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Reading
Questions and Brief Article Summaries Assignment
The purpose of these
assignment is to scaffold your understanding of the readings.
Reading Questions:
Reading questions
will be provided for all of the required readings as support to your studies.
Your use of these reading questions is voluntary, except for five readings
(Johnson, et al., 1996; Ochs, 1986; Mundy & Willoughby, 1998; Adamson
& Chance, 1998; Snell, 2002). You will turn in your written answers
to the reading questions for these five readings on the dates those readings
are due, as indicated in the schedule. Your answers will not be graded
for quantity or quality – one point will be assigned for each set of answers
to the provided reading questions that is turned in.
Brief Summaries:
You will write a
BRIEF summary (please limit yourself to one page, if at all possible)
for one of the assigned readings on specific dates (de Valenzuela &
Niccolai, 2004; de Valenzuela & Tracey, 2007; Rowland & Schweigert,
1989; Seigel & Cress, 2002). See the class schedule for the dates when
each summary is due. Additionally, a brief summary of ANY reading related
to literacy (required, recommended, or outside) is due on June 27, 2007.
These summaries will not be graded for quantity, quality, or accuracy –
one point will be assigned for each summary turned in. APA for should be
used.
Notes:
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These
assignments are designed to be completed quickly and to facilitate your
comprehension of the readings. Spend the amount of time on these assignments
that is necessary to support your learning. Remember, points are assigned
for completion of the assignment only.
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It
is perfectly acceptable (and dtrongly encouraged) to include information
from these assignments in your final draft of the progressive essay.
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Julia Scherba de Valenzuela,
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