PB3A

The article that I read, found interesting, and also the article I think I will use for my WP3 is an article titled "Parents’ Perspectives Towards the Diagnosis of Autism: An Italian Case Study Research" by Paola Molteni and Sylvia Maggiolini. It is an article about a particular study done in Italy with Italian families that have children on the autistic scale, and details how the parents discovered and received the diagnosis that their child has autism. 
I found the article interesting for a number of reasons. First, the location of Italy made the article a little more appealing to me because I am from Italy and familiar with the various regions and people that are there. Secondly, I have cousins in my family that have autism and I because of my interest in the human mind I have always had a particular fondness for these cousins. However I am not extremely well-knowledged with the specifics of autism so I thought the article would be interesting to read. 
The intended audience of the article is for parents and doctors in an effort to make a new establishment that could provide services and guidance for families with autistic children. I know that I want/need to change the genre to appeal to a younger and older audience, and that is where I get a little confused on what I'm doing. I want to change the article to make it tailored for other children that DON'T have autism, basically like an explanation of autism that will help children be more understanding and supportive of autistic kids. For the older audience, I want to transform the information in the article to be tailored to expecting parents, so that they can be educated, prepared, and conscious of the signs and available steps to deal with a  child that has autism. 
For the kids version of my paper, I am going to focus on using a simple tone so that children could easily follow. I realize that it is not an interesting subject to a lot of children, so I would like to include some humor and possibly some kind of images so that the read is more entertaining. If I don't do this, I assume that most children that read it will just want to quit reading the paper halfway through. 
For the adult version, I know that I will have a more interested audience because parents who are expecting usually go insane trying to learn as much about how to raise a child as possible. This helps me as a writer. I am going to include stats from the scholarly article that I think parents would find interesting, and I am going to talk about the importance of recognizing signs of autism and getting the right kind of help as early as possible. 
I hope that with my plan, I will be able to make a paper that will introduce autism in a fun but also educational manner, while the other paper will hopefully be an informative piece that can help parents. 

 

reaction to painting trees

The artists first had to decide what part of the tree they wanted to capture, which varied between all of them depending on what part of the tree they found most interesting. They had to make decisions on what paint they want to use, what tool (brush, knife, etc.), and what colors to use. All of them started with a preliminary drawing, but some were more detailed then others. They all explain their reasoning to why as they use this or that paint, and why they choose to detail certain things over others. They all are constantly making decisions. 

Each artist has his own style. One is very abstract, one is black and white but highlights the numerous branches, one has extreme definition in the trunk, and one has a lot of straight lines and looks like an ancient asian painting of a tree. 

They describe their moves to with emotions and to highlight their purpose for what they want to stand out about the tree.

WP3

For wp2, I thought it went really well. I did a good job at changing my thesis I think (Thanks Andy) and at putting a lot of outside source quotes in my paper. I think it is much better than last wp
I think wp3 is going to be fun since we have been building up to this all quarter. I think I would like to kind of see an example of what you mean because it sounds like we are just rewording a scholarly piece? I just think I would understand better with an example.