Reading “Diary” Assignment
Order Description
This writing should include enough summary information that I can tell you read thoroughly. Include details about the story, plot, characters, discoveries, species, etc., etc. In additional to this summary information, write about your thoughts regarding the reading. What did you think about the writing, plot, characters, happenings, discoveries, species, places visited, descriptions, etc., etc. There is no wrong answer to this part of the assignment! Just tell me what you liked or disliked, what you found to be memorable, disturbing, interesting (or not). To get the most out of this assignment, try to “interact” with the book. For example, if you come across a species name that you don’t know (there will likely be some), search for it or find a picture of it online. Follow the journeys on the maps provided in the books. Consider how your reading relates to what we’re studying in class. (Textbook: An unbound version of “Oceanography: Fundamentals of Oceanography” by Tom Garrison, 8th edition). Most successful (full credit) assignments are approximately 50% summary information and 50% “critique/interaction”.

This assignment must be typed, double spaced, font size 12, in MLA format with works cited.

NOTE:Cutting/Pasting information directly from books and/or websites is PLAIGARISM! Plagiarized information will not receive any points and will result in a score of zero on this assignment.

Reading “Diary” Assignment
One of the following four books can be read for this assignment. The brief descriptions below have been quoted directly from the books themselves, or from review excerpts available on Amazon.com:

1) The Log From the Sea of Cortez, by John Steinbeck.
“In 1940, Steinbeck and the biologist Edward F. Ricketts ventured aboard the Western Flyer, a sardine boat out of Monterey, California, on a 4,000 mile voyage around the Baja peninsula into the Sea of Cortez. (This book is) an
exciting, day by day account of their expedition (that) wonderfully combines science, philosophy, and high spirited adventure, and provides a much fuller picture of Steinbeck and his beliefs about man and the world than any of his fictional works.”

2) “The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean”, bySusan Casey
Description From Publishers Weekly: “Casey travels across the world and into the past to confront the largest waves the oceans have to offer. This dangerous water includes rogue waves south of Africa, storm-born giants near Hawaii, and the biggest wave ever recorded, a 1,740 foot high wall of wave (taller than one and a third Empire State Buildings) that blasted the Alaska coastline in 1958. Casey follows big wave surfers in their often suicidal attempts to tackle monsters made of H2O, and also interviews scientists exploring the danger that global warning will bring us more and larger waves. Casey writes compellingly of the threat and beauty of the ocean at its most dangerous. We get vivid historical reconstructions and her firsthand account of being on a jet-ski watching surfers risk their lives. Casey also smoothly translates the science of her subject into engaging prose. This book will fascinate anyone who has even the slightest interest in the oceans that surround us.”

3) The Devil’s Teeth : A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks by Susan Casey.
From Amazon.com: “In a post-Jaws/Discovery Channel world, unearthing fresh data on great white sharks is a feat. So credit Susan Casey not just with finding and spotlighting two biologists who have done truly pioneering field research on the beasts but also with following them and their subjects into the heart of one of the most unnatural habitats on Earth: the Farallon Islands. Throughout The Devil’s Teeth, Casey makes clear that year upon year of observing the sharks have (led to) insights into shark behavior that are entirely new and too numerous to list. Despite the plethora of factoids on offer, Casey’s style is consistently digestible and very amusing.” Please note that this book contains some explicit language that may be offensive to some readers.

4) The World is Blue: How Our Fates and the Ocean’s Are One by Dr. Sylvia A. Earle.
From Amazon.com: “This book tie in to National Geographic’s ambitious 5-year ocean initiative — focusing on overfishing — is written in National Geographic Explorer in Residence Sylvia Earle’s accessible yet hard-hitting voice. Through compelling personal stories she puts the current and future peril of the ocean and the life it supports in perspective for a wide public audience.”

Description of the “Reading Diary” assignment:
This writing should include enough summary information that I can tell you read thoroughly. Include details about the story, plot, characters, discoveries, species, etc., etc. In additional to this summary information, write about your thoughts regarding the reading. What did you think about the writing, plot, characters, happenings, discoveries, species, places visited, descriptions, etc., etc. There is no wrong answer to this part of the assignment! Just tell me what you liked or disliked, what you found to be memorable, disturbing, interesting (or not). To get the most out of this assignment, try to “interact” with the book. For example, if you come across a species name that you don’t know (there will likely be some), search for it or find a picture of it online. Follow the journeys on the maps provided in the books. Consider how your reading relates to what we’re studying in class. (Textbook: An unbound version of “Oceanography: Fundamentals of Oceanography” by Tom Garrison, 8th edition). Most successful (full credit) assignments are approximately 50% summary information and 50% “critique/interaction”.

This assignment must be typed, double spaced, font size 12, in MLA format with works cited.

NOTE:Cutting/Pasting information directly from books and/or websites is PLAIGARISM! Plagiarized information will not receive any points and will result in a score of zero on this assignment.
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Reading “Diary” Assignment
Order Description
This writing should include enough summary information that I can tell you read thoroughly. Include details about the story, plot, characters, discoveries, species, etc., etc. In additional to this summary information, write about your thoughts regarding the reading. What did you think about the writing, plot, characters, happenings, discoveries, species, places visited, descriptions, etc., etc. There is no wrong answer to this part of the assignment! Just tell me what you liked or disliked, what you found to be memorable, disturbing, interesting (or not). To get the most out of this assignment, try to “interact” with the book. For example, if you come across a species name that you don’t know (there will likely be some), search for it or find a picture of it online. Follow the journeys on the maps provided in the books. Consider how your reading relates to what we’re studying in class. (Textbook: An unbound version of “Oceanography: Fundamentals of Oceanography” by Tom Garrison, 8th edition). Most successful (full credit) assignments are approximately 50% summary information and 50% “critique/interaction”.

This assignment must be typed, double spaced, font size 12, in MLA format with works cited.

NOTE:Cutting/Pasting information directly from books and/or websites is PLAIGARISM! Plagiarized information will not receive any points and will result in a score of zero on this assignment.

Reading “Diary” Assignment
One of the following four books can be read for this assignment. The brief descriptions below have been quoted directly from the books themselves, or from review excerpts available on Amazon.com:

1) The Log From the Sea of Cortez, by John Steinbeck.
“In 1940, Steinbeck and the biologist Edward F. Ricketts ventured aboard the Western Flyer, a sardine boat out of Monterey, California, on a 4,000 mile voyage around the Baja peninsula into the Sea of Cortez. (This book is) an
exciting, day by day account of their expedition (that) wonderfully combines science, philosophy, and high spirited adventure, and provides a much fuller picture of Steinbeck and his beliefs about man and the world than any of his fictional works.”

2) “The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean”, bySusan Casey
Description From Publishers Weekly: “Casey travels across the world and into the past to confront the largest waves the oceans have to offer. This dangerous water includes rogue waves south of Africa, storm-born giants near Hawaii, and the biggest wave ever recorded, a 1,740 foot high wall of wave (taller than one and a third Empire State Buildings) that blasted the Alaska coastline in 1958. Casey follows big wave surfers in their often suicidal attempts to tackle monsters made of H2O, and also interviews scientists exploring the danger that global warning will bring us more and larger waves. Casey writes compellingly of the threat and beauty of the ocean at its most dangerous. We get vivid historical reconstructions and her firsthand account of being on a jet-ski watching surfers risk their lives. Casey also smoothly translates the science of her subject into engaging prose. This book will fascinate anyone who has even the slightest interest in the oceans that surround us.”

3) The Devil’s Teeth : A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks by Susan Casey.
From Amazon.com: “In a post-Jaws/Discovery Channel world, unearthing fresh data on great white sharks is a feat. So credit Susan Casey not just with finding and spotlighting two biologists who have done truly pioneering field research on the beasts but also with following them and their subjects into the heart of one of the most unnatural habitats on Earth: the Farallon Islands. Throughout The Devil’s Teeth, Casey makes clear that year upon year of observing the sharks have (led to) insights into shark behavior that are entirely new and too numerous to list. Despite the plethora of factoids on offer, Casey’s style is consistently digestible and very amusing.” Please note that this book contains some explicit language that may be offensive to some readers.

4) The World is Blue: How Our Fates and the Ocean’s Are One by Dr. Sylvia A. Earle.
From Amazon.com: “This book tie in to National Geographic’s ambitious 5-year ocean initiative — focusing on overfishing — is written in National Geographic Explorer in Residence Sylvia Earle’s accessible yet hard-hitting voice. Through compelling personal stories she puts the current and future peril of the ocean and the life it supports in perspective for a wide public audience.”

Description of the “Reading Diary” assignment:
This writing should include enough summary information that I can tell you read thoroughly. Include details about the story, plot, characters, discoveries, species, etc., etc. In additional to this summary information, write about your thoughts regarding the reading. What did you think about the writing, plot, characters, happenings, discoveries, species, places visited, descriptions, etc., etc. There is no wrong answer to this part of the assignment! Just tell me what you liked or disliked, what you found to be memorable, disturbing, interesting (or not). To get the most out of this assignment, try to “interact” with the book. For example, if you come across a species name that you don’t know (there will likely be some), search for it or find a picture of it online. Follow the journeys on the maps provided in the books. Consider how your reading relates to what we’re studying in class. (Textbook: An unbound version of “Oceanography: Fundamentals of Oceanography” by Tom Garrison, 8th edition). Most successful (full credit) assignments are approximately 50% summary information and 50% “critique/interaction”.

This assignment must be typed, double spaced, font size 12, in MLA format with works cited.

NOTE:Cutting/Pasting information directly from books and/or websites is PLAIGARISM! Plagiarized information will not receive any points and will result in a score of zero on this assignment.
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