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 * 1) **Process Paper: Prompt is included below**
 * 2) PLEASE NOTICE: There are two parts to this paper. The two parts are DUE at different times.
 * 3) Part I due via email Nov. 1 2011 by 10:00pm
 * 4) Part II due in class Nov. 3 2011. Please print out and turn in hard copy.
 * 5) **Wikipost** - Doing this wiki post may help you along the process of writing your essay.

Prompt for the Paper: A new student comes to your school and joins your grade. She just arrived from Tehran, Iran and during a self-introduction, she tells everyone she is Muslim. You quietly observe from afar that she always has her hair covered, even when she is under the hot Taiwanese sun. She dresses in very plain loose-fitting clothes and always has her arms and legs completely covered. You also observe that every day, the new student is allowed to leave class at different times to go into a different room but you don’t know what she does there. During class, she has mentioned that she likes going to movies and listening to pop music. These new behaviors have gotten the attention of other students. Girls begin to whisper and start rumors about where she goes and guys start to laugh when she walks by.
 * PART I**


 * In detailed steps, how do you become her friend and ally to her culture?**

//Hints to help you along the process://

//When you don’t know about something, where do you go to look for information?// //Also, sometimes the best way to get information is to interview a person that has experience with what you are trying to learn about. This is called getting information from a primary source. What can you do to help you understand the new student?//


 * Requirements:**
 * Name, Class, Date – Upper left hand corner
 * Double spaced
 * Font Size 12 – Calibri, Arial, Times New Roman.
 * Length – 2 pages
 * Must have at least 15 different steps written in paragraph form.
 * Must highlight 15 different sequence words such as
 * After || afterward || as soon as || before ||
 * during || finally || first || following ||
 * immediately || initially || later || meanwhile ||
 * next || not long after || now || on (date) ||
 * preceding || second || soon || then ||
 * third || today || until || when ||

You have recently interviewed a teacher/adult about an experience where they either stood up for what they believed in or they wished someone had stood up for them. We have also discussed some of Ms. Ruperez’s experiences in class. There are a lot of instances in our lives when we are faced with a decision to act on what we think is right or to stand idly by and watch. Most of all of us know what is right or what we //should// do. Yet, only a few of us //act//.
 * Part II**

Part I of this essay asked you to write about what you would do. Please take a couple of minutes to think about what you have written. **In a truthful response, please write about whether you actually would extend a hand to the new student or stand idly by and watch her struggle to fit into her new school. You must substantiate your reasons for acting or not acting. Explain in detail why or why not.**

Name, Class, Date – Upper left hand corner Double Spaced Font Size 12 – Arial, Calibri, Times New Roman Length – At least one page
 * Requirements:**

//Some ways to help start off the response paper://

//I think that I really would act and become a friend and ally to the new student because. . . . . .// //One of the main reasons why I would become her friend is because. . . . .// //Her situation reminds me of. . . . . .// //I believe that. . . .//

//I think that I would not act to become a friend or ally to the new student because. . . .// //One of the main reasons why I don’t want to become a friend or ally is. . . . .// //Although I understand the new student’s feelings, I. . . . . . . . .//