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**Discussion Board** -- I will post 2 questions per module, one over the content of the discussions from class. If you are not first responder, you will need to refer to the responses of at least one other classmate in your own response. If you are first responder, you will need to get back into the DB at some point so you, too, can respond to a classmate. Each question is worth 5 points, 3 points for your response to the "parent post" and 2 points for your response(s) to a classmate. In the Rubrics section you will find examples of excellent, adequate, and inadequate DB responses.
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 * Rubric for Discussion Board (DB).** You will receive 3 pts. for answering the "parent" prompt and 2 pts. for your response to a classmate's posting. Your responses are //much// easier to score if you use separate postings. Furthermore, using a classmate's name in your second response removes any doubts regarding whether you are replying to the "parent" prompt or to a classmate. (Example: "Jill, I also read //Where the Wild Things Are// as a child....) Both responses should be substantial, at least a respectable paragraph.
 * Example "parent" prompt:** Identify a children's or adolescent literature title that had a great impact on you as a child or teen. What do you find so memorable about the book and do you think you would enjoy it today?
 * Excellent response (3 pts.):** I read a lot as a child, but the one children's literature title I remember is //Cleo//. This book consisted of a series of photographs showing a bassett hound performing everyday chores like talking on the phone, cooking, reading, and driving. Cleo always wore the appropriate headgear and sometimes other clothing. I wore this book out re-reading the text and scrutinizing the pictures. The text, as I remember, was simple and not very literary, certainly not notable for its style. But I thought this was the most clever book I had ever seen--a real dog acting like a human! How did the humans involved get Cleo to dress up and hold a book, a phone, a skillet? I don't know if I even have this book now--I hope I do--but given the tremendous innovations in illustrations, //Cleo// would probably strike me, as someone well into adulthood, as cute enough, but old-fashioned and pretty low-tech. Unlike [insert classmate's name here] my school reading was limited to basal readers so I don't have fond memories of such classics as //Charlotte's Web// (which still brings me to tears) or the Boxcar Children. But I have read both of these as an adult and can understand their appeal--the beauty of friendship and the (temporary) lure of the parent-less existence
 * Adequate response (2 pts.)** I don't know if this is an adolescent book, but I remember reading //Catcher in the Rye// in 11th grade. [Insert lengthy plot summary, which is unncessary and inappropriate for the DB.] I understand the book is often censored, probably because the main characters swears a lot. Like [insert classmate's name here] I also read //Caddie Woodlawn// and //The Pigman// in school and enjoyed them both.
 * Inadequate response (1 mercy point):** I read lots of books as a child but don't remember any of them. I enjoyed action stories. I didn't have time to read anybody else's answer on the Discussion Board so I can't add anything to what they have already said.


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