Think about your reaction to Baker’s (from “The Art of Eating Spaghetti”) discovery that he could tell a story. Have you had a similar moment in your life when you found your calling?
In Part 2, you are beginning your Assignment 1 essay. You are writing to tell your story: select and post your topic for a personal experience paper about an experience that had a positive impact on your life. Your topic should be expressed in one sentence. Below your single sentence summary of your paper, share a few points that you will highlight in the essay assignment.
Make your initial posts to Forums A and B by 11:55pm ET, Wednesday. Initial posts should be at least 200- 300 words.Students are expected to post on three separate days each week for full credit.During the week, read the messages posted by your instructor and classmates and join the discussion. Your instructor may ask questions, provide explanations, and include links to other resources.Please respond to at least 2 classmates,and in your response posts, try to bring together pieces of the discussion and take those ideas further. To earn a higher grade on each week’s discussion, students are expected to post more frequently. Posting three times in a week will earn a grade of a C. Four posts of high quality according to the rubric will earn a B, and five high quality posts according to the rubric earn an A.Remember, the Forums are our place for classroom discussion.Your response posts need to be at least 50-100 words, and all posts are due by 11:55pm, ET, Sunday.
For your responses, read your classmate’s one-sentence topic and ask a question that you would like to know. For example, if a classmate writes, “The experience that had the most positive impact on my life was joining the Marines,” then you might ask, “What was your family’s reaction when you went into the service?”
Your responsibility is to come back to the Forum and answer questions posed to you, as well.