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Click on the Discussion tab to post your reflections and responses for this week. If you need them, guidelines are below.

What should I write about? You may consider the following questions to guide your reflections and responses: • Is there a specific part of the reading/lesson that stands out to you? Why? • Are you able to connect this reading/lesson to other readings/lessons you learned in school? Out of school? On television or movies? In music? • What do you think of the class? Was it interesting? What worked for you? What could be improved? What do you want to know more about? Explain. • Does what you learned make you want to research other topics? • How are your ideas about films or TV changing? How are you changing as a moviegoer or writer? Explain.

In creating your reflective posts, you may want to draw on your journal entries from the week. If you would like, you may quote from your own journal and include an explanation of why that journal entry is meaningful to you.

Where should I post? Reflections and responses can be posted on the class website: conhighfilm.wikispaces.com. Each week will have its own page, and each page has a discussion tab where you may post reflections and responses. Occasionally, I will post additional instructions or writing prompts to a week’s page, so make sure to check for updates.

How will posts be graded? Each week, you will earn 10 points for a reflective paragraph that is complete, thoughtful, and on time. A complete paragraph includes a topic sentence, at least 4 sentences of details, reasons, and examples, and may include a conclusion sentence.

You will earn 5 points for responses to peers’ posts. These do not need to complete paragraphs but should show thoughtfulness and must be on time.

Guidelines In all your posts, be sure to respect yourself and others as people and as film students. Use positive language, and never put yourself or your classmates down!