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    This document provides directions for an assignment called S.Q.U.I.D., which requires students to analyze and discuss quotations from assigned reading of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. For each SQUID, students must lead a class discussion on the reading and submit a written summary of one quotation following the acronym guidelines: S(elect a Quotation), Q(understand), U(identify context), I(describe Significance), and D(iscuss). The assignment aims to explore scientific, cultural, and ethical questions raised in the story through close analysis of meaningful quotations.

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    S.Q.U.I.D.

    - Quotation Analysis/Discussion Assignment


    BIO: Genetics and Genethics
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    DIRECTIONS: Choose the two quotations you find most significant from the chapter(s)
    assigned to you for reading. When it is your turn to SQUID, you will lead the class in a
    discussion of the reading and must also submit a written summary (for one of the quotes)
    that follows the guidelines below. Be certain to label each part of the acronym (SQ U I DS).
    GRADING/DUE DATES: Each SQUIDS is worth 20 points, and you will complete six (or
    more) SQUIDS this term. SQUIDS are due on the day of your SQUID discussion date.
    Grading will be based on accuracy and detail, your ability to follow directions and to offer
    quality formatting, your spelling, punctuation, and grammar, and your ability/willingness
    to use the SQUID assignment to explore the scientific, cultural and ethical questions
    contained in the HeLa story. I will also assess, separately, your in-class leadership of the
    discussion.
    Choose quotes/passages that stand out in the text for their effect; find quotes that are
    significant to the theme of the work (science/disease/bioethics/race/culture), as well as
    character development; select quotes that affect you as a reader because they move you and
    prompt you to ask questions.
    1. Select a Quotation

    Copy the quotation; include page number. NOTE: A


    quotation can be from the narrative it does NOT
    have to be from the dialogue of a character.
    The quotation needs to be of sufficient length for indepth analysis.

    2. Understand

    Prove your understanding by writing about the


    quotations relevance to the section of the work in
    which it is found and the work as a whole. Describe the
    meaning of the quote and why it is important. I
    understand that
    because

    3. Identify

    Identify the context in which the quote appears


    What happened before and after the words you chose?
    Where/when does it appear in the text? Unpack the
    meaning behind the quote/passage.

    4. Describe the Significance

    What makes this quote important? Why does it stand


    out? Why does it make you, the reader, take notice?
    Connect the passage to at least one of the following:
    Cancer and Medicine / Bioethics / Race / Culture and
    Society

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