Reading Reflections
Students will create a blog (on WordPress.com) where they will reflect (not summarize!) on each week’s readings. Students are asked to write about the readings to help gain cognitive understanding of material as well as to hone analytical skills. Weekly reading assignments are not graded, except for completeness. Be sure to check your spelling and grammar, however!
• These are short (two-four paragraphs) reviews of assigned readings. Each post must also include three (3) discussion questions about the assigned readings. Length: 250-350 words + questions.
• Each regular weekly reading must be categorized “reading”. Each extra credit reading should be categorized “extra credit”.
• These posts are due Tuesday at 9 am. No late posts accepted.
• Points assigned per the following list: you do not get extra points by providing both a summary and a reflection! The maximum number of points per week is 13; these will be scaled to account for 15% of the final grade.
- Reflection within minimum-maximum word count – 10 points
- Reflection over-or-under word count by more than 5% or with significant grammatical errors- 7 points
- Reading summary (summary instead of reflection) within minimum-maximum word count – 5 points
- Reading summary (summary instead of reflection) over-or-under word count by more than 5% or with significant grammatical errors – 1 point
- Two-Three open-ended discussion questions – 3 points
- One open-ended discussion question – 1 point
- Closed-ended discussion questions – 0 points
