Hope your HALLOWEEN DREAMS come true!
8pm reminder that class is now in B12
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Class #14, Monday, October 20, 2014
Class Activity: Parallelism quizFamily Activity: Switch around your letters (Informal Writing #8). Underline at least three pieces of evidence in the letter that back specific claims made by the author. If the evidence does a solid job of supporting the claim, put a smiley face next to it. If the claim is unspecific or weak, or if the evidence is from a non-credible source, put a sad face on your partner's paper. Revisions will be turned in to Adrienne for credit on Wednesday. Editors, please put your name on your partner's papers.
WRITE: Gather Darkness & Miracle at Parque Chas are very different stories, yet the seem to me to be united under a single theme: hope. The stories are different in tone and style. In fact, they are different in almost every way; however, to me, they both say something different about hope. They provide a contrasting view of hopefulness, and the ways humans interface with the emotion. I want you to write about how hope is illustrated in the stories. If you are in doubt, look specifically to the characters of each. USE SPECIFIC REFERENCES to the stories. This paper will ultimately be Informal Writing #9, but this, for now this should just be a DRAFT.
READ: Read "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor. Annotate the story. I am interested in your analysis of how O'Connor uses specific devices and concepts. If you're stuck, specifically consider terms of character development.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Class #13: Wednesday, October 15, 2014
ANOTHER IMPORTANT REMINDER: We will have truncated classes on Monday, October 20th (7pm for B12, reg time for F202) Class will be a quiz & editing proctored by Adrienne.
Class: Tonight we will address the ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY debacle. Then discuss Heels. Here's a reminder of the questions from that story.
A. What can you infer about the character? What evidence from the story makes these inferences viable? What do they reveal about the narrator?
B. What would final conclusion is drawn by the author? Don't think of this only in terms of "what happened;" think of it in terms of what that means for the narrator.
C. Consider the "truths" of the story. What is the truth revealed by the actions of the story. They are greater than the basic struggle and tragedy unfolding, right? Why? How? Who is to blame for what takes place...think further than the heinous, threatening men.
D. Why right such a terrible story? Is there a greater purpose living beneath the surface? What might that be?
ASSIGNMENT #1: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY REDO: Read this article from the NY Times. Think about the program described. Would money have better motivated you to study more in school? Do you agree or disagree that earning a financial reward diminishes the personal satisfaction that comes from earning a good grade? Or earning an education? Does money somehow cheapen the process of doing well in school? Would you be for or against such a program?
Remember what we discussed in class. The questions lead to WORKING CLAIMS. The claims will ultimately be proved by EVIDENCE. But you finding the RIGHT EVIDENCE is a PROCESS. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY is a tool in that process.
Let's try again. Find one OTHER source (NOT THE NY TIMES ARTICLE I GAVE YOU). Create one annotation. Let's get it right this time.(A DIFFERENT SOURCE...ONE YOU FOUND...ON YOUR OWN....NOT MINE...ANOTHER ONE!)
ASSIGNMENT #2: Informal Writing #8: Choose one of the following scenarios (your whole family must write from the same scenario). Write a letter that answers the questions and makes the claims called for in the scenario of your choice. Be sure to include at least one piece of researched evidence with proper documentation in your letter. Consider the range of appeals discussed in class when writing the paper.
Scenario A
Harry Heet is the president of Forthright Enterprises. You all work in Jacksonville, Florida, where the mean temperature in the summer is 92 degrees Fahrenheit daily. The humidity is 90% or more for 89 of the 90 days of summer. Mr. Heet doesn't seem to mind the heat or humidity; in fact, he seems to thrive on it. Right now, his business in advertising antiperspirants, soap, and other grooming products is at a low ebb; profits are down, and contracts are difficult to come by. His place of business has no air conditioning, but is instead cooled by electric fans of the overhead and desk type, and by keeping the windows open at night. You decide as a work force that you just can't stand the lack of air conditioning any more. Since you are president of the worker's association, you are asked to draft a letter explaining to Mr. Heet that you need to have air conditioning installed.
Scenario B:
Stockton is choosing a new mascot! It has called upon its student body to write a one to two page paper nominating a mascot. The administration wants a mascot that represents the pride and honor of the institution. The community wants a mascot that represents a relevant icon of the area. The students want something that kicks ass! There are expected to be thousands of submissions, so it needs to persuasive. Your building/floor/suite/organization nominates you to write the letter
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ASSIGNMENT #1: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY REDO: Read this article from the NY Times. Think about the program described. Would money have better motivated you to study more in school? Do you agree or disagree that earning a financial reward diminishes the personal satisfaction that comes from earning a good grade? Or earning an education? Does money somehow cheapen the process of doing well in school? Would you be for or against such a program?
Remember what we discussed in class. The questions lead to WORKING CLAIMS. The claims will ultimately be proved by EVIDENCE. But you finding the RIGHT EVIDENCE is a PROCESS. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY is a tool in that process.
Let's try again. Find one OTHER source (NOT THE NY TIMES ARTICLE I GAVE YOU). Create one annotation. Let's get it right this time.(A DIFFERENT SOURCE...ONE YOU FOUND...ON YOUR OWN....NOT MINE...ANOTHER ONE!)
ASSIGNMENT #2: Informal Writing #8: Choose one of the following scenarios (your whole family must write from the same scenario). Write a letter that answers the questions and makes the claims called for in the scenario of your choice. Be sure to include at least one piece of researched evidence with proper documentation in your letter. Consider the range of appeals discussed in class when writing the paper.
Scenario A
Scenario B:
Stockton is choosing a new mascot! It has called upon its student body to write a one to two page paper nominating a mascot. The administration wants a mascot that represents the pride and honor of the institution. The community wants a mascot that represents a relevant icon of the area. The students want something that kicks ass! There are expected to be thousands of submissions, so it needs to persuasive. Your building/floor/suite/organization nominates you to write the letter
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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
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