasons and examples from your studies, experience, or observations that develop and support it.
OR
Question 2. In her essay “Shooting Dad”, Sarah Vowell describes her shift from focusing on her and her father’s differences to focusing on their similarities. This shift allows her to prioritize their relationship over their disagreements. In your experience, is this a common evolution in a child-parent relationship?
Write an essay that answers this question with specific reference to Vowell’s text. Your essay should include your own defensible thesis statement and reasons and examples from your studies, experience, or observations that develop and support it.
Shooting Dad
By Sarah Vowell
Sarah Jane Vowell (1969- ) is an American author, journalist, essayist and social commentator. Often referred to as a "social observer," Vowell has written five nonfiction books on American history and culture, and was a contributing editor for the radio program This American Life on Public Radio International from 1996–2008. She was also the voice of Violet in the animated film The Incredibles.
If you were passing by the house where I grew up during my teenage years and it happened to be before Election Day, you wouldn't have needed to come inside to see that it was a house divided. You could have looked at the Democratic campaign poster in the upstairs window and