MODULE:
Reflections on EOF.
In a thoughtful but brief essay, perhaps a page, please share your reflections on the EOF program as your experience concludes. What did you learn about yourself during these five weeks? What might you have done differently if you were to start over? What changes would you like to see in the program for next year? What else would you like to say about the program?
You may speak candidly, but remember you are creating a written record. Anything you wouldn’t want repeated you might want to omit.
I will do two things with these essays:
1. Offer a grade based, as always, on both content and presentation.
2. Give a copy to the EOF Director.
Remember audience as you write. As always, I want concrete detail.
ASSIGNMENT:
1. Study for final quiz
2. Choose one journal from your notes that you particularly liked. Clean it up, type it and turn it in tomorrow. Try to make sure it reflects what you've learned this summer.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
July 22nd Assignments -- The heat is on now, knuckleheads!
MODULE: 1. Half hour prep with Costal
2. Tim will lead you through the wonderful world of researching online at Stockton.
Evening: Work on having your research proposal ready for tomorrow. Think about your topic. Work on turning it into a thesis. Research with Tim. Outline and take notes on your topic. Very, very, very, very helpful is this sample from our friend Diana Hacker which gives you a very easy, fundamental (haha...Jim) view of a good, collegiate research paper.
Monday, July 20, 2009
July 21st Assignment
MODULE: Complete peer edit and retype paper #2
READ: 1. In your Rules for Writers, read and study sections 52-56, on Writing MLA Papers, pages 411 – 475. Pay special attention to: supporting a thesis, avoiding plagiarism, integrating sources, documenting sources, the sample paper (467-475) and take note of the margin comments that explain what the writer is doing well.
2. BWLOW Chapter 4
3. Check out the passage on Latino Identity by author Ruben Martinez. This will come in handy later...believe me!
WRITE: As Journal #7: Throughout the novel, Spanish words and phrases appear unaccompanied by their English translations. What is the effect of this seamless blending of Spanish and English? How would the novel have been different if Díaz had stopped to provide English translations at every turn? Why does Díaz not italicize the Spanish words (the way foreign words are usually italicized in English-language text)?
READ: 1. In your Rules for Writers, read and study sections 52-56, on Writing MLA Papers, pages 411 – 475. Pay special attention to: supporting a thesis, avoiding plagiarism, integrating sources, documenting sources, the sample paper (467-475) and take note of the margin comments that explain what the writer is doing well.
2. BWLOW Chapter 4
3. Check out the passage on Latino Identity by author Ruben Martinez. This will come in handy later...believe me!
WRITE: As Journal #7: Throughout the novel, Spanish words and phrases appear unaccompanied by their English translations. What is the effect of this seamless blending of Spanish and English? How would the novel have been different if Díaz had stopped to provide English translations at every turn? Why does Díaz not italicize the Spanish words (the way foreign words are usually italicized in English-language text)?
July 20th Assignments
MODULE: Hacker Quiz (in families). Hand to Tim @ end. Begin reading with remaining time.
READ: 1. 1. In your Rules for Writers, read and study sections 49 - 51, on pages 383 t o405. DO THIS IN YOUR FAMILIES...help one another learn this...because you DO NEED to learn this.
2. Chapter 3 of BWLOW
READ: 1. 1. In your Rules for Writers, read and study sections 49 - 51, on pages 383 t o405. DO THIS IN YOUR FAMILIES...help one another learn this...because you DO NEED to learn this.
2. Chapter 3 of BWLOW
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
July 14th Assignments
WRITE/THINK: 1. Finish peer editing, rewrite formal essay #1...be sure to connect to Tim's lecture.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Yikes
There seems to be a problem with downloading one of my essays (today's assignment, the American essay, for the whole three or four of you who actually did.) I'm attempting to fix it, but until then, if you want a copy, ask me and I'll get it for you.
Why did I have to get into computers? Why not something more constructive and less painful, like sticking shards of glass into my brain?
Shards of glass that are on fire.
Why did I have to get into computers? Why not something more constructive and less painful, like sticking shards of glass into my brain?
Shards of glass that are on fire.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Ch-ch-ch-changez
Obviously the title of this post is an only moderately clever RF reference.
But...
If any of you don't know the song reference from the title of this post, you don't get a birthday this year.
Anyway, I've added a nifty new sidebar below the "Sites that Might Help You" bar to the left. It is a documents bar where you can access all of the things Joe and I upload to the world wide web that pertain to this class. Isn't that nifty? I think it's nifty. Anyway, everything will be in .PDF format, so you'll need Adobe Reader to open it. If you don't have that on your own laptop or computer, you'll need to use a public school computer in the Tender Robot Lovin' Center (TRLC).
Also, just for incentive, if you guys can correct my essays that I post (as I said before, the errors in them are both beligerent and numerous) you'll get some of that sweet, sweet extra credit. So sweet it's like a cake made of maple syrup and milk chocolate.
Okay, maybe that's a little nasty, but you get the idea.
But...
If any of you don't know the song reference from the title of this post, you don't get a birthday this year.
Anyway, I've added a nifty new sidebar below the "Sites that Might Help You" bar to the left. It is a documents bar where you can access all of the things Joe and I upload to the world wide web that pertain to this class. Isn't that nifty? I think it's nifty. Anyway, everything will be in .PDF format, so you'll need Adobe Reader to open it. If you don't have that on your own laptop or computer, you'll need to use a public school computer in the Tender Robot Lovin' Center (TRLC).
Also, just for incentive, if you guys can correct my essays that I post (as I said before, the errors in them are both beligerent and numerous) you'll get some of that sweet, sweet extra credit. So sweet it's like a cake made of maple syrup and milk chocolate.
Okay, maybe that's a little nasty, but you get the idea.
July 9th Assignments
WRITE: Essay 1 (see prompt)
READ: Finish the Reluctant Fundamentalist, questions for Chapter 8, then you are on your own: ACTIVE READ!
THINK: Study for Active Reading test.
READ: Finish the Reluctant Fundamentalist, questions for Chapter 8, then you are on your own: ACTIVE READ!
THINK: Study for Active Reading test.
July 9th In-Class Family Assignment
#1: It is ok (ethically and personally) for Changez to have role-played as Chris in his love-making to Erica. Defend.
#2: Oh no. It is definitely NOT ok, that Changez pretended to be Chris while making love to Erica. Defend
#3: Changez should snap out of his post-9/11 funk and get back to his normal life. His funk is unhealthy and destructive. Defend.
#4: Changez should definitely NOT simply snap out of his post-9/11 funk. What he is exeperiencing is vital self-discovery. Defend.
#5: What does Changez mean in the last lines of Chapter 6. How is this admission to the American important? Why is "tonight" a night of such "importance?"
#2: Oh no. It is definitely NOT ok, that Changez pretended to be Chris while making love to Erica. Defend
#3: Changez should snap out of his post-9/11 funk and get back to his normal life. His funk is unhealthy and destructive. Defend.
#4: Changez should definitely NOT simply snap out of his post-9/11 funk. What he is exeperiencing is vital self-discovery. Defend.
#5: What does Changez mean in the last lines of Chapter 6. How is this admission to the American important? Why is "tonight" a night of such "importance?"
Hi everybody!
I have not checked in here yet, and I thought I'd let you know that to better help you guys, I do all of your major writing assignments with you (IE, anything that is getting a grade.) So here's a link to my letter to Professor Skube. It's an Adobe PDF file so unless you have Acrobat reader on your laptop you'll need to use the school computers to see it.
Grab it here.
My first dog was named Scooby. He was part collie and looked nothing like Scooby Doo.
Also, something to think about as it pertains to the whole "How American do you feel?" question. A guy I quite admire, Charles Pierce, who is a regular contestant on the NPR show Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me! wrote a book recently called Idiot America (sounds suspiciously like a somewhat outdated 90s MTV-friendly alterni-punk group you may have heard of.) He bases his entire book on one single phrase that he believes sums up the American mindset and the way Americans think, or more appropriately, the way Americans process information. From my observations of you guys as a class, I think he's sort of right.
"Fact is whatever you believe; truth is how fervently you believe it."
Finally, major kudos to whoever picks through my essay and finds some errors. They are there, lurking. Lurking like an 8th grade boy outside the girls locker room.
Grab it here.
My first dog was named Scooby. He was part collie and looked nothing like Scooby Doo.
Also, something to think about as it pertains to the whole "How American do you feel?" question. A guy I quite admire, Charles Pierce, who is a regular contestant on the NPR show Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me! wrote a book recently called Idiot America (sounds suspiciously like a somewhat outdated 90s MTV-friendly alterni-punk group you may have heard of.) He bases his entire book on one single phrase that he believes sums up the American mindset and the way Americans think, or more appropriately, the way Americans process information. From my observations of you guys as a class, I think he's sort of right.
"Fact is whatever you believe; truth is how fervently you believe it."
Finally, major kudos to whoever picks through my essay and finds some errors. They are there, lurking. Lurking like an 8th grade boy outside the girls locker room.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
July 8th Assignments
Module:
Costal will discuss quiz & article, Tim will drop some knowledge about verbs.
Write: Rewrite (optional) of Informal Writing #2
Read: RF Chapters 6 & 7 (Questions attached, Marshall)
Chapter 6:
1. Why do you think the American is reluctant to share his personal story with the narrator? (77)
2. What are Changez’s reactions to all the mementos and photographs of the missing that were posted around lower Manhattan? (79)
3. How does Changez feel about all the flags that started appearing in New York? (79-80)
4. What changes does Erica see in the narrator when he talks about “home”? (81)
5. What does the narrator do when Erica falls asleep at his apartment? (83-84)
6. Comment on the tenderness of the love scene (88-92). Why do you think the narrator includes so many intimate details? (I don’t have any ready-made answer in mind.)
7. The last two sentences in Chapter 6 (page 92, starting with “But tonight . . .) are a puzzle to me. What do you guys think?
Chapter 7:
1. How does the narrator describe the mood in America following 9/11? (94)
2. What were the rumors Changez was hearing at the Pak-Punjab Deli? (94)
3. Why does the author think he’s unlikely to be targeted for persecution? (94-95)
4. Why do the workers at the cable company resent the people from Underwood Samson coming in? (95-99)
5. What happened in October 2001 that Changez reports “upset his equilibrium”? (99)
6. What did Changez see on TV one evening that led to his drinking heavily and showing up late—for the first time ever—for work the next morning? (99-100)
7. Why does the narrator think the Pakistanis take such pride in their food? What does he mean when he says their traditional foods are “predatory”? (101-102)
8. What does Changez’s rant about Pakistani history suggest about the comparison between the US and his country? (101-102)
9. Why do you think Changez said nothing to Erica about his anger over the invasion of Afghanistan? (102)
10. Creepy love scene warning pages 102-107. (At least I found it creepy) Why was it creepy? What does Changez feel at the end?
11. What word does Changez use to describe how he felt being bested by a dead rival, Erica’s deceased boyfriend, Chris? (106)
Costal will discuss quiz & article, Tim will drop some knowledge about verbs.
Write: Rewrite (optional) of Informal Writing #2
Read: RF Chapters 6 & 7 (Questions attached, Marshall)
Chapter 6:
1. Why do you think the American is reluctant to share his personal story with the narrator? (77)
2. What are Changez’s reactions to all the mementos and photographs of the missing that were posted around lower Manhattan? (79)
3. How does Changez feel about all the flags that started appearing in New York? (79-80)
4. What changes does Erica see in the narrator when he talks about “home”? (81)
5. What does the narrator do when Erica falls asleep at his apartment? (83-84)
6. Comment on the tenderness of the love scene (88-92). Why do you think the narrator includes so many intimate details? (I don’t have any ready-made answer in mind.)
7. The last two sentences in Chapter 6 (page 92, starting with “But tonight . . .) are a puzzle to me. What do you guys think?
Chapter 7:
1. How does the narrator describe the mood in America following 9/11? (94)
2. What were the rumors Changez was hearing at the Pak-Punjab Deli? (94)
3. Why does the author think he’s unlikely to be targeted for persecution? (94-95)
4. Why do the workers at the cable company resent the people from Underwood Samson coming in? (95-99)
5. What happened in October 2001 that Changez reports “upset his equilibrium”? (99)
6. What did Changez see on TV one evening that led to his drinking heavily and showing up late—for the first time ever—for work the next morning? (99-100)
7. Why does the narrator think the Pakistanis take such pride in their food? What does he mean when he says their traditional foods are “predatory”? (101-102)
8. What does Changez’s rant about Pakistani history suggest about the comparison between the US and his country? (101-102)
9. Why do you think Changez said nothing to Erica about his anger over the invasion of Afghanistan? (102)
10. Creepy love scene warning pages 102-107. (At least I found it creepy) Why was it creepy? What does Changez feel at the end?
11. What word does Changez use to describe how he felt being bested by a dead rival, Erica’s deceased boyfriend, Chris? (106)
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
July 7th Assignments
MODULE: Peer Edit #1: Pick someone who is not a member of your family. Peer edit by simply reading aloud informal essay #1. Note anything that "sounds" awkward or incorrect. You may note edits from your own paper. You may interupt your partner to note issues with his/her paper.
WRITE: Rewrite and resubmit informal essay 1. Please hand in with original attached, or you will not receive credit.
THINK:
1. About Costal's Ceys to writing as you edit. If you focus on not making these mistakes alone...you will see vast improvement in your writing.
2. What does the picture attached to this post have to do with the post itself. Submit your answer as a comment to the post. The first correct (or creative answer) will receive extra credit.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Module for July 6th: Informal Writing #2: Skube: Doo-doo Head?
Michael Skube provides his e-mail on the bottom of his scathing rebuke of today's college 
student. Write a letter to him either agreeing or disagreeing with his thesis. Either way, make sure you back up your claim with specific examples from either your own life, observations you have made or statistics you have researched. Do not spend too much time worrying about how you "cite" your source(s) (this will come later), but please "attribute" it/them. This should be worked on during module and submitted to me tomorrow or to Tim/Ashley this afternoon. The best response will be e-mailed to Skube himself! Zoinks!
student. Write a letter to him either agreeing or disagreeing with his thesis. Either way, make sure you back up your claim with specific examples from either your own life, observations you have made or statistics you have researched. Do not spend too much time worrying about how you "cite" your source(s) (this will come later), but please "attribute" it/them. This should be worked on during module and submitted to me tomorrow or to Tim/Ashley this afternoon. The best response will be e-mailed to Skube himself! Zoinks!
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