EOF Class #6, July 10, 2012: Assignments

Class Plan:

1. Talk Intros

2. Talk theses

3. Finish Reading Discussion & Lecture

4. "This I Believe" p. 23, 59 & 224

Module Assignment: I will be present. Each family will read one of the "This I Believe" essays, collaborate on the questions below and then present their analysis to the group.

Here are the five stories, one for each family:

page 76, 112, 115, 131 & 200

EOF Class #4, July 5th, 2012, Quiz

The Quiz: To be completed on your own, quietly. On a piece of  notebook paper. Answers should be brief (a few sentences), but in complete sentences. Handed in to EdWay when done.

1. Explain the difference between connotation and denotation.

2. Explain the difference between explicit and implicit.

3. Provide the four Costal's Quays to Writing.

4. Provide a simile, then extend it into a metaphor.

5. Explain "expand the moment."

6. What's an anecdote?

7. Provide a cliche.

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

EOF Class #4, July 5, 2012, Assignments

MODULE:

Then  you will take a quiz on notes/reading : )

Begin working on other assignments with whatever time remains.
Assignments: 


WRITE: For this weekend, you will write Formal Essay #2: The Position Paper. Below are three articles involving social media/technology and teens: one from The Guardian and two from The New York Times. Both of the latter are by journalist and author Peggy Orenstein, who makes two separate, but thematically similar arguments about two of our beloved, time-consuming, media-age past-times: Facebook and Twitter. 

Read all three articles, linked below. Then, brainstorm the points and attempt to SYNTHESIZE them. In other words, establish a common ground. Try recording the over-arching points about media and your generation. I see this as a crucial 1st step for writing the paper because you must be able to totally understand these articles in order to write the paper.

The Guardian article

New York Times article 1

New York Times Magazine article 2

EOF Class #3, July 3, 2012: Assignments

Tuesday Module: Welcome to your families! Eddie and Wayne will introduce you to your new families. Your first order of business as a family:

1. Create a family name. The family with the best name will be awared 10 points extra credit on their next quiz! Be prepared to present and explain the name to me at Thursday's class.

2. EdWay (Yep that's wht I decided to call them to save time, like one, two-headed monster!) will return your grammar assessments. Collaborate on the answers now, and change them accordingly. After, EdWay will review the correct ones.

3. EdWay will re-distribute the Usage Quizzes (and a blank one). You may use Hacker and the collective ability of your family. You will re-submit ONE paper with every family member's name on it.

Wednesday Module: You are working through the holidays...it sucks, but WELCOME TO ADULTHOOD!! Here's something festive:



And then for something completely different...clear your mind by listening to this symphony:



EdWay will give you guys a peer editing sheet to follow. Pair off with someone in your family. Be sure to follow ALL directions.

Any left-over time can be spent completely your assignments. All assignments must be completed for class on Thursday.

OTHER ASSIGNMENTS: 


READ: Hacker section on Commas (Chapter 32, p.292 )

WRITE: Re-write of Formal Essay #1 due to me in class on Tuesday. There MUST be a total of three drafts and the editor's marks 

READ/WRITE: 1. New York Times blogger Constance Hale writes an interesting defense of verbage. Read and write Journal #3 about verbs. Respond to the piece thematically, maybe find some Google-searched verbs of your own. If at a lose, 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. 


2. Another New York Times blog post which discusses the phenomenon of busyness.  Read and write a response. Be sure your response both reacts and analyzes as discussed in class. This is Journal #4.  

A little inspiration from great writers, to you, future great writers...on the home stretch

http://uwbwritingcenter.wordpress.com/writers-on-writing/

EOF Class #2, June 28, 2012: Assignments

Please come to Monday's class with a hard copy of Essay #1

READ: Usage section of Hacker (p. 653)

This I Believe introduction chapter and the essay that begins on page 233.

WRITE: Journal #1: Reaction to "A Duty to Family, Heritage and Country," for this journal, I would like you to react to the essay. What most affected you about it? How did you relate to it? In what ways did it challenge (or possibly reinforce?) your own core values and beliefs?

EOF Class #2: Class Resources, June 28, 2012

To begin class today, pair up! You cannot chose someone whom you are friendly with. The tutors will double check if you fib! Exchange questionnaires. Circle six things from your partner's questionnaire that you find most interesting. Then, come together and discuss the things you chose. From the list, you will choose three things to present to the class about your partner.

1. Introduce yourself and your partner, as well as his/her hometown

2. Describe the three things you found most interesting about your partner's questionnaire. Share it with the class.

EOF Class #1, Class Resources, June 27, 2012

http://thisibelieve.org/essay/13/

Click on "Get Sorted Now"

The sorting hat says that I belong in Ravenclaw!

< Said Ravenclaw, "We'll teach those whose intelligence is surest."

Welcome to EOF 2012...now let's get it started!

Here are some afternoon tutoring module rules to live by:

Rule #1:



2. Arrive on time. I will check each day. No excuses. Be there.

3. Each day I will dictate what I want accomplished during the tutoring module, and the assignments will appear on this blog. The tutors will help you achieve the goals I've set. Be cooperative, so the tutors can stay in the role of “tutor” and not have to get ugly.

this is how Eddie does it...

4. The tutoring module IS NOT high school study hall. We all know that study halls were for snoozing, flirting or worse! At Stockton, the tutoring modules will be a time for intense reading and studying, quiz taking, computer work, or writing. Flirt, sleep or flirt with sleep on your own time.

5. A computer lab will be available during most module days. This will be shared with Professors Cross' and Jackson's classes. Use it if you need it and be courteous to the needs of others. NO FOOD OR DRINK ALLOWED IN THESE LABS. 

6. NO chit chat, iPods, iPads, cell phones, video game systems, sleeping, letter writing, personal reading, e-mail checking or web browsing. Math homework can be done through permission from the tutors only. No bathroom breaks. No bladder control? Try to plan ahead. No kidding. Remember:



7. YES, get a jump on the day's assignment (so you can have more time to flirt, sleep or chit chat in the evening). YES, ask the tutors for help with difficult readings or a tricky essay assignment. YES, form study groups if test time is approaching. YES, help each other out; look out for fellow classmates who may need your help. YES, make me proud, so I can spread the word to the EOF senior staff that you deserve pats on the back.