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reading-bm.docx1- Helpful Resources: Identifying Main Ideas, Supporting Evidence/Details, and Summarization.
Posted on: Monday, October 19, 2015 1:44:50 PM EDT
Helpful Resources: Identifying Main Ideas, Supporting Evidence/Details, and Summarization.
Identifying Main Ideas and Supporting Detail. To be read by 10-21:
http://www.sophia.org/tutorials/understanding-main-idea-and-supporting-details-as
On Writing Summaries:
Writing a good summary is not as easy as it may appear. It actually requires quite a bit of finesse. First the you must read and comprehend the text. This may involve unpacking lengthy sentences and decoding challenging vocabulary. Then you must identify main ideas and key points, which means that you must have a good enough understanding of the text to distinguish between essential and nonessential information. Finally you must express this information in your own words. This means that summarizing a text requires both comprehension and expression skills. Additionally, summaries should not contain opinions, background knowledge, or personal information; rather, a summary should be entirely text based.
http://www.users.drew.edu/sjamieso/resources/Summary.html
http://depts.washington.edu/owrc/Handouts/How%20to%20Write%20a%20Summary.pdf
2- Journal Assignment for Wednesday, 10-21: The stories we tell... Changing the script... To be posted by Wednesday, 10-21
Posted on: Monday, October 19, 2015 5:17:01 PM EDT
This assignment can be found in Course Tools, Journals:
The stories we tell... Changing the script... To be posted by Wednesday, 10-21
Please listen to the following This American Life, Episode 555: The Incredible Rarity of Changing Your Mind, Prologue and Act 1 and 2 only.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/555/the-incredible-rarity-of-changing-your-mind
Come to class prepared to discuss what you the episode.
Additionally, please view Elif Shafak's TED Talk, "The Politics of Fiction" at least once before class-time. Don't forget to take the time to critically read through the web-content on the TED site, including the speaker's biographies, related topics and videos, and TED Talks blogs. Take extensive notes!!! Come to class prepared to discuss what you have viewed and read. After viewing and reading, please answer the questions below:
http://www.ted.com/talks/elif_shafak_the_politics_of_fiction
If you are uncomfortable posting this assignment, please let me know, but be sure to type out your responses in any event:
1. Now that you have had some time to reflect on your own Values, Value Judgments, and Subjective Perspectives, tell me about some of the Single Stories you have been telling yourself, and how they relate to your limited personal experiences? Be honest about the groups that you judge or stereotype, and explain your Subjective reasons for doing so. Are there Objective reasons that these groups might be judged? Explain. What would/might make you change your mind about this group or groups?
2. Are your stories changing now that your knowledge and experiences are expanding through exposure to new and Objective ideas? How about Anecdotal or Narrative Evidence? Do you think that you are becoming a better listener? Questioner? Why are theses skills so important? Be detailed and thoughtful in your responses!
3- Journal Assignment for Monday, 10-26
Posted on: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 1:45:42 PM EDT
Journal Assignments:
Please read the article below and answer the questions that follow. As always, be sure to highlight and look up any unfamiliar vocabulary, and come to class on Monday, 10-26 prepared to discuss what you have read. Additionally, watch the Dan Gilbert TED Talk below and look up any unfamiliar vocabulary from his talk as well. Enjoy!
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy?language=en
http://www.rd.com/health/wellness/happiness-limitations/
1. According to Dan Gilbert, what is Synthetic Happiness? What is the Psychological Immune System? How can it help us to deal with our Barriers? Summarize what Dan Gilbert is trying to prove.
2. Summarize the Main Idea of the article on meaning in one paragraph, one sentence, three words. What Supporting Evidence is given? What is the article saying or Inferring about happiness? How does the article relate to what Dan Gilbert's TED Talk on happiness?
3. What gives your life meaning? Give very thoughtful consideration to this question, as it is one of the most important questions you can ask yourself. Enjoy basking in the warmth your answer will provide you...
Consider how the article and talk relate to the assignments and media you have been working on in Prof. Greenbaum's class. Enjoy connecting what you are learning in both classes!
4- Journal: Solitude... Round One... To be posted by Wednesday, 10-28
Posted on: Monday, October 26, 2015 3:05:58 PM EDT
Solitude... Round One... To be posted by Wednesday, 10-28
1. After viewing the following TED Talk, Sherry Turkle, Connected but alone, https://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_alone_together?language=en,
Answer the following questions:
Can you be alone? Be honest! How long could you go without your phone, TV, the Internet, music, or even a book or magazine before you start to crawl out of your skin? Could you sit in a restaurant and eat by yourself? What emotions do you feel when you are alone? Fear? Anxiety? Loneliness? Peace? Why do you think this is? Why are we so afraid of ourselves and of the present moment? How do you think Technology effected/affected our ability to be alone?
2. Exercise: Try to place yourself alone and in the present moment for one hour (thirty minutes if you are way too overwhelmed by the experience). That's right! Turn off the TV, iPad, Telephone, music and be by yourself for at least thirty minutes! While enjoying your company, try to visualize your ideal life, your goals, and your vision of who you truly are, right here, right now, and who you would like to become. Make this visualization about YOU and only YOU, not other people! See yourself, with yourself and no one else. Could you do it? Could you go thirty minutes alone and without thinking of other people? If so: How did it feel? If not: What thoughts "happened to you" while you were trying to focus on yourself? Why do you think you had those thoughts? Did your Ego (Pain Body) try to bother you?Did you enjoy the experience or not?
After you have attempted or completed this exercise, write down any thoughts that came to mind. For instance, what did you see (visualize), feel, or hear yourself (or your Ego) saying.
Good luck! Being alone is awesome, and it will make you feel very empowered once you know how to enjoy it, and how to use your time alone to benefit you as a student... Trust me... You are far more interesting than you may know...
5- Notebook Homework for Monday, 11-2
Posted on: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 9:09:46 PM EDT
Notebook Homework for Monday, 11-2:
Critical Reading. To be completed in your notebooks by Monday, 11-2: Please answer the follow questions regarding thereading selections from Viktor Frankl, Max Erhmann, and Ella Wheeler Wilcox (which were given to you on 10-28)
1. In each selection there are several words that past students have been most unfamiliar. Please define these words, and find at least 1 synonym and 1 antonym for each word. Please look up the words that you were unfamiliar with in each reading selection, define them, and come to class prepared to discuss them? I prefer that you use the online dictionary or the abridged dictionary to look up your word. I like http://www.thefreedictionary.com/, but can use the dictionary that you feel the most comfortable using.
2. 2. . Summarize each selection in one to three sentences. Which reading did you like best? How do the readings relate to the what we have learned so far? Compare them to the other readings and media we have discussed so far. Be prepared to share your opinions!
Enjoy!
6- Inference, Purpose, and Tone. The Power of Social Networks. To be posted by class-time on Monday, 11-9
Posted on: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 1:19:24 PM EST
Inference, Purpose, and Tone. The Power of Social Networks. To be posted by class-time on Monday, 11-9
Please watch the short video regarding Inference and take the Quiz that follows. Additionally, please complete the Purpose and Tone Quiz as well. After you have explored Inference, Purpose, and Tone, watch the TED talks Lecture below, and answer the questions that follow. Be sure to not only view the video at least three times, but to always READ through the Bios and web-content and to view and/or read related videos and web-content on the TED Talks site. Additionally, be sure to listen for any unfamiliar vocabulary, look up any words that you did not know, re-watch after learning the new vocabulary, then come to class prepared to discuss the words and their meanings. The vocabulary in this lecture will be on the final exam, so please pay very class attention! Enjoy!
Finding and Understanding Inference: http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-inference-how-to-infer-intended-meaning.html#lesson
Understanding Purpose and Tone:
Authors write with a reason in mind, and you can better evaluate what is being said by determining what that reason is. The author’s reason for writing is also called thepurpose of the selection. Three common purposes are:
1. To inform—to give information about a subject. Authors with this purpose wish to give their readers facts.
2. To persuade—to convince the reader to agree with the author’s point of view. Authors with this purpose may give facts, but their main goal is to promote an opinion.
3. To entertain—to amuse and delight; to appeal to the reader’s senses and imagination.
Purpose and tone are very closely related. A writer’s tone reveals the attitude he or she has toward a subject. Tone is expressed through the words and details the writer selects. Just as a speaker’s voice can project a range of feelings, a writer’s voice can project one or more tones, or feelings.
Purpose and Tone Quiz: http://www.laflemm.com/RfR10/QuizTonePurpose.html
TED Talks, Social Networks: http://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_christakis_the_hidden_influence_of_social_networks.html
1. Summarize this talk in no more than five to ten sentences. Be clear and concise with your summaries by trying your best to find the Main Idea and the most important pieces of Supporting Evidence. What is Christakis Inferring about Social Networks? Be very, very detailed and specific in your response to this question! Have fun!
2. What is the Purpose of Christakis's Lecture? What is the Tone?
3. Now that you have had some time to reflect on your own Values, Value Judgments, and Subjective Perspectives, tell me how you think you may be affecting/effecting your Social Networks with your ideas and/or behaviors. Consider what Nicholas Christakis might say. Be detailed and thoughtful in your responses!
Please note: The language and evidence presented in these talks will be used in your Final Exam, so take extensive notes!!!
