Comments and points
- see inserted page
- essay outlines at Canvas
Lower than expected grades
- come see me....
- but first read your comments and the essay outlines at Canvas
Covering the tasks
EXPLAIN Identify the author, explain the main ideas or arguments in the passage. To fully explain you may need to define terms and/or give examples.
- example: experience machine
SITUATE Discuss the role the passage plays in the author’s article as a whole. This will involve discussing ideas that came before the passage, after the passage, or both.
CONTRAST Consider how the ideas in the passage relate to a competing position discussed by the author or another author. If you wish, part of your discussion can be evaluative
Time Management
- don't cover extraneous ideas (e.g. Tomlin passage, Dane)
- don't repeat all points, if they're clear to begin with (e.g. Arnett passage)
- you only need one contrast!
Doing better next time
- do the reading carefully enough that you have a sense of the flow of ideas in the article
- don't just pluck out RR answers
- make more use of the class blog to study
- make sure you understand the tasks, which we'll discuss
- attend regularly, come to review class
- evaluate use of laptops--are you distracted during class?
