Reading+Group+Assignments

Reading Group Assignments toc
 * Read the prompt carefully for the assigned reading.
 * Read the assigned reading with the questions in mind.
 * As you read, make notes in the margins or in a notebook.
 * Write your response.

Remember to include your name at the beginning of each post or I cannot give you credit!!

**The Score Guide:** Each post is worth 10 points, or 1% of the final grade. Here is how your grade will break down: For 10 points your response will: For 5 points it will either: For 0 points, it could:
 * answer the questions completely
 * meet the word count
 * have minimal error
 * be posted before class
 * drift off task and won't fully address the questions
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">not meet the word count
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Have too many errors
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">be posted after class but on the due date
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">be too short or too incomprehensible
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">use insulting or inflammatory language
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">be posted after the due date

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">1. Brainology
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Dweck, Carol S. "Brainology." Independent School Magazine. National Association of Independent Schools, Winter (2008). Web. 26 Aug. 2013. []

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Define "Fixed Mindset" and "Growth Mindset" in your own words.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">How can you connect the concept of "fixed" v. "growth" mindsets to your own experiences as a student?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">How <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">might <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">things change now that you are aware of these mindsets?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Write at least 300 words to receive 10 points.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2. You-Topian Dreams
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Maasik, Sonia & Jack Solomon. "You-Topian Dreams" Signs of Life in the USA. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's 2012. Print.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Analyze how you portray yourself in social networking sites. For example, if you have a Facebook page, describe it and discuss why you designed it as you did. What signs did you choose or not choose to communicate your identity, and why? If you avoid social networking, why?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Critics of online social networking have expressed concern that excessive online networking will diminish participants' ability to socialize normally in face-to face environments. Discuss the legitimacy of this concern, drawing on your own personal experiences with social networking.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Post your response on the new page (You-topian Dreams) I have created in each Reading Group. Write at least 300 words. Read your work aloud before you post!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3. Reading Group Post 3
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Read the three following short readings and remember to take notes as you read. What do you agree and disagree with? What assumptions (an unstated but clearly implied belief or claim) are you finding? What connections do see between the readings?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">International Center for Media and Public Agenda. "Students Addicted to Social Media" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Johnson, Steven. "It's All about Us" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Williams, Brian. "Enough about You"

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Choose one reading to work on, perhaps the one you most identified with, and write about 150 words for each prompt:


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Which important concept/idea or research finding did you learn from this reading? Why do you believe that it is important?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">If you were to apply this concept or research finding to an aspect of your own life, what parts might resonate with your own experiences and what contradictions might you find?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 20.909090042114258px;">The whole response should be at least 300 words. Focus on addressing both prompts equally and keep the question firmly in your mind as you write. This will help you stay on task and make sure you answer the questions fully. Please read your work aloud before you post.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 20.909090042114258px;">This time, instead of me doing this for you, each team should create their own page titled Reading Group Post 3. If you feel confident, go ahead and do this for your team; copy and paste the prompt as usual.

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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 20.909090042114258px;">4. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">America's Wandering Families =====

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Schwartz-Nobel, Loretta. "[|America's Wandering Families]" //Growing Up Empty.// Harper, 2002.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">What are some of the typical ways we are encouraged to think about homelessness? Where do we get these views most often reinforced?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">How are Tina and Melissa, the two homeless mothers, portrayed in this essay? In which ways do their portrayals reinforce society's stereotypes of being homeless? In which ways do they contradict or appear different?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Write about 150 words for each prompt. For each group, one team member should set up the group page, titled **America's Wandering Families**, then copy and paste the prompt as usual.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Note: your reading group may have changed!

**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">6. Writing about Homelessness in our Community **
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">First, from reading about the homelessness <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 1.5;"> issue <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">in Humboldt County, what is the most important fact, idea, opinion or example you learned? Why is it important and how does it relate to your thesis or main claim? (150 words)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Next, I want you to reflect on your writing process for this essay and share your progress by answering these questions <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 1.5;">(150 words) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 20.909090042114258px;">How do you rate your progress so far? (on target, behind, struggling to keep up)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">What was the most challenging aspect in writing this essay?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">What do you need to do to complete the essay?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">Do you have any remaining questions about the assignment?

**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">7. Kenyon Commencement Speech:David Foster Wallace **
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 20.909090042114258px;">Click here for the [|Reading] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 20.909090042114258px;">Also, here is a You-tube video of the speech.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">What was the most important idea you learned from this reading? Why do you believe it is important?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">If you were to apply this idea to your own educational goals or your life in general, what part might resonate with you and what contradictions might you find?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 20.909090042114258px;">Write at least 300 words for full credit.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">8. Two Years Better Than Four
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">What view is Liz Addison responding to? Write out a sentence that summarizes the "they say" in her argument.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">Do you agree that the community college system is "one of America's uniquely great institutions"? (Is it unique? Is it great?) Why or why not? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">In addressing this question, describe your personal educational goals and how College of the Redwoods is helping you reach those goals (or not). Write about 200 words.