Response paper questions to consider:

• What is the author’s central claim, argument, or point? (This may be a place to start from in your response papers.)
• What evidence does the author provide to support their arguments?
• What could be added to the work to make it more complete?For instance, is there other media, especially empirical research, that we can use to support/refute/or add to the evidence?
• What assumptions does the author make?
• What did you find surprising, important, interesting, or relevant?
• What do these arguments mean for children?

Response paper “Dos and Don’ts”:

DO

• Backup your claims with science and relevant material discussed in class
• Build off ideas mentioned in class, adding your own thoughts and insights
• Use specific examples from the paper and, potentially, from other sources
• Think deeply: Analyze, Evaluate, Create

DON’T

• Only summarize the paper
• Make superficial, obvious insights
• Simply repeat ideas mentioned by others in class