Do not forget to turn in your summary essay based on an essay from Baldwin's The Fire Next Time today via Internet: coasabirenglish5@gmail.com
You have two assignments due March 5. The other assignment due is Tuesday, March 5, is Exercise 2I Making Inferences about Visual Images in the Media 46-47: 2 or 3 7th Ed.; 42-43: 2 or 3 6th Ed.
The other assignment due is a summary of a scholarly article or an article using the COA Library Databases for Tuesday, March 5. Bring in the article and the summary as well to share.
Other To Dos:
Check the assignment update handout which I gave to students on Thursday. Bring your Hacker to class on Tuesday. No one responded to the Argumentation Video, this was not an optional assignment.
Today's Presentation Assignment
Students are to also respond to the Library Assignment Cyber-Assignment which is posted below. Make sure you use examples to discuss Professor Jane McKenna's presentation. Talk about the assignment, the handouts, her goals for the presentation, what you learned about evaluating websites, how one can avoid plagiarizing, how to search the COA library databases, other resources available on the Library website such as the virtual professor.
I also gave students another handout re: Grading Rubric for English 1A. I will give students other rubrics for the three arguments as we complete them.
I do not keep the specifics of assignments in my head, which is why I write them on the board and post them here. Read the posts. If something isn't clear in the posts let me know. If something I post is unclear, tell me. This blog is to be a resource.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Library Orientation
Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 you will have a library orientation. Post a reflection here. Include concrete examples of what you learned about writing and research.
Don't forget, for next week, use the COA library database to find an article (preferably a scholarly one) about Tim Wise. It doesn't have to be on Dear White America, but it would be great if the article spoke to his body of work and included his latest.
Bring the summary and the article to class on your computer or as a paper copy to share. Bring your books Dear White America as well. We will read it next week.
We start The Happiness Project the week following. Over the following month-month and a half, we will write three arguments based on the theme of happiness. The first essay will be a Rogerian, the second Aristotelian and the last Toulmin.
Start thinking about a book by or about a happy person. The term happy, does not have to be in the title or associated with the person directly. Your final essay will be based on this character.
Don't forget, for next week, use the COA library database to find an article (preferably a scholarly one) about Tim Wise. It doesn't have to be on Dear White America, but it would be great if the article spoke to his body of work and included his latest.
Bring the summary and the article to class on your computer or as a paper copy to share. Bring your books Dear White America as well. We will read it next week.
We start The Happiness Project the week following. Over the following month-month and a half, we will write three arguments based on the theme of happiness. The first essay will be a Rogerian, the second Aristotelian and the last Toulmin.
Start thinking about a book by or about a happy person. The term happy, does not have to be in the title or associated with the person directly. Your final essay will be based on this character.
This Week at a Glance
Today we are going to watch Argumentation (The Write Course), and talk a bit about the video. We will continue in WLTC chapters 4-5 next week. Also next week, bring in Hacker's Rules for Writers.
Today's homework is to write a short response to the video. Consult Hacker for concepts you might not be clear on. Post the response here. Make sure you include a Works Cited section of the post.
Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, meet in the library with Professor Jane McKenna for an orientation.
Homework, due March 5, 2013, using the library database, bring in an article summarized about Tim Wise's latest book, Dear White America. Next week, Written Argument (Chapter 4 page 75 6th Ed).
We will read his book next week.
Writing Assignment 6 (WLTC)
Today Baldwin essays are due. We will spend a bit of time on peer reviews after the video. Some students were confused about which essay to use for the summary critique. Use one of the two essays in The Fire Next Time.
The completed essays with peer review responses (a summary of the peer analysis and a response indicating what you did with the information, that is, how your initial draft changed for the better (smile).
Include all of this electronically in one Word Doc and send to me Feb. 28-Mar. 1, before class coasabirenglish5@gmail.com
The order:
1. Essay including the works cited page
2. The Initial Planning Sheet
3. Narrative about the Peer Review and your response
Paste and attach the document. I had assignments to return. Make sure you stop by my table in the library Thursday and pick up your WLTC exercises and other homework. Look for responses to your essays on-line. If you have not received responses to everything by Thursday, excluding the new assignment, let me know.
Handouts
I gave students an Initial Planning Sheet and and Outline of an Inductive and Deductive Proof. If you were absent, ask me for copies on Thursday.
Today's homework is to write a short response to the video. Consult Hacker for concepts you might not be clear on. Post the response here. Make sure you include a Works Cited section of the post.
Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, meet in the library with Professor Jane McKenna for an orientation.
Homework, due March 5, 2013, using the library database, bring in an article summarized about Tim Wise's latest book, Dear White America. Next week, Written Argument (Chapter 4 page 75 6th Ed).
We will read his book next week.
Writing Assignment 6 (WLTC)
Today Baldwin essays are due. We will spend a bit of time on peer reviews after the video. Some students were confused about which essay to use for the summary critique. Use one of the two essays in The Fire Next Time.
The completed essays with peer review responses (a summary of the peer analysis and a response indicating what you did with the information, that is, how your initial draft changed for the better (smile).
Include all of this electronically in one Word Doc and send to me Feb. 28-Mar. 1, before class coasabirenglish5@gmail.com
The order:
1. Essay including the works cited page
2. The Initial Planning Sheet
3. Narrative about the Peer Review and your response
Paste and attach the document. I had assignments to return. Make sure you stop by my table in the library Thursday and pick up your WLTC exercises and other homework. Look for responses to your essays on-line. If you have not received responses to everything by Thursday, excluding the new assignment, let me know.
Handouts
I gave students an Initial Planning Sheet and and Outline of an Inductive and Deductive Proof. If you were absent, ask me for copies on Thursday.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Update
Next week we will look at Tim Wise and use his text to analyze review "audience and purpose" (Writing Assignment 1 p. (13); reasoning by analogy (17); world view, logos, pathos and ethos for persuasion; facts, inference, and the structure of argument.
In class tomorrow, February 21, 2013, students will spend time analyzing the ads in the texts (42-49 7th Ed., 41-43 6th Ed.). Complete Exercise 2 L (1) and post analysis on the blog in class.
If you see this, feel free to bring in pictures of ads to add to the discussion.
Homework
Complete 2I 2 or 3 for Tuesday, March 5 (pp. 45-47 7th Ed.; 42-43 6th Ed.). Bring to class and send a copy with analysis to me at coasabirenglish5@gmail.com
We are not going to see the film today.
In class tomorrow, February 21, 2013, students will spend time analyzing the ads in the texts (42-49 7th Ed., 41-43 6th Ed.). Complete Exercise 2 L (1) and post analysis on the blog in class.
If you see this, feel free to bring in pictures of ads to add to the discussion.
Homework
Complete 2I 2 or 3 for Tuesday, March 5 (pp. 45-47 7th Ed.; 42-43 6th Ed.). Bring to class and send a copy with analysis to me at coasabirenglish5@gmail.com
We are not going to see the film today.
Library Orientation
On Thursday, February 28, 2013 we will meet in the library with Professor Jane McKenna from 11-12:15. Put this in your calendar.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The Week in a Glance
We continue with Chapter 3 looking at essay structure and how conjunctions or joining words make arguments clearer.
In groups: Exercise 3A (56 6th Ed.; 54 7th Ed.)
Review 3B (56 6th Ed.; 58 7th Ed.)
Occam's Razor Hidden Assumptions, Benefit of the Doubt (58-65).
Exercises 3C (61 6th Ed.; 59 7th Ed.); 3D (65-68 6th Ed.; 63-65 7th Ed--share cartoons)
Now apply what we have been looking at to Baldwin. What unstated claims does he make? Are there any hidden assumptions? Identify 5 arguments and put in standard form for each essay.
Homework for Thursday, Feb. 21: Read Summaries (69-76 6th Ed.; 66-74 7th Ed.). What is the difference between an argument and an explanation?
Complete Exercise 3F (72 6th Ed.; 70-71 7th Ed.) Read the two articles for Thursday, Feb. 21.
Weekend Homework
Reading
Homework for Feb.25, skim Chapter 4, Written Argument (77 4th Ed.; 75 7th Ed.)
Essay Due:
Writing Assignment 6 (70 6th Ed.;. 68 7th Ed.). Due Feb. 25.
Chose one of The Fire Next Time essays and write a summary essay. Focus on three arguments. Do not use the essays in the book. Within your summary use the terms explanation and argument. Where does the writer use these strategies and why. The essay (500 words min.) should use minimally three citations. Vary them: free paraphrase, block quote and/or shorter citations. Certainly use Baldwin's text to support your analysis.
Tim Wise is in town, Feb. 26, 2013 at the University of San Francisco. I'd like to make this into a field trip.
Announcement
Tim Wise, the nationally recognized diversity author, lecturer, and educator will speak at the University of San Francisco (USF) on Tues., Feb. 26 at 4:30 p.m. This public discourse is based on his book, Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity (City Lights Publishers, 2010), and is free and open to the public. From http://www.usfca.edu/templates/ocm_media_relations.aspx?id=6442481211
In groups: Exercise 3A (56 6th Ed.; 54 7th Ed.)
Review 3B (56 6th Ed.; 58 7th Ed.)
Occam's Razor Hidden Assumptions, Benefit of the Doubt (58-65).
Exercises 3C (61 6th Ed.; 59 7th Ed.); 3D (65-68 6th Ed.; 63-65 7th Ed--share cartoons)
Now apply what we have been looking at to Baldwin. What unstated claims does he make? Are there any hidden assumptions? Identify 5 arguments and put in standard form for each essay.
Homework for Thursday, Feb. 21: Read Summaries (69-76 6th Ed.; 66-74 7th Ed.). What is the difference between an argument and an explanation?
Complete Exercise 3F (72 6th Ed.; 70-71 7th Ed.) Read the two articles for Thursday, Feb. 21.
Weekend Homework
Reading
Homework for Feb.25, skim Chapter 4, Written Argument (77 4th Ed.; 75 7th Ed.)
Essay Due:
Writing Assignment 6 (70 6th Ed.;. 68 7th Ed.). Due Feb. 25.
Chose one of The Fire Next Time essays and write a summary essay. Focus on three arguments. Do not use the essays in the book. Within your summary use the terms explanation and argument. Where does the writer use these strategies and why. The essay (500 words min.) should use minimally three citations. Vary them: free paraphrase, block quote and/or shorter citations. Certainly use Baldwin's text to support your analysis.
Tim Wise is in town, Feb. 26, 2013 at the University of San Francisco. I'd like to make this into a field trip.
Announcement
Tim Wise, the nationally recognized diversity author, lecturer, and educator will speak at the University of San Francisco (USF) on Tues., Feb. 26 at 4:30 p.m. This public discourse is based on his book, Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity (City Lights Publishers, 2010), and is free and open to the public. From http://www.usfca.edu/templates/ocm_media_relations.aspx?id=6442481211
Thursday, February 14, 2013
What's Love Got to Do with It?
1. Post your freewrite here. What's love got to do with it? You define the "it"? It could be happiness.
2. WLTC homework assignments (share).
3. Classwork --WLTC Chapter 3--premises and conclusions. Exercise 3B (56; 58). Complete the rest for homework.
Homework:
Read Chapter 3. Jot down any questions you might have. Review chapter 2.
Exercise 3D (Seventh Ed., 63; Sixth Ed., 65-66)
Writing Assignment 3 (Sixth Ed. 46-47) or Writing Assignment 4 (Seventh Ed. 40-41)
Today we continue with inferences and judgement and talk about premises and conclusions (Chapter 3, WLTC).
On Tuesday, Feb. 19, we will in groups identify 10 arguments in James Baldwin's essays (5 and 5).
2. WLTC homework assignments (share).
3. Classwork --WLTC Chapter 3--premises and conclusions. Exercise 3B (56; 58). Complete the rest for homework.
Homework:
Read Chapter 3. Jot down any questions you might have. Review chapter 2.
Exercise 3D (Seventh Ed., 63; Sixth Ed., 65-66)
Writing Assignment 3 (Sixth Ed. 46-47) or Writing Assignment 4 (Seventh Ed. 40-41)
Today we continue with inferences and judgement and talk about premises and conclusions (Chapter 3, WLTC).
On Tuesday, Feb. 19, we will in groups identify 10 arguments in James Baldwin's essays (5 and 5).
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