What is

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What is Informational?
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Informational Text

• Diary of a Mad Blender
  by Sue Shellenbarger
• The Childs View of Working Parents
  by Cora Daniels
• Double Daddy
  by Penny Parker

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Members

• Kara
• Jordan
• Jessica

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Main Characters

• Kathy Peel experimented with balancing work and
  family life.
• Ellen Galinsky held interviews with children
  about how they felt about there parents work
  life.
• Brian Wills quit his corporate job to spend more
  time with his children.

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Plot

• Working parents are trying to figure out a way
  to spend time with their family more than work
  even if they have to take work with them on
  vacations or appointments.

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Character Behaviors

• Kathy Peel Always in a hurry trying to get
  things done.
• Ellen Galinsky Concerned with the way children
  feel about their working parents.
• Brian Wills Quits his job to spend more time
  with his family.

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Reflection

• Most parents in the United States are in a
  hurry to get things done. They are concerned with
  their childrens feelings towards them working,
  and some parents end up quitting their job so
  they can spend more time with their families.

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Conflict

• The main conflict in these articles is parents
  trying to manage their time with their families
  and work.
• Many parents have trouble managing their time
  with their families and work.

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Resolution to Conflict

• Parents end up making a schedule or figuring out
  another way to manage their time, so they can
  spend more time with their family and still work.

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Knowledge Gained

• - Parents are trying to balance their work and
  family.
• - How children really feel about their working
  parents.

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Who I am?

• Our group relates most to Brian Wills, because
  we would quit our job if we needed to spend time
  with our families.