Response Paper to The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman

Response Paper to The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
Assignment Guidelines and Grading Rubric
In a 3-4 page APA (6th edition) formatted paper, respond ONE OR MORE the following points: Do not just
give a summary of the story. Papers that are essentially a summary of the story will not be graded and
returned for revision.
 Discuss the differences in family dynamics between Lia’s family and your own family. How did
these family dynamics affect Lia’s care?
 Comment on the various care giving approaches to Lia’s family.
 Reflect on the causes of Lia’s health outcome.
 Reflect on the international health concern of poverty that Lia’s family faced prior to their arrival
in the United States. How may have those experiences influenced their care for Lia?
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IN ADDITION to addressing ONE OR MORE of the above points answer the following two bullet
points:
 What is YOUR personal response to the story? What thoughts and feelings were evoked as a
result of reading this story? How has reading this story affected how you will practice nursing?
 Discuss the relationship between this group of people, Hmong, and another cultural group using
a current article or your text- similar, if so how they adapted or different, what made that
difference.
This assignment is worth 100 points.
Criteria Points Assigned
Content (50 points)
(quality of the information/ideas and sources/details used to support above
points/adherence to length requirement, follows assignment guidelines above)
Structure (20 points)
(logical order or sequence of the writing)
Style (20points)
(appropriate attention to audience: effective word choice, sentence variety,
voice; appropriate level of formality for academic writing, APA format)
Conventions (10 points)
(adherence to grammar rules: usage, mechanics, spelling)
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