“Alandra’s Lilacs” Text Response/Reflection Paper Assignment & Instructions“Alandra’s Lilac’s” Text Response/Reflection PaperText Response/Reflection Paper Assignment Instructions:• Read the required reading.• Write paper in essay format using college level writing and be sure to include all of the components within your essay.• Must be at least 1000 words, 4 pages double-spaced of your own words 12-point font size (not including directions and questions).• If you use quotations or paraphrase closely be sure to use citations.• Be sure to include your name on your paper.• Submit electronically.• Text Response/Reflection Papers must be handed in on time.• Late assignments will have up to 1 point taken off per day if handed in late.As you read through the book “Alandra’s Lilacs” by Tressa Bowers reflect up on the author’s experience being a mother of a deaf child. Include your reaction to the book and reflect upon how it might feel to be a parent of a deaf child.Be sure to include the following:1. Describe and discuss the time when Tressa found out her daughter Alandra was deaf.2. Describe Alandra’s experiences going to a variety of educational programs. Which program do you think provide the best education experience for her?3. Describe and discuss Alandra’s teenage years. What would you have done differently if you were Alandra’s mother?4. Describe and discuss Alandra’s experience at Gallaudet University. As a college student how can you relate to her experience?5. By the end of the book how did Alandra’s mother evolve in her perception of sign language and the Deaf world and her acceptance of it?
