Prepare: Prior to beginning work on this
discussion,
Visit the
following web pages: Grammar & Punctuation
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, Quoting,
Paraphrasing, & Summarizing
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, and Writing a
Discussion Board Post
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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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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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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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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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