Sunday, November 18, 2012
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Rhet & Comp, Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Assignments: Write final, formal draft of Essay #4. Use discussion and class activities to lead your revision efforts.
Log on to the Stockton database and take a closer look at the videos for Academic Search Complete and Lexis Nexis.
Now...watch the attached documentary. The politics and social movement is one thing, and I, for one, think it's pretty freaking cool, but....please respond to it as Journal # 10 from the perspective of what this documentary says about our class' work about credibility, sources, academic reading and strong research.
This free, youtube version (hell yea!) has a mini-doc before the actual movie starts, please skip it, by scrubbing up to 9:12 on the video.
Log on to the Stockton database and take a closer look at the videos for Academic Search Complete and Lexis Nexis.
Now...watch the attached documentary. The politics and social movement is one thing, and I, for one, think it's pretty freaking cool, but....please respond to it as Journal # 10 from the perspective of what this documentary says about our class' work about credibility, sources, academic reading and strong research.
This free, youtube version (hell yea!) has a mini-doc before the actual movie starts, please skip it, by scrubbing up to 9:12 on the video.
Monday, November 12, 2012
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Hurricane Sandy announcement for Costal's students
If you have any hardships resulting from the recent extreme weather that impede participation in any of my courses, please reach out to me as soon as possible via e-mail. Just e-mail me, and I will give you my cell if you want to talk.
Hang in and hope all is well.
R & C, Wednesday, November 6, 2012 - NOW CANCELED FOR 6PM
Dear 6pm Class: Miss you guys! Haven't seen you in so long. But sitting here in K wing with Nicole and Nick and Mark...and the conditions are getting worse and worse. Can't risk your safety. Need to cancel class for tonight. Be safe. Go home.
Below please find an assignment that we would've spent time discussing. Do the best you can with it. Please use this weekend to get some of it done as time will be of the essence when we get back on track. But if you get confused...I understand...just do your best and we'll discuss it Monday.
I hope you are well. Campus was a ghost town today, and several of my other students have not been back on campus since Sandy. If you have been affected by the storm in a meaningful way, please reach out to me, so I know.
--Costal
The tenets of Evaluating Quality are outlined below. .
EVALUATING QUALITY:
1. Are opinions adequately supported? Choose at least one opinion from the text and show how the author supports it.
2. Are facts verifiable? Provide a stated fact from the article and explain how (if at all) the author verifies the fact.
3. Is the material out-dated or timely? Provide example(s).
4. Is the author credible? Why? How does she prove it?
5. Are sources cited? If so, which ones and how?
6. Is the reasoning logical? Is the text free of fallacies and obvious propaganda?
Choose one of the two attached articles. Read them. Annotate and hold them up to the tenets of EQ as discussed in class. Put some time and thought into applying the concepts. Be prepared to discuss these concepts in class on Monday.
Then as Formal Essay #4, write a rebuttal or agreement to the concepts (or one concept) discussed in the article. Be sure to consider the EQ ideas when either attacking or reinforcing the your point. Be sure to develop your own thesis based on either agreement or disagreement with the author. Be sure to incorporate at least one other source into your writing. Cite and attribute that source.
The first article is an interesting indictment of the American male's diet of football.
Read it here.
The second is an article from The Guardian about teens and their technology.
Below please find an assignment that we would've spent time discussing. Do the best you can with it. Please use this weekend to get some of it done as time will be of the essence when we get back on track. But if you get confused...I understand...just do your best and we'll discuss it Monday.
I hope you are well. Campus was a ghost town today, and several of my other students have not been back on campus since Sandy. If you have been affected by the storm in a meaningful way, please reach out to me, so I know.
--Costal
The tenets of Evaluating Quality are outlined below. .
EVALUATING QUALITY:
1. Are opinions adequately supported? Choose at least one opinion from the text and show how the author supports it.
2. Are facts verifiable? Provide a stated fact from the article and explain how (if at all) the author verifies the fact.
3. Is the material out-dated or timely? Provide example(s).
4. Is the author credible? Why? How does she prove it?
5. Are sources cited? If so, which ones and how?
6. Is the reasoning logical? Is the text free of fallacies and obvious propaganda?
Choose one of the two attached articles. Read them. Annotate and hold them up to the tenets of EQ as discussed in class. Put some time and thought into applying the concepts. Be prepared to discuss these concepts in class on Monday.
Then as Formal Essay #4, write a rebuttal or agreement to the concepts (or one concept) discussed in the article. Be sure to consider the EQ ideas when either attacking or reinforcing the your point. Be sure to develop your own thesis based on either agreement or disagreement with the author. Be sure to incorporate at least one other source into your writing. Cite and attribute that source.
The first article is an interesting indictment of the American male's diet of football.
Read it here.
The second is an article from The Guardian about teens and their technology.
Friday, November 2, 2012
R & C, Monday, Wednesday & Monday: October 24 - November 5th
Well gang, needless to say, it has been an eventful week for us all. I hope this message finds everyone well -- healthy and coping. With the college closed most of last week and the barrier islands in disarray, we need to regroup.
However, there will be no class on Monday, November 5th.
Despite this, there are some things we will need to catch up on. The following journals should be completed before our next class together on Wednesday, November 7th.
First, check out this news from NPR: Take that Michael Skube!
New York Times blogger Constance Hale writes an interesting defense of verbage. Read and write Journal #7 about verbs. Respond to the piece thematically, maybe find some Google-searched verbs of your own. If at a loss, talk about the power of verbs in your young lives. I think we, as a society, do not generally put enough into the power and plausibility of verbs, then again, maybe I'm a dork.
Read This I Believe essays on pages 38 & 59. Choose one and analyze on the all three levels of academic reading. This writing assignment should be Journal #8.
However, there will be no class on Monday, November 5th.
Despite this, there are some things we will need to catch up on. The following journals should be completed before our next class together on Wednesday, November 7th.
First, check out this news from NPR: Take that Michael Skube!
New York Times blogger Constance Hale writes an interesting defense of verbage. Read and write Journal #7 about verbs. Respond to the piece thematically, maybe find some Google-searched verbs of your own. If at a loss, talk about the power of verbs in your young lives. I think we, as a society, do not generally put enough into the power and plausibility of verbs, then again, maybe I'm a dork.
Read This I Believe essays on pages 38 & 59. Choose one and analyze on the all three levels of academic reading. This writing assignment should be Journal #8.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
R & C, Monday, October 21, 2012
Hacker Family Mini Lesson: The following assignment was created to address specific grammatical deficiencies that have re-occurred throughout the essays. Each family will be assigned an issue. Using Hacker, the family will research and learn the rules regarding the issue. Then, the family will teach the issue to the class. Summarize your findings into an easy to remember one line quip that we will then add to Costal's Quays to Writing (oh, and they will do it all in less than five minutes, with approximately 15 minutes of prep time). Once you get your issue, get to work! We will pick issues through CIRCLE OF DEATH!
1. comma splice
2. misplaced modifier
3. parallel constructions in sentences
4. differences among who vs. that & that vs. which
5. second person / or person shifts / or perspective shifts
Assignment:
In order to take the story in with the best background, first check out this website by freelance costume and fashion designer Mandy Caruso (pictured). Check out her work, her interests, and click the "yours truly" tag button (here if you are blog illiterate). Yes, her looks do matter to this argument.
So she dresses up salaciously (as so many young women do) and attended Comic Con as The Black Cat. And she was harassed. Not by a single, smarmy individual, but by a media outlet (that she will not identify or implicate.)
Read her account here.
Read support for her position from Jezebel, Mary Sue and the Daily Dot. While you're at it, here's an interesting article (that leads down a rabbit hole of other resources) about harassment at comic and fantasy conventions in general. I have never been to one of these things...though I was a huge comic dork in middle school (I know...shocker!) Apparently there is a phenomenon known as booth babes?
There is one very interesting article that opposed Mandy's reaction.
Your job, for Journal #7 is to analyze the arguments and weigh in for yourself. Be prepared to discuss on Wednesday.
Monday, October 15, 2012
R&C Monday, Oct. 15
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please keep in mind that class is cancelled this coming WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17th.
Class:
1. Essay #2 discussion: Intros, "I think" & specific evidence
2. Support Lecture/Activity
Peer Editing of Essay Three:
1. Select a partner from family. If you paired up last time, choose a new partner.
2. Sit beside your partner, not face-to-face.
3. One partner is the writer first and one is the proofreader first.
4. The writer has a pen for correcting. The proofreader does not.
5. The writer places the paper where both partners can clearly see it and reads aloud, beginning with the last sentence in the paper, continuing with the next to the last, and so on through the paper. The proofreader watches the paper intently and listens carefully to exactly what the writer reads, noting differences between the spoken and written words. Back to front reading prevents the writer and proofreader from getting caught up in the text, making it easier to concentrate on recognizing errors. This method of reading also makes it easier to find sentence fragments, which are frequently phrases or clauses that should be attached to the previous sentence.
6. While reading, the writer makes any noticeable corrections. If the proofreader notes a discrepancy between what is being read and what appears on the paper, one that the writer fails to note, the proofreader MUST interrupt the writer in order to point out the discrepancy. For other errors noticed on the paper, but not the oration, namely punctuation and spelling errors, the proofreader should wait until the writer has finished reading the sentence in question.
7. The writer must make the final decision on all proposed changes.
8. This process continues until the paper is completely proofread. Then, the partners reverse roles and repeat the process on the second paper.
Works Cited:
Winters, Gerry. How to do Proofreading.
Online. Available
ASSIGNMENTS:
Optional Revision of Essay #2 & Mandatory Revision of Essay #3 (all previous drafts MUST be attached...and please, FASTEN with something)
Class:
1. Essay #2 discussion: Intros, "I think" & specific evidence
2. Support Lecture/Activity
Peer Editing of Essay Three:
1. Select a partner from family. If you paired up last time, choose a new partner.
2. Sit beside your partner, not face-to-face.
3. One partner is the writer first and one is the proofreader first.
4. The writer has a pen for correcting. The proofreader does not.
5. The writer places the paper where both partners can clearly see it and reads aloud, beginning with the last sentence in the paper, continuing with the next to the last, and so on through the paper. The proofreader watches the paper intently and listens carefully to exactly what the writer reads, noting differences between the spoken and written words. Back to front reading prevents the writer and proofreader from getting caught up in the text, making it easier to concentrate on recognizing errors. This method of reading also makes it easier to find sentence fragments, which are frequently phrases or clauses that should be attached to the previous sentence.
6. While reading, the writer makes any noticeable corrections. If the proofreader notes a discrepancy between what is being read and what appears on the paper, one that the writer fails to note, the proofreader MUST interrupt the writer in order to point out the discrepancy. For other errors noticed on the paper, but not the oration, namely punctuation and spelling errors, the proofreader should wait until the writer has finished reading the sentence in question.
7. The writer must make the final decision on all proposed changes.
8. This process continues until the paper is completely proofread. Then, the partners reverse roles and repeat the process on the second paper.
Works Cited:
Winters, Gerry. How to do Proofreading.
Online. Available
ASSIGNMENTS:
Optional Revision of Essay #2 & Mandatory Revision of Essay #3 (all previous drafts MUST be attached...and please, FASTEN with something)
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
R&C Wednesday, October 3, 2012
CLASS:
1. Reaction vs. Analysis in Rhetoric
2. Review online NPR essay
3. Two essays from book reviewed: Returning to What's Natural p 23 & The Deeper Well of Memory p56
4. Reading
Monday, October 1, 2012
R & C, Monday, October 1st
Revise: Essay #1
Read: Hacker: Sentence Structure: pgs. 381 - 398
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