Think back to the story "told in the drooling ward." write a problem-solution essay in which you propose a solution to discrimination against special needs individuals. to show that you know the story well, use examples from the story as evidence or arguments to support your ideas. show what you know about strong ideas, organization, sentence fluency and conventions. your instructor will use the 6+1 rubric to assess your writing.

In a 10-12 sentence response-style paragraph, explore the degree to which you agree or disagree with faulkner’s message. “i believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. he is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. the poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. it is his privilege to man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. the poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to him endure and prevail” (faulkner 773-775).