Reading Analysis


Reading Analysis 1 Instructions:

In these short assignments of c.800 words, create a summary of your ideas of chapter 1&2, as you move through the pre-reading process of our initial classroom discussions. You should find that your ideas develop as you leave the classroom and then prepare to lay out your ideas in the Discussion Forum. Only write the short Reading Analysis assignment once you feel that you have fully analyzed the reading and its main ideas. You might end with a short statement on how your thinking on a particular topic has changed and deepened as a result of being part of a ‘beehive mind’ kind of community. The rubric also provides direction on how to approach the assignment.

Notes are not required, you may use in-line citations: ex., (Newall and Pooke, p. 59)

Reading Analysis 2 Instructions:

In these short assignments of c.800 words, create a summary of your ideas of chapter 3 (you can compare your ideas with chapter 1 & 2), as you move through the pre-reading process of our initial classroom discussions. You should find that your ideas develop as you leave the classroom and then prepare to lay out your ideas in the Discussion Forum. Only write the short Reading Analysis assignment once you feel that you have fully analyzed the reading and its main ideas. You might end with a short statement on how your thinking on a particular topic has changed and deepened as a result of being part of a ‘beehive mind’ kind of community. The rubric also provides direction on how to approach the assignment.

Notes are not required, you may use in-line citations: ex., (Newall and Pooke, p. 59)

 

Excellent Category from the rubric:

Clearly presents authors’ ideas.

Exhibits clarity, complexity, originality, and depth of thought about the topic.

Uses insight and creativity to interpret text.

Exhibits command of interpretive focus, using carefully chosen, insightful details, examples from the text to discuss the topic of the reading.

Review is very well organized, with introduction, body paragraphs and conclusion.

Clear structure to the writing, with an obvious pattern of argument.

Clear concise sentences.

No grammatical errors.