Bodies
Summer Reading

Living and Dying in Brick City: Stories from the Front Lines of an Inner-City E.R. by Sampson David, M.D.

Congratulations on being selected for the Bodies program. It will provide you with rigorous academic challenges and unique medical experiences.

Your journey begins this summer with the following assignments:

Begin by reading the book.
As you read each chapter, write a reflective journal entry discussing why the information presented is important for those entering the medical field. Remember: complete paragraphs are 10 sentences. They include a topic sentence, four supports each followed by an explanation sentence or a quote from the text and a concluding sentence.
Complete the project as detailed below.

Final Project:
Essential Question: What can you do to help reach a high school students who are dealing with one medical concerns presented in the book?

Final Project Criteria:
Explain in detail the medical issue that is of concern to you. Make sure to include evidence to show that it is in fact an issue that requires your attention.

Explain what is currently being done to address the issue.

Create a program (that meets weekly) that can be used with your target audience. Describe your goals for the program as well as what will be done each week that will help you to achieve them.

Effectively communicate your program and sell it to a member of your target audience. (As this will happen the first day of class, everything is due on the first day of school.)

Final Project Rubric

Name of Creator: Name of Reviewer:
Criteria	Evidence	Score 0-20	
Explain in detail the social issue that is of concern to you. Make sure to include evidence to show that it is in fact an issue that requires your attention.			
Explain what is currently being done to address the issue.			
Create a program that can be used with your target audience. Describe your goals as well as steps that you will take to achieve them.			
Effectively communicate your program and sell it to a member of your target audience.			

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