Your Task

• Read Ch 4 and 5 of Gladwell.
• Do SR on either Ch 4 or Ch 5 (choose one).

Evaluation

Your submission will be graded Complete/Incomplete. To earn a Complete grade, you must adhere to the requirements as outlined on the Summary & Response (SR) Prompt.

Summary & Response (SR) Prompt

Directions

Your SR should total 2 full pages and be comprised of the following parts:

Part 1: Summary (½ page)

Write a brief summary of the text. Be sure to adhere to the Guidelines for Summary.

Part 2: Response (1 ½ pages)

Respond by communicating your personal viewpoint and learning as it relates directly to the text and ideas and values contained therein.

A good response paper artfully makes a connection between the text and your own experience. Specifically, you should address how the text and your own perspective interweave. Do they agree? Are they similar in some way? Are they at odds? What is the conflict? How has seeing things from the author’s perspective changed or reaffirmed your own viewpoint? Tell why all of this is so.

Part 3: Discussion Questions

Write three (3) thought-provoking discussion questions. These questions are intended to spur conversation about the text; therefore, your questions should be open-ended rather than yes/no questions.