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This page was created for reading guides in CHEM 107 for Parkland College in the Fall of 2011.

Reading Guide Complete Instructions:
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 * Reading Guides:**

//The goal of this assignment is not to create busy work for you, but rather to teach you how to read and think about your reading (which you should be doing anyway).////For each module you will complete the following elements as you read the text and study its content, organization, and relationship to the rest of the book////.////These should be posted on your personal wiki in a page titled "Reading Guides".////Make sure you always use your own words and not the text's author's words. Also, I've included some additional reading tips below to help you as you learn how to read your text more efficiently.//

Note that for module 1, you only need to post a reading guide for Chapter 5, and for module 2, you only need post a reading guide for chapter 8. Include the following in your personal wiki (each of the 4 elements below should be written in complete sentences):


 * 1) Write a detailed Main Point for this chapter. Your Main Point statement should be a single, concise sentence that lays down the main reason the author wrote this chapter. This should NOT be a summary of the chapter. This may be challenging for some of you. I will give you feedback on these directly in your wiki. You may email [|Manny] if you would like any help on your statement.
 * 2) Write a summary statement of each section of the text. Your text is divided into sections using this format (cc.ss - where cc is the chapter number and ss is the section number). For example, section 21.10 of your text is in chapter 21 and is titled "Viruses".
 * 3) Write 2 different things on each section of the chapter that you are struggling to understand.
 * 4) Finally, you should write a critique of this chapter including the following elements (about 4-6 sentences):
 * Did the author communicate clearly in this chapter. Do not simply say "yes" or "no" or "I thought the author was particularly eloquent in this chapter". Instead comment on specifics. For example, "The author's discussion of different physical states was very clear but she didn't explain how this connected to the rest of the material in this chapter".
 * Was the amount of content in this chapter sufficient to help you learn the material? Again be specific. For example, "The author covered all of the major chemical reactions, but I didn't think there were enough examples of redox reactions to help me fully understand all the different ways that these reactions are important to us."
 * Why did the author place this chapter where she did in the overall text? Why not earlier or later in the text? How does this chapter naturally follow from the previous chapters? As you scan ahead to the next chapter's title, why do you think the author placed the current chapter before the following chapter? Did this chapter seem out of place with the rest of the text?