Each week students are obliged to post 200 words in comments (or an additional post). You have from Monday until Friday each week to complete your 200. However, each student will be assigned one week during which their weekly 200 is due Monday morning and it must be a critical summary of the reading for that week.
What Counts a Weekly 200
*A post that summarizes and critically discusses some small part of the readings (e.g. an argument or a claim).
*A post that summarizes and critically discusses something that came up in class that week.
* A long comment on a post
*A few comments on a few posts.
Some Examples
Summary and Criticism of Claim
In this reading author says X, but I think there are some possible objections to X. Here is one [present and explain the objection]
Present, Explain, and Evaluate an Argument
In this reading author argues for Y. Here is the author’s argument [Present and Explain argument]. Here’s a possible objection to argument [Present Objection to argument]
Clarification Question
I really don’t understand what the author is arguing for in this passage [insert passage with page number]. Can anyone help me out here? What’s he saying? I think he might mean [give a possible interpretation], but I’m not sure.
Weekly 200s should be completed at the end of the school week – Friday at 11:59 PM