Write about something that you found interesting or disturbing.

For each assigned readings of Story of the Human Body, you will write a minimum 300-word initial post (minimum 300 words total, regardless of number of chapters assigned to read) consisting of 3 paragraphs as follows:
Paragraph #1: Write about something that you found interesting or disturbing, etc. Because these are your thoughts on the reading it should be written in 1st person. (Do NOT write a summary or a review of the reading – if you do, you will receive a zero on the assignment – everyone has done the reading, so we don’t need any summaries; and regardless of what you thought about the writing style – these are not relevant to the learning objectives.
Paragraph #2: Make a connection between the reading and something else that you’ve learned (either from another assignment in this class or another class, etc.). This can be any type of connection – even a contradiction that you found. Again, this is your connection – it should be in 1st person.
Paragraph #3: Do a Google search for more information and include its relevance to your post along with your URL citation (a formal citation is recommended, but not required (CSE style)) and why you trust it (or why you don’t) as a reliable source of information.
Your post must be in your own words and show some depth of thinking/understanding. As mentioned above, this is a discussion, so it should be in 1st person as much as possible. I understand that sometimes quoting or paraphrasing is necessary to make your point – but keep in mind that the addition of quotes or paraphrases will NOT count towards the 300 minimum word-count requirement. Avoid plagiarizing like the plague – if you quote or paraphrase, it must be properly cited – I turn in all instances of plagiarism to the Office of Student Conduct and Academic Integrity.
“Fluff” words/phrases/sentences do NOT count as part of the 300 words that must be your own original writing. Wording that pads the wordcount such as the title of the post, book, articles, URLs, other citations, quoted material, heavily paraphrased, or any irrelevant or redundant sentences may NOT be used to count towards the 300 word count.