The first 4 articles will focus on a Continent and a group of countries: Includes a 5 Sentence Summary of the article in YOUR WORDS! DO NOT COPY PASTE! THIS WILL RESULT IN a grade of C or F if you do this repeatedly. You will write 5 sentences Persuasively explaining why you choose this article, what it means to you personally or other ways you can connect to the piece you selected. Source IT!
SOURCES MUST BE FROM REAL INFORMATION SITES. NOT personal/anonymous BLOGS OR SOME PERSONAL PERSON'S WRITING. NOT WIKI's. ALL SOURCES SHOULD BE IN ENGLISH.
Structure: Last name, First name. "Article Title." Website Title. Publisher of Website, Day Month Year article was published. Web. Day Month Year article was accessed. <URL>.
Example:
- Cain, Kevin. "The Negative Effects of Facebook on Communication." Social Media Today RSS N.p., 29 June 2012. Web. 02 Jan. 2013.
- http://www.easybib.com/reference/guide/mla/website for more details
The next 4 articles will focus on a NEW Continent of study: See Above.
The last 3 articles will be about your own views from around the world concerning Academic, Global, Personal, and Local Issues The time frame for this will be anything from JUNE 2014 and forward:
Media- there will be 3 topics to choose from, see the blog for more details
Video Project - 1 or max of 5 in a group will go out to an EVENT happening in the LOCAL COMMUNITY. Sports event, Concert, Club meeting, Clubbing?, Anything where you see people GATHERING and doing something fun and exciting. In your video discuss and observe:
Who is responsible?
Are there any problems?
What could be some solutions?
What would you do differently?
What additional details can you give about the event?
How is this fun or exciting to someone else?
Please include all details that would help us understand it better and do NOT do anything ILLEGAL.
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Final Reflective Essay: This is where you will write a 5 paragraph ESSAY about 3 bloggers from our class. You will talk with them MORE about their topic selections and Compare and Contrast to your Findings from Around the World. You will write 1 Intro, Body Paragraph 1 is for 1 blogger, Body Paragraph 2 is for 2nd blogger (new person), Body paragraph 3 is for the 3rd blogger (once again, a new person), the last paragraph will be the Conclusion. You will need to SOURCE their Ideas and put the blogger as a source, as well as SOURCE any stories they used.
Source MLA STYLE: you will be required to SOURCE EVERYTHING you post
Structure: Last name, First name. "Article Title." Website Title. Publisher of Website, Day Month Year article was published. Web. Day Month Year article was accessed. <URL>.
Example:
- Cain, Kevin. "The Negative Effects of Facebook on Communication." Social Media Today RSS N.p., 29 June 2012. Web. 02 Jan. 2013.
- http://socialmediatoday.com/kcain/568836/negative-effects-facebook-communication
- http://www.easybib.com/reference/guide/mla/website for more details on MLA sourcing
Grading and Absence:
4 Absences is an F. This is Prorated the more you are absent , the lower your score.
Grades are based on a 4/3/2/1 model.
A 4 is a student that consistently PARTICIPATES
Is not LATE with assignments or to class
Writes according to MY FORMAT AND MY DIRECTIONS
COMPLETES ALL PROJECTS
CHALLENGES ME and Others in a positive and productive way
DOES NOT CONSTANTLY ASK IF THEY ARE GETTING AN A
3 Some of the above are missing or lacking /B/
2 Much of the above is lacking, missing /C/
1 You are not even trying, why did you come? Why didn't you ask for help in the FIRST WEEKS of the semester.
50% A/A+, 90% B/B+, 10% C
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