3-4 pg essay

What am I looking for in this essay? Let me briefly list the key points:

1. Evidence that you have carefully read, taken notes on, and thought about the assigned reading for the module: deeply embedded in your essay is an “annotated outline” of the content you wish to cover. That outline should be somewhat visible to the reader. Typically, your essay should have 3-4 key points that you elaborate upon in full, robust paragraphs. Make sure that you provide ample quotes and references from the assigned reading itself (cf. point 2 below). Think of this essay as a "proof" that you have actually read and studied the specific assignment and NOT COPIED AND PASTED FROM OTHER INTERNET RESOURCES. Copying online sources is the "kiss of death" in this class. DON'T USE OTHER SOURCES IN THE COMPOSITION OF YOUR READING ESSAY--STAY FOCUSED ON THE ASSIGNED READING ONLY.

2. Elaboration of the key ideas that you wish to cover in the essay: This elaboration is supplemental to the main ideas. It “puts meat on the bare bones” of the essay. How can you supplement your main ideas? You should quote from the assigned reading itself (include the page number(s) from the assigned reading when appropriate).

3. I am looking for a discussion that is approximately 3-4 pages single-spaced, space between paragraphs, in length. You should write out your essay on a word processing program such as MS Word, or the like, and copy and paste it into the FORUM dialogue box. DO NOT POST MODULAR ASSIGNMENTS BY ATTACHMENT.

(1) to help the professor understand how you are integrating the content of the class  into your own way of thinking and life experience.  

(2) to engage more deeply the work of other classmates.   

Thus, this essay revolves ​both​ around the assigned reading and the work of other students  in your group. After you have "proven" that you have done your assigned homework in the  CONTENT ESSAY, you now take the next step in the learning process. What do you find of  particular importance in the essays of your fellow student learners about the content of the  assigned reading? Again, what did you learn from​ them​ (as opposed to the original modular  reading assignment)? What did you agree with, or disagree with, and why? Have they  inspired you to do further done further online research on your own? Be imaginative! Be  creative! One hopes that you now have a new perspective on religion, a “new window” so to  speak. How are your perspectives evolving in this class? You can even go back and review  an earlier module and reframe some of your earlier ideas now that you have added to your  knowledge base in each successive learning module. You may even review the FORUM  postings in previous learning modules. This DIALOGICAL ESSAY should be approximately 1 

1/2-2 pages in length (about half the length of the READING essay). REMEMBER: While  subjective in nature, don’t just “shoot from the hip” in this essay—it will be quite evident if  you spend the requisite amount of time really processing the material…! 

Step One: Read ALL of the essays submitted by fellow class members 

Step Two: Isolate 3-4 main and/or important ideas from these essays 

Step Three: Discuss these ideas in a good solid paragraph each 

Step Four: Embellish these ideas with further research, either online or in the library 

Step Five: Compile all of this is one good solid essay that is approximately two  single-spaced pages, space between paragraphs (12" typeface)