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The purpose of the Significant Sentence Exercise is to have students learn and apply the concept of “synthesis.” Synthesis is the ability to take large amounts of data and to separate, understand and communicate the “vital few” concepts that are critical. In your work at your organizations you will be receiving massive amounts of information. Successful people and the successful organizations have an uncanny ability to know what to pay attention to and what to ignore. In our lives and it our work it is an important skill to learn what requires our time and attention and to separate the critical knowledge from the less important. Some people tend to have a knack for this ability to separate the critical from the interesting but not important facts. Others need to work on this skill. If Significant Sentences are easy for you, you may have a natural talent for synthesis. If this exercise is difficult for you then perhaps this is a skill that you need to hone while at Brandman University. You can’t “makeup” Significant Sentences the only way you can receive points for this exercise is if you post in the week designated in the timeframe listed below. The goal of Significant Sentences is: Demonstrate that you have been able to identify and defend the most critical sentence in a chapter or a group of assigned chapters. Don’t simply use the title – but look deeply into the chapter or chapters and identify the one critical sentence that explains the “heart” of the reading. It is of benefit to post early in the week as each student must choose a different sentence each week. After you have shared and cited using APA the Significant Sentence in the assigned chapter or chapters then you are to explain in detail using 100 to 300 words exactly why you chose that sentence. You are to “defend” your choice. Using the masters level analysis: This sentence is basically about: (30-50 words of explanation – like a short book report on the sentence). This sentence means: (30-50 words of context – like explaining the deeper meaning or general usefulness of this concept). This sentence means to me NOW: (50-100 words of application – a clear explanation of how you will apply this concept in your home or work life. This is not how you have used it in the past – but how you will use this concept in the future. ONLINE STUDENTS ONLY: You are to post your initial posting by Wednesday of each week Then you are to respond to two of your fellow students on their Significant Sentences by Saturday of the assigned week on two separate days prior to Sunday (ie respond to peer 1 on Friday and peer 3 on Saturday) . Please refer to the instructions in the Discussion Board.You are to do the following analysis: Your Significant Sentence is very close to mine in the following ways: (with 50 words of comparison). Your Significant Sentence is different than mine in the following ways: (with 50 words of comparison). After reading your Significant Sentence I have learned the following ways to utilize your Significant Sentence in my work or my life: (Then detail how you will apply their sentence into your live or your work).