Calendar Post for August 31

• Review critical reading strategies and summarizing in PHG p. 151-162 and 190-198.

• Download, print out and critically read Thomas Friedman’s “The Power of Green.” Mark up and take notes on this text (as you did for Michael Pollan’s “Why Bother?”). Pollan’s text will also be part of our discussion on Monday.

• Keeping in mind our triangle that represents the rhetorical situation and the elements that situation might include (for now, think text, author, publication, publication date, thesis and main ideas), draft a summary (roughly one double-spaced page) of Friedman’s “The Power of Green.” Draft the summary in MLA format (see page three of our syllabus), and bring it to class with you on Monday.

• Practice using the Writing Studio by posting your summary draft to a page called Forums. Look there for "Academic Summary Draft: Friedman." Click "Create a message" to begin a post and title it "Academic Summary Draft." Instead of using MLA format online, your post should be single-spaced and its paragraphs should be divided by line breaks, just as this blog post demonstrates. The easiest way to move your draft from your word processor to your forum post is to (1) highlight and copy the text of your draft, (2) click the button under "Message" that looks like a clipboard with a "T" (Paste as plain text), and then (3) paste your draft into the window that appears. At the forum there's an example of what your text should look like.

• If you have trouble logging into the Writing Studio or posting your summary, e-mail Raul (see "Contact" on the right side of the page) with "CO150" in the subject line.