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Hello Professors,

My name is Joseph Gonzalez and I represent the Stockton Debate Team.

I've contacted you because the courses you teach has relevance to our club.

CW/Rhet Comp, September 14, 2011

READ: Walden Economy (p 1- 30) for CW / 1st 2 sections for R&C

WRITE: Formal Essay #2: Literary Analysis Paper (approx 2 pages): Listen to the philosopher’s presentation to his student, how does his philosophy embody the tenets of transcendentalism as presented by Thoreau in Economy? Please do your best to cite SPECIFICALLY from the reading the ways in which Thoreau's philosophy melds with the presentation. Cite directly from the text. Show me how you (think) the parenthetical and end documentation should look.

Don't forget to finish Journal #2 (from class)

Walden Economy Chapter Part 1 pgs. 1 - 30 (1/2 of online)

Rhetoric and the media

In light of last year's near-fatal shooting of a Democratic Arizona Congresswoman by a fanatical Republican, The Daily Show's Jon Stewart (America's most important commentators?) weighs in on whether or not rhetoric in the national media fosters an environment of violence and dischord.

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.