http://www.hightechhigh.org/unboxed/issue4/ampersand_making_sense_of_internship
Ampersand: Making Sense of Internship by Randy Scherer
I think that this is a great example of a well-written, inspiring article that serves as a good role model of how to write and what to write about, since this article is about internship--Ampersand, to be exact. The beginning of this story--which is a good tip in itself: this is narrative nonfiction, not a research paper on internship--made me connect with the author, even though I've never experienced that same exact situation, because I could relate to the associated feelings of being unprepared, worried about how you will make your vision reality. After that initial "hook" by which he fished me out of life and into his article, I enjoyed the logical structuring of the article--so much, in fact, that I didn't even notice it...maybe because it's that great thing called flow. His story followed a great chronological progression, from the start of the mentor interview to the end product: a book called Ampersand. The anecdote at the beginning--with his thoughts, feelings, worries--and the great quote at the end made this article a definite Concert, not a pancake. The author also used "Make Meaning Early" and watched his -ings. Throughout the whole article, extra factoids and explanations centered around the story and fit in with certain parts, not the other way around, giving it that great flow I mentioned earlier and making it narrative nonfiction, not a research paper with 'just a story' in it.
For further reading about internship in high school education go here: http://dp.hightechhigh.org/~rscherer/gsedp/RLS_ARThesis.pdf
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