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Reading Guides for the
Common Readings. Rel 103.
Barnes Be sure to read this entire page before doing a Reading Guide. Links to the Reading Guides and to the Common Readings: 1. Genesis 1-3 + RG#1 [+ Gen1-2bridge at 2:4b ] 2. The Sermon of the Buddha at Benares |
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four religious studies readings required of all first year
students at U.D. You can find these readings through the
links provided on this page. Be sure to use these links.
You can also find the Common Readings through links on the
Portfolio page under Humanities Base, but if you use those
links you will not be taken to instructions on how to do the
RGs (Reading Guides) for your section of Rel. 103, and you
will not find extra background information to guide you.
The RGs consist of question to call your attention to significant aspects of the reading and perhaps to give some background to help understand the reading better. You are not expected to get all the answer right. Different people read different texts in different ways. But you are expected to give responses that are clearly based on a good attempt to deal directly with the text, to analyze the words of the text itself. Your job here is to be a scholar. Write to me as though I had never seen the texts. Refer back to what the text says. Do not be afraid to bore me. This is a skill I want you to practice. (Even the experts in a field, writing to other experts, remind them or state clearly the ideas of a text they are commenting on. This may seem redundant, but it makes sure that all parties know just how the writer/expert understands the text.) A normal length should be less than two typed pages, 10 point font or larger, and at least 1.2 spacing between lines. These specifics here are to give you an idea of what is standard. They are not rigid rules. A normal "good" grade for this will be 9 ("A-"); 10 points ("A") is for doing clearly above average work. Merely adequate work will receive 7 or 8 points. Please number the answers. Put your name at the top as well as the name of what you are reporting on (Genesis 1-3, Sermon at Benares, Mark's Gospel, or Tribble are four identifying titles to use.) Any page with more than three typographical and/or spelling errors will be returned to you to do over, with the next class as deadline for this. Please take special note of this. Always proofread what you hand in, for this or for any class. A goal of this class, as in every humanities base class, is to help you improve your writing. |