Assignment 2 - May 14th 2008

Assignment 2 A - Good introductions in websites - By Niloopa

1. A storm was brewing and there was a roll of thunder. Farah - a four-year-old Iraqi girl now living in Lexington, Kentucky - urgently asked her mother, "Was that a bomb?" Farah and her brother Bashar - who is nearly two - used to live in Baghdad with their parents Haithem and Ethar. - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7397825.stm
o It’s a strong opening paragraph because the introduction begins with a small story . It makes the reader read on. The reader can expect something more interesting to happen
o Because it is a commonly talk about topic – war on terrorism, Iraq and America.

2. Local Catholic church partners of Caritas Internationalis have begun delivering aid to the people of Myanmar following the devastation caused by Cyclone Nagris
Local church partners in Myanmar are providing food and other aid items to 10,000 people in Yangon and Irrawaddy, with numbers expected to rise to 40,000 people receiving support by Wednesday. – www.cafod.org.uk
o Its strong because its timely and informative

Assignment 2 - 14th May 2008

Attached herewith is the assignment 2b by Niloopa - for 14th May 2008
Introduction to a story - Caritas Sri LAnka March April newsletter 2008

People - Images - life in the Vanni
Manuel Thevarajah is from Vanni and is the father of six and at the age of forty seven, he has had to give up his home and his means of livelihood due to the unstable situation in the country. This is often a frustrating state of affairs for a man like Manuel who earned well and provided for his large family while living in the village of Mullikulam.

Assignment No 02

Introduction to a Story:
Saman Pryankara was awarded as the best small industry owner of the Central Province in the year 2008 who is a beneficiary and a member of Setik Human Rights victims committee.

Assignment: No 01

Playgroups 'cut leukaemia risk'
Children who attend daycare or playgroups cut their risk of the most common type of childhood leukaemia by around 30%, a study estimates.
BBC news
Why I do like: This theme is very important in the present context. It encourage readers to read on to know more details about cutting the risk of leukaemia. Though this doesn’t indicate when it is common and important forever.


Family killed during raid in Gaza
Israelis and Palestinians have blamed each other for an explosion that killed a mother and her four children in Gaza
BBC
Why I do like: Though this story is regarding the war situation of two countries it highlight an incident of a mother and four children of her own. Readers will read on to know more details about the incident since the story shows that this is a very tragic story from the first sentence. And also the words used by the author is very effective.


Sponsorship Changes Two Lives
My experience as a Save the Children sponsor has truly changed my life, in that it has become part of my overall identity. In the end, I’m not sure who has grown more from the experience – my sponsored children or myself.
Save the children
Why I do like: The author used very simple language and it makes the readers more intresting to read. Also from the first sentence it shows that this is a very exciting story. As this is an experience of a woman she herself is telling the story. It is more effective and used more quotes in it.