5X8ER EXERCISES INSTRUCTION! This exercise is about: 5x8er #5 Excerpt Weber “The Protestant Ethic
and the Spirit of Capitalism” Pg. 178-192 FROM A BOOK: Edles, Laura Desfor and Scott Appelrouth.
Sociological Theory in the Classical Era—Text and Readings, 3rd edition. Sage. 2015. ISBN 978-1-
4522-0361-4 These are exercises designed to help you focus on the readings. You need to do five
5x8er exercises over the semester (note: more than five are assigned so that you can fit your
workload to this requirement by choosing the five that work best for you—with the exception of the
card on Marx which everyone must do). In order to do the 5x8er, you need to have read the assigned
excerpt from the theorist under consideration and the Blackboard notes so that you have some
context for what you are reading. They must be written on a standard 5’ x 8’ notecard (you may use
both sides) and consist of the following: (a) your name; (b) the title of the excerpt you are
reading, the date of its original publication, the name and dates of the author (all spelled
accurately and correctly punctuated) (c) 4 clear and controlled sentences explaining what you see
as the main argument of the excerpt, (d) a quote from the excerpt supporting your contention that
this is the main argument (PUT THE NUMBER PAGE OF THE QUOTE), (e) 3 clear and controlled sentences
saying how the quote supports your contention about the main argument as you have presented it
above in (c); (f) 5 clear and controlled sentences applying the reading to a current event,
something from your own life, a subject you are studying in another class, a work of art or popular
culture (g) 2 clear and controlled sentences stating a core question or principle in the theory
that you would take with you from this reading. These will be graded on a scale of 0-20 points
depending on how fully, accurately, clearly and insightfully you do the assignment. Answer it in
lists from (a) – (g) LIKE IT’S SHOWN ABOVE, don’t do it like an essay. (Please do it in ASA
format/style): You can find the ASA reference format here:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/583/03/ THE SOURCE IS JUST FROM THE BOOK I PROVIDE.
PLEASE USE FORMAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL WORDS AND DO IT WITH GOOD AND APPROPRIATE GRAMMAR AND
VOCABULARY.