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Introduction – You will select a book, a biography or autobiography–of someone
Introduction – You will select a book, a biography or autobiography–of someone who struggled with addiction and recovery.
Purpose- This assignment will help you to understand the struggle for substance misuse recovery from a deeply individual perspective. Many students enjoy this assignment because it brings together all the components of the semester into a compelling story.
Detailed Tasks/Key Components –
Your paper should be approximately 4-5 pages (double spaced) not including the title page, no reference page is needed.
Your headings should include, at minimum, the following, although you may select more or have sub-headings: (or you might use topics/sub-headings from the rubric or help organize your paper)
Introduction -Title, author(s), number of pages, state if autobiography, biography or fiction and why you selected this book, what drew you to it, and how long did it take you to read it.
Summary of the Story – Summary of the story at least one page minimum -2 pages maximum
Impact of Addiction -Detail at least 3 examples of how the addiction negatively impacted the person
Barriers to Recovery- Detail the personal struggles and / or failures of the person wanting to get clean and barriers to recovery
Impact on Reader- what did you learn about substance use disorders from reading this book.
GUIDELINES
Logistics/Submission Format – Be sure to organize your paper by subheadings as listed below:
Introduction -Title, author(s), number of pages, state if autobiography, biography or fiction and why you selected this book, what drew you to it, and how long did it take you to read it.
Summary of the Story – Summary of the story at least one page minimum -2 pages maximum
Impact of Addiction -Detail at least 3 examples of how the addiction negatively impacted the person
Barriers to Recovery- Detail the personal struggles and / or failures of the person wanting to get clean and barriers to recovery
Impact on Reader- what did you learn about substance use disorders from reading this book.
** I recommend you upload your paper early because you will need to run your paper through the Unichecker to ensure you have not accidentally plagiarized any other writing!
You will need to turn in your completed paper via Unicheck (the version of TurnItIn for Canvas) and review your similarity rating. Papers turned in with a similarity rating higher than 18% or that have a number of phrases that are not appropriately cited and paraphrased will not be graded and be given a score of zero. Please observe all UTA and School of Social Work guidelines about academic integrity and plagiarism. Plagiarism tutorial – https://library.uta.edu/plagiarism/index.php
Rubric
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Introduction
Full Marks = Introduction: Title, author(s), number of pages, state if autobiography, biography or fiction and why you selected this book. This is one paragraph.
1 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Summary of Story Line
Full Marks = Summarize the story line- this is somewhat like an abstract, include the major elements and the outcome of the story. 2 pages suggested
3 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Examples of Addiction
Full Marks = Detail at least 3 examples of how the addiction negatively impacted the person. Each example is at least one paragraph.
3 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Personal Struggles
Full Marks = Detail the personal struggles and / or failures of the person wanting to get clean and barriers to recovery. This is a minimum of a page but may be much longer.
3 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Impact on Reader
Full Marks = Impact on you as the reader: what did you learn about substance use disorders from reading this book. This is a minimum of 1/2 page
3 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Organization, Style/Grammar & Spelling
Full Marks = Be sure to check grammar, spelling and incomplete sentences. Writing must be cohesive and an organized flow – using sub headings will help with organization and flow! Be sure that you have a cover page.
2 pts
Total Points: 15
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