ENG92

NOTE: This is not a formal Essay assignment.  A formal Essay will be due next Monday.  This assignment, due Wed at 7p in a comment below, is designed to help you write an article summary that you will include in your Essay 1.

1. Be sure to Create a Google Drive folder (with link-sharing enabled) and share this with me using the Student Info Form.  (Refer to the OpenLab “Bible” for more links that will help you set up Google Docs/Drive.)
2. Read the following two articles (Reading Assignments 1 and 2):
   Mariame Kaba, “Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police…”
   Tracey Meares’ “Policing: A Public Good Gone Bad” ?
3. Share a response below as a comment containing two parts. In Part A, I want you to tell me in your own words what you think the topic & thesis (two different things) of each article is.  Do this for both Kaba’s text and Meares’ text.  A thesis is a debate-able statement or opinion that an author tries to convince the reader to believe in.  What is Kaba trying to get us to believe in?  What is Meares trying to make us think?  Your responses in part A should answer these questions as best you can.
4. In Part B of your work posted below as a comment, I want you to write a 100-150 word summary for both articles. Place your summaries in your comment below (in the part labeled “B”); also save them in your Google Drive portfolio.MORE ON CREATING A GOOGLE FOLDER AND ORGANIZING/MOVING FILES IN IT
   –> see: create a folder // –> see: move a file or a folder
   —How to Create a Google Doc

Your summary of Kaba’s article and your summary of Meares’ article should both include the following:

–BEFORE YOUR SUMMARY: a list of 5 vocabulary words from the article (of your choosing); for each word, create your own sentence showing its meaning // THEN… Your summary:
—a sentence introducing the author and title of the article: In “[Title of Article],” [Author Name] writes about…[topic of article]
—discussion of at least 2 different perspectives on the main topic of the article—the author’s perspective as well as an opposing or different viewpoint as well (one that the author mentions or which is implied by the content of the article)
—1 direct quotation with adequate context and introduction: Toward the end of her article, Turkle most clearly conveys her main point, that “____sentence-long quotation here____.”
—discussion of important or confusing ideas/words/phrases in this quotation: The most important thing to notice in this passage is…. Something I find interesting/odd/confusing about this passage is….

By the time we Zoom on Monday morning at 11a, I want you to carefully read our  course syllabus.  Be especially careful in reading the “Core Course Assignments & Grading Section” (from the bottom of p. 1 to the top of page 3).

After reading, write a response below (shared as a COMMENT), in which you

A) list at least 10 core course assignments and the % of the final grade for each, and…

B) pose 1 question you have about the syllabus, to be discussed in our Zoom call.