Description
Instructions for the Found Story Analysis
Identify and describe one “story” that you encountered (from the news, Facebook, your
family/friends, etc.) in the past week, and explain how and why it impacted you.
Minimum length = 750-1000 words (about two and one-half pages).
Goal
The purpose of this exercise is to get you thinking about “stories” you encounter in your
everyday life – not about yourself, but about other people or situations. These can be funny,
serious, light, or heavy – anything you stumble across during the previous week that caused you
to recognize a “story” that allowed you to enter another person’s life, point of view, or local,
regional, or national issue. The goal here is to link the goal of your textbook (“How Stories Make
Us Human”) to your own life and the larger world around you.
Grading rubric
An “A” level submission will have:
· Met the word count
· Show originality
· Be highly reflective
· Be engaging and contemplative
· Reveal and specify something new to you
