READ: 1. The world's most famous article on annotation by Mortimer Adler.
2. There were a myriad of errors on this run of essays that call for some Hacker work. Please peruse the following sections over the next few weeks: Punctuation beginning on page 270 (especially section on comma use), Parallel Ideas on page 84, Tenses, verbs beginning on page 215.
WRITE: Optional revision of essay #1
Extra Credit: Who is the person pictured in this post. Why did I include him? What is he famous for? First correct commenters get it.
2. This is the New York Times topic page on Pakistan. It reflects the full breadth of issues that have plagued that country and focuses on its strained and varied relationship with the U.S. Use information on this page to supplement the videos also attached to this post. Don't get too bogged down in the people and details, just take away a SENSE of the issues. You never know when a current event may sneak on to a quiz. Here is today's video. Also for Monday, please view this video on reactions to Taliban in popular music.
Journal 3: React to what you watched and connect it to the things you read in the Times. What is your perspective about what is happening over there, especially in terms of the human rights angle discussed in the videos? What most affected you about the things you learned? Why? How does it alter your perception of RF? Does anything you saw today give you specific insight into your perception of Changez? Explain why or why not.
1. Hand in revision of Essay #1. PLEASE REMEMBER -- ALWAYS -- to get credit for a revision, you MUST submit the subsequent drafts. So attach your originals. I want to see ALL drafts you write. Always put your latest, freshest draft on top. 2. Peruse hacker's "Glossary of Usage" which begins on page 565
3. Read RF chapters 3 & 4. Do Journal #2 (same as journal 1) on any of the questions provided below.
4. Don't forget about the article and the quiz -- I didn't.
Chapter 4:
1. How does Changez’s story of how he got his scar reveal some of his biases against America? (46-47) (a couple of possible answers here)
2. How, in the pre-9/11 days in NYC, did the narrator feel riding the subways dressed in a white kurta? (48) (look up kurta if you need to)
3. Where does Erica live? What other association does Changez make with her apartment type? (49)
4. What is Erica referring to when she says, “It’s done”? (53)
5. What comparison does Changez make when he comments that alcohol is illegal in Pakistan? (53-54)
6. How does Changez reply to the American when he asks if drinking is considered a sin in Islam? What did they—at that moment—understand about each other’s cultures? (54)
7. Back to NY and dinner at Erica’s, what happens that annoys Changez? (54-55)
8. Later that evening, Changez fails to make conversation with the cap driver he knows is Pakistani. How are the two incidents related? (55-56)
9. What intimacies do we learn about Erica in chapter 4? How is there relationship changing? (55-61)
10. Back to Lahore, how does the American react to the lights going out? How does Changez react? What animal does Changez compare the American to? How is this amusing? (60-61)
2. Read RF Chapter 1 & 2 / Journal #1: Choose one (or more) of the following questions from the guides to focus on for journal #1: Chapter 1: Q: 9, 17 & 21. Chapter 2: 4, 9 & 12.
1. Post my blog in your favorites. If you can, it would be awesome of you to sign-up for a g-mail account and register with Blogspot...this way you can communicate with me through the comments section.
2. Choose one of the questions posed below. Write me one full page answer. Keep in mind that this is your “coming out party” as a writer for this course. Present your best work. Show me what you are capable of mechanically. Show me how creative you can be! And remember Costal’s Crazy Ceys. Should be typed with specifications reviewed in syllabus. Labeled as Formal Essay #1.
Questions for Formal Essay #1:
A. Explain what you would like people to have learned from you.
B. Write a piece explaining some unrealistic expectations others (or you) have placed on you (or could have placed on you), OR explain how you have done the same to someone else.
C. Write about something you "know to be true," but do not face.
D. Explain the chararteristics you would most want to inherit from your parents, OR explain the characteristics you would least like to inherit from them.
E. In an ideal world, explain what you would most like to devote your life to doing.
3. Complete Learning Inventory sheets as per my instructions.
Way to Go....ya'll, I mean youse, I mean...um....impetus! Welcome to college!
Last Class:
1. Questions about finals / collect portfolios
2. Finish movie / last discussion of OU
3. Costal finishes Six Flags story...a bit about writing
3A. the pledge
4. tearful good-byes from the class
5. class presents gifts for Costal and ballad they wrote about him
6. Class begs Costal not to go
7. Costal leaves anyway
The Pledge:
List three goals for the Fall (one academic, one social and one leadership/extracurricular)
For each goal, provide three steps for achieving each.
Provide one "reach goal." A reach goal is a goal that will take considerable risk and significant time and effort to achieve. It should be something that comes with great reward though the likliness of achieving it may be slight. This reach goal should be attained by you taking a risk.
How to Write a Goal Statement
Step 1: I will . . . .
Step 2: Clearly state your goal.
Step 3: List objectives and activities to reach goal.
Step 4: Specify date and timeliness to complete goals
Goal Statement:
I will lose weight.
New and improved goal statement:
I will lose 15 pounds by the end of the Fall semester.
Objectives and timeliness:
Begin a program of exercise by September 1, 2010.
* Walk/Jog 30 minutes a day @ 5 AM.
* Play tennis with Jordan every other Saturday.
* Go to the gym after class on Mondays and Wednesdays.
* Get back on the diet I had before EOF started (no more N Wing)
* Record food intake every day.
Now, make a promise to our class, something that you or others may worry about succumbing to. It can be simple (I promise that I will only play Xbox for an hour a day during the semester) or it can be complex and deep (I promise not to listen to the negative friends back at home).
After initial submissions...the last step, hold our Costal Class family to some promises. Don't call anyone out! These should not contain ANY negative aspect of the person, just something that holds them to something you know they want.
i.e.: DO NOT SAY: I will hold Costal to his promise to lose a few pounds, jeez. SAY: I will call Costal this semester when I have time and see if he wants to go to the gym together.
Man, I am too soft...Portfolio assignment cut to 5!
HAVE NO FEAR, FRIENDS...the end is near!
Your Final:
-- OU...duh! Short answer questions about plot, character and theme
-- African nations we discussed placed on a map
-- Hacker disciplines (especially parallelism & sentence structure)
Portfolio:
You will complete two journals as we watch the film this week. That will make a grand total of 10. You must type, edit and hand in all your journals before the end of class. They should reflect your NEW writing abilities. Each one is a maximum of one page.
1. What did you learn about the boys’ culture, experiences, and values from the kinds of things they knew about life in the U.S. and the kinds of things they had to learn? Imagine that you had been sitting next to the boys on the flight to the U.S. and had an opportunity to get to know them a little bit. What kinds of things would you have had in common and what would have been the most significant differences?
2. How did it feel to hear elders admonish the boys before they left not to “act like those people who wear baggy jeans who do all the bad things in America”? Who do you think they meant and why might they have singled out that group?
3. At one point, Santino answers the question, “What stories will you tell the white people?” by saying, “I will tell them that I have left many friends here, friends I love very much, who have always stood by me.” Do you think Santino will have an opportunity to tell these stories? Why or why not?
ASSIGNMENTS:
MODULE: Rewrite of Essay #3 due to Ana by end of module.
READ: 1. OU to Chapter 21.
2. ASSIGNMENTS: Read Research Sections of Hacker, 383 - 405 & 476 - 511
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