A. On-line Reading Logs and End-of-Semester Summary/Analysis
1. In your reading log you summarize and note key learning points from weekly readings.
2. Your log will capture your thinking about our readings, film, videos and other media.
3. Through your writing, you thoughtfully weigh varying dimensions and different perspectives.
4. Reading logs are completed on time.
5. Your reading log is insightful - you ask new questions; you provide evidence that you are considering the readings thoughtfully; you provide evidence that you are thinking about lectures and our discussions.
6. Your log is well written; attention to spelling, punctuation and grammar.
A. 2 Summary of Reading Log / Journal
Read and analyze your own reading logs.
1. What are your key learning points?
2. What questions have been answered for you?
3. What are your key connections?
4. What patterns, tensions and/or contradictions are apparent?
5. Considering the subject outline and what you have learned so far, what do you still hope to learn?
6. When you write your summary, make direct reference to your reading log.
B. Friendship in Ethnicity and Culture or Media or Popular Culture: A Research Presentation Assignment
As a group, the students will brainstorm a list of ideas, puzzles and/or further questions about friendship. This brainstorm session will take place during class in week 2. From this student-generated list, a number of Research Questions will be formed in relationship to one of the following three categories: Ethnicity and Culture, Media, or Popular Culture. These research questions will become the basis for student research and group presentation topics.
Attachment:- CUL298-Fall2013.doc