Devotional Writing and Prewriting for 2nd Qtr Book Report

Quiz: pp. 711-718

Loma Linda Academy will be publishing a devotional book written by students this spring. Mr. Stone listed several suggested approaches:

Devotional

"The Hand of God"--Tell the story of a time you believe God worked in your life. Describe his intervention.

Mr. Stone noted examples of this story in contemporary Seventh-day Adventist publications, such as the Adventist Review, Insight, Guide Magazine, and Primary Treasure. He also noted Guideposts as a popular American publisher which feature such stories in such magazines as Guideposts, Mysterious Ways, and Angels on Earth. These devotional stories are historically rooted in the providence tales popular in Europe and America in the seventeenth century.

"Favorite Verse"--Tell the story of how and why a specific verse of the Bible became meaningful to you.

"Words of Wisdom"--Expound on the meaning and application of a proverb from the Bible.

Students need to write a rough draft of devotional in their journal. This devotional should be at least one-and-a-half pages long, single spaced.

Prewriting for 2nd Quarter Book Report

Students need to write two separate entries in their journal. The first entry should summarize in a paragraph of ten sentences the first half of the biography/autobiography they read. The second entry should summarize in another paragraph of ten sentences the second half of the biography/autobiography they read.

Students need to complete five lines of each of the four required prewriting tables. They need to fill out the topic (the the name of the person who is the subject of the book), the subtopic (the area of the book they are critiquing), and the three concrete detail cells (Describe the example passage from the book and list the page number on which is found).

Mr. Stone suggested the following possibilities for subtopics:

memorable stories/anecdotes
significant events in the subject's life
character traits
lessons learned
the historical context of the major events in the person's life
the primary geographical locations described in the book
the author's point of view on the person
the writer's style

Homework: Work on any of the work above so that you will be finished with these assignments by the end of the next class.