from the Ashford Writing Center.
Read the text about
active reading and the SQ3R process (Chapter 2 section 2.2)
Watch the SQ3R
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and Active Reading
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videos.
Read all three of the
following essays, which are available in the Ashford Library:
Fifteen Takes on
California
Wendell Berry’s Wisdom
Free Spirits: A Legacy of
Wildness
Reflect: Using the SQ3R
reading method, consider how the authors you read are writing about place and
how they view and interact with that setting/environment. Also, think about how
those points of view compare to your own perceptions of what you see as your
place.
Write: Upon reflection,
select ONE of the above essays on place and write at least three paragraphs
(200-300 words for each paragraph) where you accomplish the following:
Summarize what you read
and explain what parts of the SQ3R process helped you.
Incorporate a quote and/or
paraphrase where appropriate, with proper APA citation—see Citing Within Your
Paper
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external site.)
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site.
from the Writing Center.
Make connections between
what you read about place and other knowledge/experience/observations you have
had about your own environment/place.
Articulate any
questions/curiosities/predictions/challenges you have based on the reading and
use examples from the essay to explain those.
Incorporate a quote
and/or paraphrase where appropriate, with proper APA citation—see Citing Within
Your Paper
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external site.)
Links to an external
site.
from the Writing Center.
Your initial post must be
at least 600 words in length and posted by Day 3. Support your claims with
examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly sources, and
properly cite any references as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s Citing
Within Your Paper
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external site.)
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site.
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