Greetings,
a special thank you to all of the students who attended class on Monday to listen to oral presentations, even when they were not presenting until tomorrow. I hope to see the same respect shown by those who presented on Monday...and that you will attend class tomorrow to support the Wednesday presenters.
A note about Friday's class. On Friday, please bring your Grade Sheet and all the graded work I have returned to you. You will be checking my Grade Sheet with yours to be sure they reflect the same scores. It is possible that I have recorded an incorrect score for an assignment, or I may have not recorded it at all. As long as you have the graded work to "show" your accuracy, I will adjust accordingly.
I have mentioned this in class several times, but again, as far as Group Work goes, if you were present, you received 50 points. I have saved the sign in sheets from those group get-togethers, in case we need to refer to any of them.
If you choose not to attend class on Friday, please know that the grade you earned will be the one based on the scores I recorded for you.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Friday evening, May 6th
A reminder about revisions...(why am I STILL awake after staying up so late last night grading essay 3 papers...she wonders...)
For Section 1, if you choose to revise essay 3, it is due no later than Wednesday, May 11th.
For Sections 4, 7, and 11, if you choose to revise essay 3, it is due no later than Friday, May 13th.
If you are unaware of what section you are in....uhm....I cannot help you at this point...:-)
Have a great weekend...be safe...and I will see you on Monday.
For Section 1, if you choose to revise essay 3, it is due no later than Wednesday, May 11th.
For Sections 4, 7, and 11, if you choose to revise essay 3, it is due no later than Friday, May 13th.
If you are unaware of what section you are in....uhm....I cannot help you at this point...:-)
Have a great weekend...be safe...and I will see you on Monday.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Monday evening, May 2
Hello, for your convenience I will post here the schedule for the oral presentations next week.
SECTION 1
Monday, May 9
Mattie, Micaela, Austin, Ryan, Sam Key, Cody, Inna, Cristina, Vanessa, Jay, Rajdeep AND Kaela.
Wednesday, May 11
Megan, Samantha, Kimberly, Mylinh, Phuong Jasmine, Alexander, Camille, Jordyn, Sarah, Chelsea, Roxy AND Chiem
SECTION 4
Monday, May 9
Rudy, Leo, John, Thomas, Lauren, Rachel, Kanyee, Jordan Z., Sherri, Luis AND Martin
Wednesday, May 11
Brianna, Alesana, Jacob, Eric A., Erik, Eric J., Robert, Raquel, Craig, Zack, Ana Maria, Arti AND Jaclyn
SECTION 7
Monday, May 9
Jamison, Prashant, Ashley, Lauren, Scott, Danitta, Joycelynn, Hanna, Jessica, Sydney, Katilin, Jazmin, Xiaoting, AND Kristi
Wednesday, May 11
Stephanie, Zachary Davis, Ranya, Julian, Jordan, Jimmy, Binh, Victoria, James, Jake, Vincent AND Kaileigh
SECTION 11
Monday, May 9
William, Sandeep, Ana, Frank, Alejandra, Elana, Sergio, Tawnya, Kenna, Tushaun, Emily, Cristina AND Raymond
Wednesday, May 11
David, Paige, CJ, Thomas, Ashley, Eric, Maegan, Aneece, Allan, Alisha, Alison, Kelly AND Sean
SECTION 1
Monday, May 9
Mattie, Micaela, Austin, Ryan, Sam Key, Cody, Inna, Cristina, Vanessa, Jay, Rajdeep AND Kaela.
Wednesday, May 11
Megan, Samantha, Kimberly, Mylinh, Phuong Jasmine, Alexander, Camille, Jordyn, Sarah, Chelsea, Roxy AND Chiem
SECTION 4
Monday, May 9
Rudy, Leo, John, Thomas, Lauren, Rachel, Kanyee, Jordan Z., Sherri, Luis AND Martin
Wednesday, May 11
Brianna, Alesana, Jacob, Eric A., Erik, Eric J., Robert, Raquel, Craig, Zack, Ana Maria, Arti AND Jaclyn
SECTION 7
Monday, May 9
Jamison, Prashant, Ashley, Lauren, Scott, Danitta, Joycelynn, Hanna, Jessica, Sydney, Katilin, Jazmin, Xiaoting, AND Kristi
Wednesday, May 11
Stephanie, Zachary Davis, Ranya, Julian, Jordan, Jimmy, Binh, Victoria, James, Jake, Vincent AND Kaileigh
SECTION 11
Monday, May 9
William, Sandeep, Ana, Frank, Alejandra, Elana, Sergio, Tawnya, Kenna, Tushaun, Emily, Cristina AND Raymond
Wednesday, May 11
David, Paige, CJ, Thomas, Ashley, Eric, Maegan, Aneece, Allan, Alisha, Alison, Kelly AND Sean
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Sunday evening, May 1
Hello, just a quick reminder...
I am assuming you will have your handout on How to Read an Essay with you in class tomorrow, but just in case, please remember to bring it along. Among other things, we will be finishing up that handout and discussing the last two steps.
Also, be sure to attach your Character Journal to Essay 3 when you submit it tomorrow.
I am assuming you will have your handout on How to Read an Essay with you in class tomorrow, but just in case, please remember to bring it along. Among other things, we will be finishing up that handout and discussing the last two steps.
Also, be sure to attach your Character Journal to Essay 3 when you submit it tomorrow.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Wednesday afternoon, April 27th
Just something silly...since I am a "friend" of Breaking Bad on Facebook, I was sent this link...a quiz on Season One...I scored 100%...you?
http://blogs.amctv.com/breaking-bad/2011/04/season-1-whats-the-story-quiz.php
http://blogs.amctv.com/breaking-bad/2011/04/season-1-whats-the-story-quiz.php
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Tuesday evening, April 26th
Greetings.
A few things:
1. Sign ups for oral presentations was Monday during class. If you did not attend class, it is your responsibility to ask me for the sign up sheet.
2. I have looked over a few students' rough drafts for Essay 3.
I feel inclined to remind you about what this essay is asking you to do. If you re-visit the blog entry for Friday, January 28th, you will find copies of two handouts I distributed and discussed in class. One is the actual Character Journal assignment and the other is the brief list of some character vocabulary/adjectives.
We have also discussed quite a bit in class about analysis, and specifically, character analysis.
The purpose of the essay, again, is for you to demonstrate your ability to make independent, careful, in-depth observations of one character from the Breaking Bad series. From these observations, you are to make an assertion about that person, based on how they act, what they say, etc.
What I am seeing in some of the rough drafts are descriptions of scenes and behavior of a character, but not really any explanation or analysis about how and why this demonstrates a particular character quality.
You have been building up to this essay all semester, practicing analysis. As I have mentioned before, it SHOULD be the most challenging of the three out of class essays. This essay requires, more than even the other two, a lot of THINKING and time commitment.
Friday January 28th
A few things:
1. Sign ups for oral presentations was Monday during class. If you did not attend class, it is your responsibility to ask me for the sign up sheet.
2. I have looked over a few students' rough drafts for Essay 3.
I feel inclined to remind you about what this essay is asking you to do. If you re-visit the blog entry for Friday, January 28th, you will find copies of two handouts I distributed and discussed in class. One is the actual Character Journal assignment and the other is the brief list of some character vocabulary/adjectives.
We have also discussed quite a bit in class about analysis, and specifically, character analysis.
The purpose of the essay, again, is for you to demonstrate your ability to make independent, careful, in-depth observations of one character from the Breaking Bad series. From these observations, you are to make an assertion about that person, based on how they act, what they say, etc.
What I am seeing in some of the rough drafts are descriptions of scenes and behavior of a character, but not really any explanation or analysis about how and why this demonstrates a particular character quality.
You have been building up to this essay all semester, practicing analysis. As I have mentioned before, it SHOULD be the most challenging of the three out of class essays. This essay requires, more than even the other two, a lot of THINKING and time commitment.
Friday January 28th
Friday, April 22, 2011
Friday evening, April 22, 2011
Greetings...wishing all of you a wonderful and safe weekend.
As you already know, this coming week will be a short one as we will not hold class on Friday, the 29th. Essay 3 is now due on Monday, May 2nd.
We will be following the course outline for Monday and Wednesday.
Monday will be a discussion/lecture on film vs. television, which I believe is appropriate since the semester is initially based on a television series. We will also begin a discussion of tips and guidelines for taking the GWAR requirement--the WPJ. I know there are a few of you who have already taken the exam--either the WPE or the newly revised version, the WPJ--but you may still find some of the information about taking a timed writing exam useful.
Even though quizzes are usually unannounced, I will be so bold as to tell you that Wednesday will be the day of our last quiz of the semester. It will be on information discussed on Monday and Wednesday. Also, Wednesday will be the day of student evaluations.
See you Monday!
As you already know, this coming week will be a short one as we will not hold class on Friday, the 29th. Essay 3 is now due on Monday, May 2nd.
We will be following the course outline for Monday and Wednesday.
Monday will be a discussion/lecture on film vs. television, which I believe is appropriate since the semester is initially based on a television series. We will also begin a discussion of tips and guidelines for taking the GWAR requirement--the WPJ. I know there are a few of you who have already taken the exam--either the WPE or the newly revised version, the WPJ--but you may still find some of the information about taking a timed writing exam useful.
Even though quizzes are usually unannounced, I will be so bold as to tell you that Wednesday will be the day of our last quiz of the semester. It will be on information discussed on Monday and Wednesday. Also, Wednesday will be the day of student evaluations.
See you Monday!
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