Integrating Quotes

Directions:  Perform exercise 3 on page 186 of Inquiry with the Malcolm X text, and write:

• One sentence that integrates a quote into the grammar of a sentence.
• One sentence that attaches a quote to a preceding sentence with a colon.
• One sentence that attaches a quote to a preceding sentence with an author tag (an author tag is where you give an author credit for his/her words--see LBH p. 644, Signal Phrases).

Due before class on Feb. 4

No reply will be necessary, but look at how your fellow students integrated their quotes. See what you think works and what does not, and use that to improve your own writing process.

Reading Like an Academic

Directions: Summarize your experience with the three-read process of the Malcolm X text (not what you learned, but how the process helped you read this text, and might help you read other texts in the future). If the process did not help your comprehension of the Malcolm X text, please state so, but summarize why you did not benefit from this method of reading, and reflect on what you might do in the future to help with text comprehension. The post can state emotion so long as the experience is first summarized, and the post should be free from emotional exuberance/ranting. (Due before class on Jan. 30th.)

Reply: Comment on your classmate's ability to relate his/her experience in the fashion of a summary. If you believe s/he wrote more of a narrative/analysis than a summary, make one suggestion for what s/he might do for his/her summary for the Malcolm X text. Your response needs to be at least three sentences long, and must contain constructive criticism. (Due before class on Feb. 4.)

As always, stay professional with your posts. Also, remember that this is a community forum. Take what your classmates say with a grain of salt, but also take advantage of the crowd-sourcing.

Welcome!

Each week, you will be responsible for posting to the blog. The blog is where you will show your homework and reflect on your papers. You will be required to interact with your peers, and to remain courteous at all times.

Blogs are graded as follows:

1. Participation: blogs must be posted on time.
2. Following directions: while you may contribute additional comments or links, your primary goal in posting should be to satisfy the assignment requirements.
3. Remaining respectful of your classmates.

Each blog will be different. You will receive feedback from the instructor, but the primary purpose of the blogs is to receive feedback from your community of students. Ask questions of each other, and be thoughtful in your responses.

For this week's assignment, simply reply to this blog so that I know you are ready to get started.