{"id":1166,"date":"2016-08-21T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-08-21T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/davis\/?page_id=1166"},"modified":"2018-01-29T13:18:30","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T13:18:30","slug":"reading-posts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/davis\/courses\/animal-rhetorics\/assignments-and-grades\/reading-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Informal notes analyzing\/exploring key issues in the readings + at least one thoughtful response to a classmate\u2019s post. When the schedule assigns reading posts, go to the class Discussion forum on Canvas and select the correct one\u2014they are numbered. Your notes should offer a real engagement with the material that takes us\u00a0<strong><em>into<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0the text,\u00a0<strong>offering quotes and page numbers<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>posing questions <\/strong>and\/or offering\u00a0<strong>reflections<\/strong>\u00a0on passages or ideas. IOW: get in there and engage the text\u2014think, think, think. Your response to your classmates\u2019s notes should be equally specific and thoughtful.<\/p>\n<p>Your notes are to be posted by <strong>8\u00a0<em>pm Sunday Night\u00a0<\/em>when they are due on a Monday; by 8\u00a0<em>pm Tuesday Night<\/em>\u00a0when they are due on a Wednesday<\/strong>\u2013this gives everyone time to respond to a classmate\u2019s post by class time. For full credit you must complete the notes on time. I\u2019ll take 5% off for each day a set of notes is late.<\/p>\n<p>Grade Scale:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For a 5 (100%): You\u2019ll not only follow the instructions exactly but wow us with your insight and demonstrate extra effort, citing several passages along with the correct page or paragraph numbers. Your notes, though informal, will be well-written and proofread, with few errors or typos.<\/li>\n<li>For a 4.5 (90%): You\u2019ll post the notes on time, completing all the steps thoughtfully, demonstrating a good, strong, above average effort,\u00a0citing passages along with the correct page or paragraph numbers.\u00a0Your notes, though informal, will be well-written and proofread, with few errors or typos.<\/li>\n<li>For a 4 (80%): You\u2019ll post the notes on time and complete most of the steps thoughtfully, demonstrating a slightly above average effort overall, citing some passages with page or paragraph numbers and perhaps summarizing without reflecting much or offering semi-obvious commentary. Your notes, though informal, will be well-written and proofread, with few errors or typos.<\/li>\n<li>For a 3.5 (70%): You\u2019ll complete your notes and demonstrate an average effort overall, perhaps summarizing mechanically without much insight or thoughtfulness or bouncing out of the text to discuss something else too quickly, without really engaging the text itself, and\/or perhaps failing to cite passages or to offer page or paragraph numbers. Your notes will be pretty well-written, with some errors or typos.<\/li>\n<li>For a 3 (60%): Your notes will be posted, but perhaps incompletely, demonstrating a below-average effort overall, mechanically summarizing without much insight or interest or else leaping out of the text to talk about tangential thoughts rather than engaging the material. Your notes may be sloppily written or unproofed, and it may fail to cite sources and\/or page numbers.<\/li>\n<li>For a 2.5 (50%): You\u2019ll offer a half-ass effort that looks like you coughed it up in a mad rush right before the class bell.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/davis\/courses\/animal-rhetorics\/\">Home <\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/davis\/courses\/animal-rhetorics\/animal-rhetorics-description\/\">Course Description\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/davis\/courses\/animal-rhetorics\/texts-and-resources\/\">Texts\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/davis\/courses\/animal-rhetorics\/assignments-and-grades\/\">Assignments and Grades<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/davis\/courses\/animal-rhetorics\/course-schedule\/\">Schedule<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Informal notes analyzing\/exploring key issues in the readings + at least one thoughtful response to a classmate\u2019s post. 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