...it's a good idea to write your posts in a word processing program (MS Word has a "blog post" template that is ideal) before posting. That will allow you to save your work and avoid the extraordinarily frustrating experience of hitting the wrong key just before publishing a post and losing at all (not that I'veever made such a rookie mistake, of course).
...if you're having trouble posting an inquiry or response, you can print out your paper and bring it to class in order to receive credit. I'll still ask you to post it to the blog once we fix the problem, but that way you'll still receive full credit.
Inquiry papers should each be a new post, and should be labled with the number as well as whatever title you like. For example: "Inquiry 1: life in two languages" or "Inquiry 1: Dowdy's 'Ovuh Dyuh'"
1) Summarize the argument or the thesis of the reading in 1-2 sentences.
2) Pose questions that the reading raised for you.
3) Speculate on the answers OR the context of the questions (why they matter, who they matter to, what's at stake, etc) OR delve deeper by asking more questions.
response guidelines
Your response papers should be in the "comment" section of the inquiry paper to which you are responding.
1) Read a classmate's inquiry paper that has not yet been responded to.
2) Summarize the argument or thesis of the assigned reading.
3) Address your classmate's question(s) using what you've learned from this and other readings. You may not feel confident in your answers; that's okay. Speculate, brainstorm, explore, pose other questions, relate it to your life experience, expand on the stakes of the questions, etc.
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