Bonus

The weekly bonus opportunity will be posted here.  You can earn up to 10 bonuses.  You can use these bonuses in the following way:

• 1% added to the end of the semester
• 24-hour extension on blogs/essays
• Automatic 100% on quizzes or homework 
• Void one absences

Each week I will post something that I think says something interesting (an article, an essay, a media clip) and I will ask you to respond to it using an essay format. 

To get the points, you must post your reply on https://studentdiscourse300.blogspot.com/ AND INCLUDE "BONUS" AND "YOUR NAME" IN THE TAG/LABEL and TITLE

What I expect from your answers:

• 500 words or more--if you have fewer than this, you will receive 0 points--posted on your own blog (or similar).
• A thesis (which breaks down to a what and a why)
• What are you arguing against and why
• What is your reaction to this and why
• What parts of the argument are wrong and why
• Supporting points
• 2 quotes (when possible)
• More "I say" than "they say"

We will go over these expectations in class.  If you have questions or need to talk about any of the bonus prompts, feel free to email me or meet with me.

New prompts will be posted on Monday.  You can respond to the prompts as long as they are still up.

Please tag the post and include "Bonus" in the title

Bonus 13:

Write a review of this class.  What can be improved (besides the slow grading 😳) and what did you like?  Did the blogs work?  Did you like the texts?  Did you learn something worthwhile?


Bonus 14:

Free space!  Write about whatever you want!