There are no exams or quizzes in this class but there are 8 reading responses. These responses offers you an invitation to take your own words and writing seriously. Push yourself to think what style, genre, and language mean in 21st century contexts. Your content and explorations are most important.
You will NOT be creating and following 5-paragraph formulas for these responses. Reading responses are the place to work out what you are trying to say. As you read, figure out what is important to you and why. Figure out what disturbs or confuses you and why. Use words to create a movie of what is happening in your mind when you meet the words on the page. Connect the ideas in the text to your own experience: make the text your own and see it as a part of the knowledge that your own personal experiences already embody. Reflect. Ruminate. Question. Listen carefully to yourself and try to describe the effect the text is having on you. Write honestly, respond deeply, admit confusion, expand on the author’s points, and discover your own ideas.
You will NOT be creating and following 5-paragraph formulas for these responses. Reading responses are the place to work out what you are trying to say. As you read, figure out what is important to you and why. Figure out what disturbs or confuses you and why. Use words to create a movie of what is happening in your mind when you meet the words on the page. Connect the ideas in the text to your own experience: make the text your own and see it as a part of the knowledge that your own personal experiences already embody. Reflect. Ruminate. Question. Listen carefully to yourself and try to describe the effect the text is having on you. Write honestly, respond deeply, admit confusion, expand on the author’s points, and discover your own ideas.
Notice how you are not graded on format and prescriptive rules for these reading responses. You are not expected to write polished, perfect pieces. If you choose to include one of these responses in your final ePortfolio, you must revise and extend these pieces.