II) IGNATIUS ESSAY. Choose one of these key ideas from the first chapters of the text:
Adolescence: Journeying from Childhood to Adulthood
Finding Answers to Life's Longings
A Question of Worldviews
The Meaning of Faith
How Can We Know About God?
Show how the life of Ignatius illustrates the idea.
The top of your first page should look like this:
name
date
class
Ignatius Loyola: The Meaning of Faith
(or whatever key idea from above you choose)
THREE PARAGRAPH ESSAY
First paragraph: Clearly and completely state the idea from the text. If there are many parts to the key idea you need to list them all. Second paragraph: Show how the life of Ignatius brings this demonstrates this idea. If there are multiple parts above, you need to deal with each that is relevant in this section. Third paragraph: You can add closing remarks. Here you state your personal ideas and feelings about what you�ve thought about in this essay. Show how this has meaning for you here and now. What does Ignatius have to teach you?
This should not be a simple response, an unreflected reaction done at one time. It should be a thoughtful essay reflecting a good measure of what Zanzig called effective criticism. This takes a bit of time. You should reread the entire section of the key idea you chose after reading the story of the The First Jesuit.
The final essay should at least be a second effort. I urge you to do a rough draft, then return later and edit and improve. It is always a good ideas to have someone else proofread major papers for you. The completed paper should demonstrate all you have been taught about to write an essay. Follow the guidelines for heading, title and margins.
Format
Put name, date and class in the upper left hand corner. Single space this.
Title the essay. Skip lines between your heading and the body of the essay.
Use a regular font of not more than 12 points.
The body of the essay should be three paragraphs.
Ideally this should be typewritten. Have someone else proofread it before you hand it in. A parent would be a good choice. If someone does do this, have them sign their name on the bottom. Make corrections in pencil.
