University of California Berkeley Topics Discussion

In order to receive full credit for this assignment, you must complete the discussion post on time and you also must respond to two of your classmates on time.

Your initial response to my post must cover all of the following:

1. Let’s Get to Know You: What is one of your hobbies, and how did you get into it?

2. Using the simple thesis that you created during last week’s “Discussion 3,” create two topic sentences, following the instructions in the “Topic Sentence” PowerPoint. Explain why topic sentences are necessary elements to a college level paper.

3. After viewing the “Methods of Support” PowerPoint, which method would be the strongest type of support for a college research essay?

4. Write a short summary of the section “The Ship.” After finishing the summary, what part stood out to you? What was most interesting/surprising, and why? Choose one quote from the “The Ship” section of the novel; write it out and explain why you think the quote is important.

5. Write a short summary of the section “God of Cursed People.” After finishing the summary, what part stood out to you? What was most interesting/surprising, and why? Choose one quote from the “God of Cursed People” section of the novel; write it out and explain why you think the quote is important.

6. Write a short summary of the section “Night” After finishing the summary, what part stood out to you? What was most interesting/surprising, and why? Choose one quote from the “Night” section of the novel; write it out and explain why you think the quote is important.

7. Write a short summary of the section “The Ball” After finishing the summary, what part stood out to you? What was most interesting/surprising, and why? Choose one quote from the “The Ball” section of the novel; write it out and explain why you think the quote is important.

8. Write a discussion question for your classmates that fits with this week’s She Would Be King readings. Remember that discussion questions should be open-ended and should not have simple answers.

Your peer responses must be at least 100 words long (there is a word counter at the bottom of the text box). Respond to 2 peers with the least amount of responses. Your responses should mainly focus on answering your peers’ discussion questions.