THINK/WRITES (Directions from the course syllabus.)
| Understanding Self & Community | Written Communication |
To help you make connections between your existing
knowledge and the new insights and information being acquired in this class,
you will write eight Think/Write assignments during the semester. These will
give you the opportunity to share your perspective on what has been happening
in class during the previous weeks. You will be choosing from a list of Think/Write questions on the
instructor’s web site. Questions
will be added to the list on a weekly basis, and students are encouraged to
submit potential Think/Write questions for extra credit. Each Think/Write should be
approximately 250-500 words in length and must be posted in the discussion area
of Laulima by 11:59 p.m. on the date it’s due (see Class Schedule for due dates).
Be mindful that your readers for these Think/Writes
are your classmates and the instructors. Since everyone already knows what the class has been doing, you need to
do more than a retelling. Instead,
answer the question with YOUR thoughts and ideas. We want you to share your
experiences and points-of-view regarding the various issues raised in
class. Students must read all
Think/Writes posted by their classmates by the class day after the due date so
we can have an “open forum” discussion about what students learned from their
classmates’ Think/Writes.
These Think/Writes are part of your travelogue, so be sure to include them. If you choose the Service Learning option, you will submit four Journals instead of Think/Writes #1, 3, 5 & 7 (see pg. 6 & 8 of this syllabus), however you must still do Think/Writes #2, 4, 6 & 8. Late Think/Writes (or Service Learning journals) will not be accepted (see Class Schedule for due dates).
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