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PPP Due 9/25/2023

Sep 19, 2023

Pilgrim’s Progress Paper (PPP)

  • 3 page minimum.
  • Must quote the book at least 3 times.
    • Long Quotations (2+ sentences) do not count toward your paper length.
  • Due Monday, 9/25/23
  • Choose one of the following prompts
  • Check MLA information here.
  • Writing Improvement Major tip for this paper is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   the active vs. passive voice. Check it out here, and incorporate it into this paper.

 

  1. In “The Pilgrim’s Progress,” Christian’s journey is filled with trials and tribulations. Pick three significant obstacles he encounters and analyze how each one contributes to his overall spiritual journey.

 

  1. Discuss the development of the protagonist, Christian, throughout the novel. How does he change and grow as the story progresses?

 

  1. Who are the main characters in “The Pilgrim’s Progress” and what role does each play in the story? Analyze their motivations, relationships, and growth throughout the book.

 

Grading Rubric

Focus: Student’s analysis shows an understanding of the assignment and thoroughly addresses each part of the prompt. Paper is at least 3 pages Student’s analysis shows some understanding of the assignment, and each part of the prompt receives attention. Shallow understanding of the assignment, much of the prompt still needs to be answered.

How to avoid: Read your prompt over several times. Explain it to someone else and let them read it.

Content: Ideas are detailed, well-developed, and supported with examples and specific details from the book. Ideas have some development. Limited examples that only sometimes connect. Paper includes only generalized references to the book. Ideas still need to be developed. No examples or no relevant examples/illustrations, and only vague references to the book.

How to avoid: When you come up with an idea, consider it only “half-power” until you have 1) examples/illustrations to help the reader understand your view and 2) specific quotations from the book that show you a) understand that part of the book and b) it supports your idea.

Organization: Paragraphs All paragraphs have clear ideas, are supported with examples, and have smooth transitions. Paragraphs contain too many ideas and should split, or they contain no real idea and should combine with another–weak transitions. Paragraphs do not develop ideas and often lack a clear beginning and end.

How to avoid: Once you finish your paragraph’s content, revise until you 1) can see that your ideas are clear and supported. * 2)

Each paragraph naturally flows to the next.

Grammar and Style: Sentences are clear. They are varied in pattern. Some are simple, while some are complex. Excellent use of punctuation gives the paper a professional flow and look. Sentences make sense, but there are too many complex sentences in a row or too many simple sentences in a row. Punctuation helps the reader understand. Sentences should be given more consideration and include fragments or run-ons. Incorrect punctuation weakens the final product and confuses the reader.

How to avoid: After working out your Focus, Content, and Organization, you’ll grasp your paper’s important points, setup, and flow. Now, you can revise your sentences to flow and better communicate your work.

Too many long, complex sentences make a paper difficult to understand. Too many simple sentences in a row get choppy.

Vary your sentence length and complexity.

 

*Having another person read the work can help you know whether the writing is clear/confusing, difficult/choppy etc. It also helps with proofreading.

 

 

PP Selections 9/15/2023

Sep 18, 2023

Turn in a “selections assignment” from the last assigned reading of the story

  • The last 30 pages of the Penguin Classics edition
  • Chapter 31-end of the chapter book edition

 

  1. Reference a selection of text from the book
  2. Explain why you chose this selection.
    1. Be thoughtful
    2. Be specific
    3. If you have questions, make an attempt at an answer, even a guess

 

Example:

The Pilgrim’s Progress, chapter book (or Penguin Classics,) p. 278, “And now were these…”

Their vision of the angels stuck out to me because they show up too much to be unimportant. At one point, the author calls them “ministering spirits” (p. ….), and at another point, these shining ones help them out of the flatterer’s net.

Why didn’t the ministering spirits, upon first meeting Christian, pick them up and carry them off to the celestial city, or at least guide them there?  An answer probably comes from another instance…

8.23.23 – Novels

Aug 24, 2023
  • Read: up till p. 89 (you will have time in class Friday to read.)
  • Identify: Prepare a selection from the book and be ready to discuss in class.

Nothing will need to be turned in.

 

Indeed, the best classics often require more mental work to understand. It’s also true that the work is not in vain. Reading such books is a famously rewarding experience.

    • Would you like some help understanding what you read? Check out this helpful website. TGC Course | Christian Guides to the Classics: Pilgrim’s Progress (thegospelcoalition.org)
      • It includes the chapter divisions that I’m using. For example, this week we stop after Part 1, Chapter 6, “On the Road with Faithful.”

 

    • Also Also, if you have a RightNow Media account (you can probably get one through your church,) this enlightening lecture series by Derek Thomas is split up really well. https://app.rightnowmedia.org/en/player/video/1260?session=8022

Selections Assignment, 8.21.23

Aug 21, 2023

Read: up to p. 29, when you meet “Good-will”

Write: take note of 2 selections & choose one to reference, and write your reflections on the passage.

I prefer you do these assignments electronically and turn them in by emailing me.

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Example:

Selection 1

“So I saw in my dream that the man began to run; now he had not run far from his own door, but his wife and children perceiving it, began to cry after him to return; but the man put his fingers in his ears, and ran on crying, “Life, life, eternal life’; so he looked not behind him but field towards the middle of the plain.”     p. 14, para. 2

Reflection 1

To think of a man literally running away from his family is crazy. The reality is Jesus taught this. John Bunyan didn’t put this reference in his notes, but I can’t help but think he intended to illustrate what Jesus said in Luke 14:26

“If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.”

Christ first, in all things, and Bunyan allegorized it in a novel.

 

 

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