Blog Rules for 354
Welcome to your ENG-L354 course blog. Throughout this semester, this blogspace will serve as a forum for exchanging opinions about the assigned readings. You may also ask and answer questions or expand on issues we didn't cover in class. Be creative in your contributions to the site, but remember that this is a public space. Here are a few basic rules for our exchanges:
1. Postings are due Sundays by 6 p.m., unless I have announced otherwise in class. If you choose not to post by that time, you will receive a zero for that part of your assignment.
2. Postings should be 300-500 words long and respond directly to our readings in class. Please refer clearly to the text you are discussing. Your postings should be relevant and thoughtful and demonstrate that you have in fact read the assigned text or watched the movie that is the subject of your post.
3. While you are not submitting a formal response paper, please do remember that you're not leaving a message on someone's Facebook wall. Your posting must be related to our course!
4. Questions you might want to address in your posting: a) Are there aspects of the text that we didn't cover in our class discussion? Do you have a different interpretation of the text that you didn't get a chance to articulate in class? b) What did reading the text contribute to your understanding of the topic of the course? c) How does this text relate to other readings in the course (from the week, the month before?)
5. I encourage you to respond to the postings of other members of your class. Please do so in a respectful and courteous manner, especially when you disagree with their opinion or "take" on a text. Remember that the whole class will be able to read your post (as will everyone else who happens to find this site)
7. Remember: IU's plagiarism policy applies to the postings on this site, too. If you refer to someone else's (published) reading of a text, mention this outside source. Include page number(s).
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