Monday, January 30, 2012

Sorry for the late post. The only thing due in class on Wednesday is the revision of Essay 2.

The Falcon Film Files#links

The Falcon Film Files#links

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

I did not collect Essay #1. I will collect it at class on Wednesday.

WRITE: Reaction to today's presentation. What do you make of it? Focus your essay on the future. Do you see a viable way of addressing this problem? Whom do you blame, and what can be done? End the essay by focusing on yourself. Will this motivate you to change anything about the way you live? If so, what? Why?  If not, why not?

Rhet/CW, Wednesday, January 18, 2012

WRITE: 


1. Post my blog in your favorites. Subscribe to follow, so you get e-mail notifications when I post. Follow me on Twitter if you want to. If you can, it would be awesome of you to sign-up for a g-mail account and register with Blogger...this way you can communicate with me through the comments section.

2. Print out the attached questionnaire and complete.

Formal Essay #1: The One-pager! This is a sort of "state of your writing ability" for me. Let me see where ya at? Expand one of the following questionnaire questions into a full, one-page response. Show me whatcha workin' with!

Section 2: 11, 12, 16 or 17
Section 3: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 or 9

READ: Review Usage section of Hacker (p. 565)

Sample Curriculum Vitae -- Other Publications -- American Academy of Family Physicians

Sample Curriculum Vitae -- Other Publications -- American Academy of Family Physicians

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A moment of zen for those who are research-frantic!

PLEASE READ!!! IMPORTANT COURSE NOTICE FOR 3:30PM College Writing!!

I need to provide the college with portfolios for our course...but...I forgot! So, in keeping with the "I mess up, you benefit" theme of class, here's what I propose. I need to have a clean copy of each of your formal essays including in your final portfolio (as well as the journals). But since I failed to express this info initially, here's my offer. Each student who successfully submits a full portfolio, reflecting all the work you did this semester (seven formal essays, ten journals), will receive 5 full points on their final grade...this could make a difference in your final letter grade.

Changes for End of Course...Monday, December 12, 2011...

Unfortunately an unavoidable schedule conflict will keep me from attending my 3:30pm course on Monday, December 12th. In exchange, I will give my College Writing course the following two possibilities for turning in their papers/portfolios: You may hand in your final paper and/or portfolio at 6pm on Monday in G 207.Or, you may hand it in at 3pm to my office in J105. Remember that for the final paper (only...portfolios must be hard copies for credit)...you may email it to me anytime before 8pm on that Monday.

Assignments -- Thanksgiving Weekend

Sorry this is late to post.

For Monday's class, please come with the following completed:

Evaluation of quality for two articles given.

For Wednesday class:

Have Civil Disobendience read. Some of you have a text that does not include this essay. If you don't have it. It's here. Don't forget the double journal that asks you to combine your knowledge of the piece with your opinion about the UC Davis pepper spray incident. I added the links to that below.

Into the Wild -- Formal Essay #6

Watch the auxillary resources below about James Krakeur (author of the book that inspired the movie), Sean Penn (movie's director), Chris McCandless and Into the Wild. Then, think about the following:

After Krakeur wrote the article that would become his book (that would become the Penn movie) question: Do you feel, as one letter writer did, that there is “nothing positive at all about Chris McCandless’ lifestyle or wilderness doctrine …surviving a near death experience does not make you a better human it makes you damn lucky” (116).

Is this true? Or, do you see something admirable or noble in his struggles and adventures? Was he justified in the pain he brought to family and friends in choosing his own solitary course in life? No matter which side you choose, your essay MUST do the following: Use research to back your opinions about McCandless. You could find justification for or against in a myriad of areas: from media experts, psychologists, sociologists, survival experts, or even other research that cites him personally. Also, draw connections between McCandless and Thoreau. Essay #6 must be a minimum of three pages.

Additional resources:

Krakeur talks about inspiration for book.

Monday, November 14, 2011 Test

"Where I Lived and What I Lived for Test"

Each answer should be approximately one page. Please embellish each answer. Provide your own insights. Provide evidence directly from the text. Do not be afraid to reference other chapters of book or other class elements. Each answer should be one page (at least).

330 Class assignments:
Sharp Shooters: 3 & 7
Hydra: 2 & 5
Fantastic Four: 4 & 9
3 Writeteers: 1 & 8
Something about Pandas: 6 & 10

6pm Class assignments:
No Names: 1 & 10
The Lasers: 2 & 9
Kittens: 3 & 8
Fantastic Four: 4 & 7
The Zebra Stripes: 5 & 6
Most Creative: 9 & 10