THE END...for better or worse

Wednesday's Class Plan: 
1. Costal's IDEA
2. Discuss Research Paper (30 minutes of rush prep)
3. Discuss Shoeless Joe
4. Elves, Giants, Wizards
5. Shoeless Joe test
6. 30 minutes of RUSH!

I have not received midterms from about six of you. Check your emails, make sure the attachments were there and the emails sent, because if I do not get one by today...it's over!

THE LAST WEEK of EOF - Monday, July 25

1st half of class: Final "evaluating quality" discussion / short research lecture / "types of support" if time

2nd half of class: Family meetings will take place in our classroom. The schedule is as follows (EOF times, of course):

10:00:  Extra Time if needed

9:50:    Cool as BEEP
9:40:    O3
9:30:    Chabbe in NJ
9:20:     BREAK (to library with family)

12:20: OREO
12:10: Writers of Intimatcy
12:00: Writers of Success
11:50: Teletubby Mafia
11:40: Explicit 4some
11:30: BREAK (to library or labs with family)


Because so many of my directives are NOT finding their way to the final draft, the grade change contingent on the revision will also be based on your family's ability to hand me a Hacker companion. Explained during lecture.

Tuesday class: Eight Men Out
Tuesday module: IDEA & Questions

Wednesday: Shoeless Joe Test & Costal stories

Major Assignment Reminders (due on a rolling basis):
1. Research paper
2. Journals
3. Shoeless Joe test Wednesday
3. rewrites of essay 4

EOF Class #12, July 20, 2011

MODULE: You are going to evaluate for quality again...in families...just like yesterday, this time with a new article. If done, with time, begin assignment.

ASSIGNMENT:

Mini Research, Formal Essay #4: To celebrate Shoeless Joe, tell me which famous ghost you would make sacrafices to conjure up to your home. Any dead celebrity qualifies. Must be a famous (or infamous) person. Must be dead. Do some research on the person, first. Use Hacker to help you. Use only CREDIBLE sources. Write a great citation. Integrate at least one or two strong direct quotations. Show me what you learned about thesis and academic researching. Employ thinking similar to Ray Kinsella's. Due at the end of module on Thursday. Minimum = 2 pages.

For help, be sure to use Hacker Research section starting on page 311.

EOF Class #11, July 19, 2011

Module: 1. Get in your families.

2. Each member will take turns reading their "This I Believe" essay aloud to the family. DO NOT LET OTHER FAMILIES HEAR!

3. The family will vote on the member whose essay is the best.

Evening Module Assignment:

1. Read & Annotate the article the tutors give you.
2. Get into families, analyze the article based on the "evaluating quality" notes (on this blog) we discussed.
3. Write notes on how the article holds up against the established parameters. Be prepared to discuss tomorrow.

Ongoing: READ: Peruse the The Basics in Hacker pgs. 529 - 563 / Shoeless Joe Chapter 4

Class #10, July 18, 2011 Assignments

Module: Test

Assignments: Redo essay #2 & give a good editing to essay #3

Class #9, July 14, 2011, SJ Chapter 3 Quiz

All answers should be in complete sentences. 1 through 5 should be answered in just a few sentences each. You will be graded for how well your answers illustrate a thorough reading of the chapter. Answer 6 should be in one, well-developed paragraph, longer than the rest.

1. What happens when Ray wakes up in the middle of the night and walks from the motel into town? (p 136 – 138)


2. How did Graham get the nickname “Moonlight”? (p 141 – 143)

3. How does Ray react when Doc Graham questions him as to why he’s so interested in him? (p 149)

4. How does Doc Graham finally respond to Ray’s question about his “one wish”? (p 151)

5. Who is the hitchhiker Ray and Jerry pick up on their way out of town? Where’s he going? (p 157)

6. Write a paragraph predicting what will happen the rest of the way, use specific reference from the story to justify your answer.

EOF Class #9, July 14, 2011

Start of class in family time: Get in your families, take out your journals from last night. Discuss the following:

1. Which was your favorite essay and why.

2. Share the essays you chose with your family members. Tell them why you chose it.

3. As a family, chose an essay to share with the class.

Also today in class: Discuss "Dentaphilia" & Chapter 3, "evaluating quality," and if time, Costal's Challenge #2

I am not giving a specific assignment for module today, so that you may take time to begin essay before leaving for the weekend.

Formal Essay #3:
Your essay should meet the guidelines as stated by NPR here. Choose your words very carefully -- each speaks volume about what you believe.

EOF Class #8, July 13, 2011

Today's module and assignment:

Formal Writing #3 Prep: This I Believe Essay: This essay should reflect the culmination of your thoughts about passion and belief as prompted by Shoeless Bro. It is based on the NPR series “ This I Believe,” in which the general public is invited to write (and sometimes read) a short essay about their belief statements. 

In preparation, you are asked to read at least 5 “This I Believe” columns online to see the range of people and ideas represented. Three I'm picking for you, and three you can select on your own. Have some fun with this as some are very, very powerful. The three I've selected for you are:

To Sum It Up...

“The point is not to become something. The point is to become yourself, and to use yourself completely – all your gifts, skills and energies – to make your vision manifest. You must withhold nothing. You must, in sum, become the person you started out to be, and to enjoy the process of becoming.” 

 (Warren Bennis, On Becoming a Leader).

EOF Class #7, July 12, 2011

Module: Go to the computer lab. Read the this article. Then either write (or create notes for) Journal #5 to answer the following questions.

1. Do you agree or disagree with the author? Why or why not?
2. How does the "passion" described here contrast with the "passion" we see in SJ  by Ray and Jerry? Use MUST use specific reference from the book to make your point.

You will HALF the module to complete this task. The other half we will spend as a class discussing the novel (namely Chapter 2 and this assignment).

EOF Class #6, July 11, 2011

Module: Finish the backwards edit.

 

Assignments: Essay 1 & 2 revisions due tomorrow

In Class Quiz: EOF Class #5, July 7, 2011

1. "If you build it, he will come." What is it and who is he?

2. Describe Shoeless Joe's playing in the way Ray's dad would.

3. Describe Annie the way Ray would.

4. Is Ray's farming a commercial success, why or why not?

5. What evidence exists that speaks to Shoeless Joe's innocence?

6. Famously, Shoeless Joe asks Ray, "Is this heaven?" Ray answers, "No. It's Iowa." Then Ray says something else. Why might this question be significant based on Ray's feelings?

A Little English Dork Humor for Ya...

EOF Class #4, July 6, 2011

Study Guide Questionless for Shoeless Joe

Chapter 2, “They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964”:

1. How does Ray feel about Annie’s family? (p 26)

2. What does Joe say to Ray when he keeps asking about the catcher? (p 28)

3. What does the ballpark announcer next say to Ray (p 31)

4. How does Ray know that the announcer is referring to the writer JD Salinger? (p 32)

5. Why does Ray think that Salinger “knows” him? (p 37)

EOF Class #3, July 5, 2011

Module: Complete the Hacker Usage Quiz in families (proctored by Destiny and Eddie). Additional time shoudl be sepnt working on your essay revision

Evening Module: Destiny and Eddie will review the answers to your quiz on narrative, please be attentive and accomodating to the discussion

Assignments:

READ: You should begin reading Chapter 2 of SJ

For tomorrow, please read the article "Writing off Reading" from the Atlantic City Press.

WRITE: Revision of Essay #2...originals MUST be included for you to receive a grade.

Finish Journal #2: Discuss the poem now that you know the truth.

Oh, and WAKE UP! EOF Week 2, it's on!