Read: Pages 183-218 in Stuart Brown M.D.'s Play 

Reading:
p. 176-218

In the assigned reading, do the following:
1. QUOTE: In the "Play On" section starting on page 205, there are different ways that the author suggests continuing with play. Choose a quote from one of these questions that strikes you as true for you and your life now or in the future. Explain why you chose this quote. 

2. SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF: What are some of the authors concerns with video game playing? What is one argument he makes that you see as logical? Is there anything he says about video games that you disagree with? 

3. TEXT TO SELF: Write a bit about your play history! Answer as many of the questions he poses as you can When have you felt free to do and be what you choose? Is that a part of your life now? If not, why not? What do you feel stands in the way of your achieving some times of personal freedom? Are you now able to feel that what engages you most fully is almost effortless? If not, can you recall when you were able to experience such times? Describe. Imagine settings that allow that sort of engagement. Search your memory for those times in your life when you have been at your very best. What have been the impediments to play in your life? How and why did some kinds of play disappear from your repertoire? (And any other questions he poses) 

You should respond to at least one other students' Play Reading Log #6 by 11:59pm on February 7th. 

Response Requirements: Your response should be a minimum of 3 sentences and should comment on what the original poster said, connecting it to your own life or other things in our society and the world. Your response can also push the original poster by posing further questions. 

PS. I'll be contributing to this as well so you can read my log as an example! 

Read: Pages 156- 182 in Stuart Brown M.D.'s Play 

Reading:
p. 128-175
p. 176-218

In the assigned reading, do the following:
1. QUOTE: Choose one quote that stands out to you about play in adult relationships (stay school appropriate!) 

2. TEXT TO WORLD: Stay school appropriate! In this section, there is a lot of talk about play in adult relationships. Talk about an adult in your life either now, or in the past that you have seen at play. Get really specific! What or how was this adult playing? When? How did you know that this adult was playing? Was this adult just being playful? If so, how? Was this adult playing with other people? If so, how? Can you imagine yourself playing this way in the future? Do you already play this way now? 

3. SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF: In the beginning of Chapter 7, our author talks about how poor sports are no fun. Explain what the author claims makes a "poor sport" (Brown, 182). Have you ever seen anyone (no names!) in your life or in a film/movie/video (names okay here) being a poor sport? Why was this person being a poor sport? Have you ever been a poor sport? 

You should respond to at least one other students' Play Reading Log #5 by 11:59pm on January 30th. 

Response Requirements: Your response should be a minimum of 3 sentences and should comment on what the original poster said, connecting it to your own life or other things in our society and the world. Your response can also push the original poster by posing further questions. 

PS. I'll be contributing to this as well so you can read my log as an example! 

Read: ​Pages 129- 155 in Stuart Brown's Play

In the assigned reading, do the following:
1. QUOTE: Choose one quote from the section about Play at Work that strikes you as interesting, true, or connected to you and your life. Type this quote out in your log, along with what page it is on (in MLA format).

2. TEXT TO SELF: In this section, we get to see some different jobs and where play is in their jobs. What kind of job do YOU think that you could go into in the future that you would find playfulness and joy in? In what way do you think you'd be able to find playfulness in this job? Think about all the possibilities of a job that would have play in it--the type of people who you'd probably work with, the environment you would work in, the type of tasks that you would be doing in this job. Explain thoroughly how the way you play NOW could be present in this job in the future. 

3. COMPREHENSION & SUMMARIZING: In these pages, we learn about why we lose play, and he gives some ideas about how to get it back. Summarize these sections with the parts that most resonated with you that still answers the questions: Why do we lose play? How do we get it back? Explain why these parts stood out to you the most. 

You should respond to at least one other students' Play Reading Log #4 by 11:59pm on January 24th. 

Response Requirements: Your response should be a minimum of 3 sentences and should comment on what the original poster said, connecting it to your own life or other things in our society and the world. Your response can also push the original poster by posing further questions. 

PS. I'll be contributing to this as well so you can read my log as an example! 

Read: ​Page 100-129 of Play by Stuart Brown M.D. 

In the assigned reading, do the following:
1. QUOTE: Choose one quote from pages 100-129 that you disagree with or have further questions about. Type this quote out in your log, along with what page it is on (in MLA format).

2. CRITICAL ANALYSIS: Why do you disagree with this quote OR what further questions would need to be answered for you to agree, or at least further understand, the quote? 

3. TEXT TO SELF: In the Learning and Memory section, the writer discusses how play in class can help learning. Write about a moment in your years of schooling and learning that you felt playful or were having fun. This moment can be from school or from another place you have learned something, like a dance class or a karate studio. Describe what the assignment or project or school day was like and why you felt joy during this moment. How old were you? Who was involved in this learning? 

You should respond to at least one other students' Play Reading Log #3 by 11:59pm on January 18th. 

Response Requirements: Your response should be a minimum of 3 sentences and should comment on what the original poster said, connecting it to your own life or other things in our society and the world. Your response can also push the original poster by posing further questions. 

PS. I'll be contributing to this as well so you can read my log as an example! 

Page 77-100 of Play by Stuart Brown M.D. 

In the assigned reading, do the following:
1. QUOTE: Choose one quote that stands out to you from the text from the types of play discussed in this section that stands out to you the most. Your options in this section are: Attunement, Body and Movement Play, Object Play,Imaginative Play, Social Play, Friendship and Belonging, Rough and Tumble Play, Celebratory and Ritual Play, Storytelling and Narrative Play, Transformative-Integrative and Creative Play. Type this quote out in your log, along with what page it is on (in MLA format).

2. TEXT TO SELF: What is the earliest memory you have doing the kind of play that you identified above? How old were you? How were you playing? Why do you think you remember this? 

3. COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY: You read about the life and death of Charles Whitman in this section. What did you learn about Charles Whitman and how do you respond to his story and the way it was told in this section? What do you feel about what you read? Can you connect it to anything beyond the text? Another text? Our society and the world?  

You should respond to at least one other students' Play Reading Log #2 by January 15th. 

Response Requirements: Your response should be a minimum of 3 sentences and should comment on what the original poster said, connecting it to your own life or other things in our society and the world. Your response can also push the original poster by posing further questions. 

PS. I'll be contributing to this as well so you can read my log as an example! 

Page 59-77 of Play by Stuart Brown M.D.

In the assigned reading, do the following:
1. QUOTE: Choose one quote that stands out to you from the text from the Play Personality that you most identify with: The Joker, The Kinesthete, The Explorer, The Competitor, The Director, The Collector, The Artist/Creator, The Storyteller.. Type this quote out in your log, along with what page it is on (in MLA format).

2. CONNECTION: Connect the quote that you are reading to something beyond the text.  ​

3. COMMENTARY: How can you connect this quote to current events, to the past, or to the future? What personal connections can you draw to this quote? Does the quote or do anything in the assigned pages tonight remind you of anyone or anything in your own life? How does any part of this connect to any other areas of your learning? What other relationships/connections can you draw between these two chapters and your life, the world, other literature, history, or other art? 

You should respond to at least one other students' Play Reading Log #1 by January 10th. 

Response Requirements: Your response should be a minimum of 3 sentences and should comment on what the original poster said, connecting it to your own life or other things in our society and the world. Your response can also push the original poster by posing further questions. 

PS. I'll be contributing to this as well so you can read my log as an example!