Monday, October 13, 2014
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Class #7 Wednesday, September 24, 2014 IN CLASS NOTES POST
Tonight, we will begin class in families. At the start of class, after your family gathers, you may head to a quiet corner of campus to re-convene. You will gather with your family, and, using your recording device, relay the story of your scar to your family aloud. Be sure you are recording the story on your phone or other device as you tell the story. After the story is told, you must have a clear recording of yourself. When not telling the story, it is your task to be an enthusiastic, active listener. No texting while your family talks, please.We will re-convene in our room for class at either 6:30pm & 8:30pm respectively.
Try to have fun!
Monday, September 22, 2014
Class #6: Monday, September 22, 2014
ASSIGNMENTS:
DO: #1. Each family will post at least one rhetorical device with example employed in "Finding the Perfect Sports bar" by Chris Ballard. When one is posted by a family...it is off limits. In other words, if someone says, it is an "allusion" when the author says, "back up, Romeo," because Romeo refers to love as embodied by the Shakespeare character. Another family could use "allusion," but they must have a diufferent example. Each tweet must contain the name of the device, the example from the article and the family name. Must be tweeted @JoeCostal #costrhet #6pm or #8pm. Good luck. Tweeting cannot commence until midnight 9/23.
#2. One of the purposes of this course is to introduce you to the process of writing: to help you understand the close relationships among thinking, language, and writing. Our approach is to investigate this topic by doing or trying out for ourselves the kinds of writing we are studying.
Today, we discussed the "science" of grammar as opposed to the "art" of rhetoric. Even with this in mind, it's important to remember that our writing is more than the process of putting language to our thoughts. Reflections of our identity appear in our writing like DNA. Our genes carry coded information passed onto us by our ancestors, and our personalities bear the imprint of people we've met, the books we've read, and places we've visited. Our environment marks us in, perhaps, even more literal ways. It places scars on our bodies, inscriptions that we can "read." Every scar tells a story. Or rather, we probably can tell a story--interesting or not--about every one of our scars.
Our writing is the same reflection of our identity. Choose a scar on your body. Come to class Wednesday prepared to tell the story of one of your scars. DO NOT write the story down. Just mentally prepare to tell it.
READ: Hacker Usage Glossary (does not demand a linear read, instead go through and check the rules you do or do not know).
Finish reading the article from today's assignment.
***Scar assignment attributed to the Penn State University Writing Dept.
DO: #1. Each family will post at least one rhetorical device with example employed in "Finding the Perfect Sports bar" by Chris Ballard. When one is posted by a family...it is off limits. In other words, if someone says, it is an "allusion" when the author says, "back up, Romeo," because Romeo refers to love as embodied by the Shakespeare character. Another family could use "allusion," but they must have a diufferent example. Each tweet must contain the name of the device, the example from the article and the family name. Must be tweeted @JoeCostal #costrhet #6pm or #8pm. Good luck. Tweeting cannot commence until midnight 9/23.
#2. One of the purposes of this course is to introduce you to the process of writing: to help you understand the close relationships among thinking, language, and writing. Our approach is to investigate this topic by doing or trying out for ourselves the kinds of writing we are studying.
Today, we discussed the "science" of grammar as opposed to the "art" of rhetoric. Even with this in mind, it's important to remember that our writing is more than the process of putting language to our thoughts. Reflections of our identity appear in our writing like DNA. Our genes carry coded information passed onto us by our ancestors, and our personalities bear the imprint of people we've met, the books we've read, and places we've visited. Our environment marks us in, perhaps, even more literal ways. It places scars on our bodies, inscriptions that we can "read." Every scar tells a story. Or rather, we probably can tell a story--interesting or not--about every one of our scars.
Our writing is the same reflection of our identity. Choose a scar on your body. Come to class Wednesday prepared to tell the story of one of your scars. DO NOT write the story down. Just mentally prepare to tell it.
READ: Hacker Usage Glossary (does not demand a linear read, instead go through and check the rules you do or do not know).
Finish reading the article from today's assignment.
***Scar assignment attributed to the Penn State University Writing Dept.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Documentation for "Focus on Freshmen" Workshop, June 26th, 2014
FoF Prezi
Public School student rights & discipline
OHS Focus on Freshmen Official Twitter Feed @OHSwelcome
Challenge Day
MTV "If You Really Knew Me"
Hammonton's digital newspaper
Challenge Day video II
Sunday, April 27, 2014
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Ugh! It's happened again. I am down for the count. It's been a bad semester for me health-wise. I have a fever and a wicked wheeze in my chest. So...The following changes will be made to our final week schedule.
Monday, April 28th: Class will be canceled. Continue working on your final assignments. Feel free to tweet me questions under our common hashtag #costrhet
Wednesday, April 30th class is NO LONGER OPTIONAL. It is a regular class. Absences will be counted. CLASS WILL BEGIN AT 7 P.M.!
To offset any inconvenience this may have caused you, I am extended the assignment deadline. All final assignments (journals, final paper, reflective paper) will now be due at 11:59 pm on FRIDAY, MAY 2nd.
E-mail me with questions.
Monday, April 21, 2014
Family Conferences
Updates: Per last class the reflective paper due date has been pushed back to the same deadline as the final paper & journals.
I could not reserve a study room in the Student Center, so meet for family conferences in our regular classroom. If we have to move, I will post a change by the door.
4:45pm: Ryan, Nick R, Carly & Andy
5pm: Jonathan, Tom, Molly & Patty
5:15pm: Danielle, Steph S, Josh & Matt C
5:30pm: Dom, Matt M, Yoanna, Ruqayya
5:45pm: Kayla, Artie, Melissa, Joe & Katie
6pm: Tiff, Qwishan, Steph M, Zach & Nick D
I could not reserve a study room in the Student Center, so meet for family conferences in our regular classroom. If we have to move, I will post a change by the door.
4:45pm: Ryan, Nick R, Carly & Andy
5pm: Jonathan, Tom, Molly & Patty
5:15pm: Danielle, Steph S, Josh & Matt C
5:30pm: Dom, Matt M, Yoanna, Ruqayya
5:45pm: Kayla, Artie, Melissa, Joe & Katie
6pm: Tiff, Qwishan, Steph M, Zach & Nick D
Class #22 & 23: Final Skube Do's (and Don'ts) SEE WHAT I DID THERE?!
Class Discussion: Important Dates for Final Paper, Family Conference schedule (For Wednesday, April 23rd), Final Paper Literature Review Lit Review/Research Proposal Questions, Reflective Essay Discussion & Thesis Writing Presentation
IMPORTANT...please rate the class!!! and please do it soon so you do not forget.
Monday, April 21: Reflective Essay Review/Continue discussion and preparation for final paper
Wednesday, April 23: Family Conferences
Monday, April 28th: Final Full Class meeting -- Reflective Papers Due
Wednesday, April 30th: Optional Class Meeting -- Final Family Edits
Lit Review & Research Proposal: Due April 23rd
Reflective Essay (for Stockton, do it right, get an "A") Due April 28th (hard copies only)
Final Paper & Journals Due 11:59pm April 30th
Monday, April 14, 2014
Class #21: Monday, April 14, 2014
Note for class: Please be sure to bring a hard copy of your paper to class. E-mailed versions will result in the lost of credit for the class activity.
Journal #12: You will be charged with evaluating the quality of one another's essays as if the letters were published online with Skube's letter.
Use the chart we have been working with in class. You were given a copy last week. Your notes on the paper will be compiled into Journal #12. Please be sure to attach a printed copy of this journal to the paper you are assigned. And return the paper to class on Wednesday.
Journal #12: You will be charged with evaluating the quality of one another's essays as if the letters were published online with Skube's letter.
Use the chart we have been working with in class. You were given a copy last week. Your notes on the paper will be compiled into Journal #12. Please be sure to attach a printed copy of this journal to the paper you are assigned. And return the paper to class on Wednesday.
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Spring Break Announcement
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