With something that
people talk about in many ways, sometimes it helps to state what is not the goal. With writing in this course, you:
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Are not
summarizing or not paraphrasing the textbook.
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Do not need to
repeat every fact or word in the textbook.
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Are not showing
your personal writing style while stating your feelings or your opinions or
your assumptions.
Instead, in this
course, the goal of all writing assignments is for you to do
activities that help you learn the history of our nation. One of the
most powerful ways to learn something
is to try to teach it so the goal
is for you to pretend to teach another person—such as your smart cousin.
That’s a multi-step
skill—one skill that is also useful for most jobs you may do. You do 4 things:
1.
Read carefully the
required content (and I tell you what you need to read)
2.
Understand that content
3.
Choose carefully what
anyone—such as your smart cousin—needs to learn
4.
Teach that content in a
common sense, practical way
Why am I using the example of your smart cousin
as the person you will teach?
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You are probably
comfortable with your cousin.
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In helping your smart
cousin, you will spend:
- More time trying to help your cousin learn
the content
- Less time trying to say it in fancy words
If you have no
method that works for you, try the method for preparing to write a practical
essay to read, analyze, and create a short list of
possible things you will cover.
It you also need an example on a brain trick for reading, you will find one in
that link.
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