journal_question_.docxExplanation of Assignments Reading Journal
One of my goals for this course is that each of you has a rich experience with the texts you’re reading. One way to facilitate that is through asking probing questions while you read. To that end, I’m asking each of you to create an ongoing reading journal throughout the first four weeks of the course.
This journal should consist of 25 questions total, each given as a complete sentence and responded to in paragraph form. These questions should be probing and journalistic in nature, i.e. who, what, when, where, and most importantly why. The questions you ask should be seeking not just surface level answers, but significance – the reason why. Likewise, the responses should seek to provide meaning, significance, connection etc. No more than 10 questions should be posed about a single work without special permission.
For example, “The temple prostitute instructs Enkidu to drink beer and break bread with humans after having had sex with him constantly for seven days. What does this suggest about the cultural values of the society that produced The Epic of Gilgamesh and what that society deems as human?” is an example of an excellent question.
As stated above, the responses should be given in paragraph form below the subsequent question in an ongoing Microsoft Word document. If you are using Pages or Google Docs, you must convert your document to PDF before submitting it on blackboard. The length of the responses will vary depending upon writing style, but I will assess for depth of response, and quoting and citing from the original text in your responses is favorable if such quotation is used to argue for a particular significance. Remember,
I’m not trying to assess whether or not you have read the material. That’s a given. I’m trying to see how well you can articulate in-depth questions about the material and attempt to answer them.
This assignment is not due until the beginning of week five. I am more than willing to review the questions that you’re writing before or during class beginning as early as day two to see if your questions and responses meet the criteria discussed above. I may help you tweak some questions to elicit more significant responses.
This journal should follow MLA page and citation conventions as closely as possible. I will assess the Journal as follows: overall quality of the questions: 40% genuine attempt to provide significant responses: 50%
grammar and proofreading: 10%
This assignment is worth fully half of your term grade. Obviously, if you do not complete 25 questions, or the quality of those questions will responses is and what is expected, this could significantly affect your score.
Watch the videos and get the questions from the videos.
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLUgZhLJCHk&feature=youtu.be
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhk4N9A0oCA&feature=youtu.be
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpw0cC58iIQ&feature=youtu.be
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbkTUfCiVGE&feature=youtu.be
7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_lpQDc5pHE&feature=youtu.be
8. http://www.learner.org/courses/worldlit/gilgamesh/watch/
9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JrOkT6VYKA&feature=youtu.be
10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_pJVkEHJ-0&feature=youtu.be
11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjbWU3AWRa8&feature=youtu.be
