Week 4: Assessing Your Progress discussion

Assess Your Progress

Think about the class so far and assess your progress. Share what you have learned well, and discuss any confusion you may have and areas in which you wish
to improve. Topics may include course-related skills, such as Boolean searching, using the Virtual Library or the APA Style Guide, or managing your time.

Respond to your classmates and point one another to helpful resources or information presented in the course. Share your strategies for success, such as search
techniques in the Virtual Library, or methods to format references appropriately in APA style.

Initial Post due by Tuesday.
For detailed grading criteria, refer to the Discussion Rubric.

Week 4: Annotated Bibliographies 3 and 4
Deadline
Due by Saturday at 11:59 pm, ET.

Directions
An annotated bibliography is intended to demonstrate your ability to read and critically examine articles, books, and other sources of information for
their usefulness in relationship to the assignment you are completing.

As you may have noticed, not every article you read will be helpful in the writing of your essay. You have to weed out the texts that do not further
your research and focus on the texts you will be able to incorporate into your writing.

For this week's assignment you are being asked to submit two annotated bibliographies. These bibliographies should be formatted according to APA
standards and should be two paragraphs in length. The first should be a summary of the article and an assessment of its strengths and weaknesses.
The second paragraph should be an explanation of why you chose that article and how it helps to support your research (tell your reader why this
article is helpful to you).

For guidance in writing an annotated bibliography, please review these sites:

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

Cornell University Library

Your annotated bibliographies should include the proper APA citation for the article and the body of each of your annotated bibliographies should be
between 150 and 175 words in length. The citations you provide do not count toward the total word count requirement. Please double-space the body
of your annotated bibliographies.

For specific grading criteria, please review the Annotated Bibliography Rubric.

Week 4: USA Life Skills activity

Deadline
Due by Saturday at 11:59 pm, ET.

Directions
This activity involves the COMM150 portion of the USA Life Skills initiative that builds upon your previous Financial Literacy knowledge gained in FYE. You will
have TWO weeks to complete this activity.
There are two (2) parts to this activity and each is worth 50 points toward your overall score.
Part 1 (worth 50 points)
Take a screenshot of the results from the transcript area (screenshot instructions are available in the FAQs tab) and attach or export the file in Week 4.

Part 2 (worth 50 points)
In the text area of the drop box, prepare a short reflection (150 words minimum) involving what you have learned from this activity to address the following areas:

Explain what you learned about the difference between needs and wants.
Identify what needs you have established.

Identify what short or long term goals you have set.

Determine how you will apply this knowledge in terms of meeting your needs and reaching your goals.
The USA Funds Life Skills Guide is provided below:
Use this link to access directions on how to create your account if you have not done so already in FYE: USA Funds Life Skills Student Guide
Use this link to access www.lifeskills.org
Log in with your username & password.


Click on the My Catalog link in the menu bar or left navigation menu area.

Click on 201 How Do I achieve My Goals to begin this module.

Follow through the pages and complete the assessment at the end. Return to the Home Page and click the My Transcript link.