Friday, December 4, 2009

Last Day

English 101 Day 49

  1. Bruce and Rage


  2. H/I Cover Letter
  3. H/I Final, Final Draft
  4. Return of Essays, etc
    1. First week of Winter Quarter.
    2. Grades mostly.
    3. For more feedback from me, bring your essay in and we'll go over it.
  5. Grades due Next Friday, posted online under schedule that day
  1. My schedule: Winter 102 x3; Spring English 070 x2 and Creative Writing.
    1. Also, you can ask about anything anytime.
    2. You can say hi to me on campus. Say your name and I'll say mine.
    3. You can say hi to each other.
    4. From my English 102 class: Andy Blevins' story.
      1. One in there Americans in their mid-twenties attended but did not finish college.
      2. Only 41 percent of low-income students entering a four year college managed to graduate within five years. (66% of high income did).


  1. 75 percent of students enrolling in community colleges said they hoped to transfer to a four year institution. But only 17 percent of those made the switch within five year. The rest were out working or still studying toward the two year degree.

  2. Your story has to be different.
  3. The Grapes of Wrath final scene
  4. If it doesn't work: Here comes that old rainbow again x 2.



  5. Now, you can do this.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Day 47

English 101 Day 47 Fall 09

  1. Wednesday: One final Peer Review session, Portfolio Review due.
    1. Essay 1 group
    2. Essay 2 group
    3. Essay 3 group
      1. This COULD include those of you who turned in an essay yesterday, who know how to fix it without my feedback.
    4. Cover letter group
  2. Thursday: MLA Death Match 2K9, round two, Revenge of the Sick

Friday: Final, final essays due—MUST INCLUDE MY COMMENTS ON DRAFT 2, and RUBRIC WITH SCORE. Cover letter due.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Day 46

English 101 Day 46 Fall 09

Let them sing it for you.

  1. Tuesday: ESSAY 3 DUE, if you have not turned it in yet.
  2. Wednesday: One final Peer Review session, Portfolio Review due.
  3. Thursday: MLA Death Match 2K9, round two, Revenge of the Sick

Friday: Final, final essays due—MUST INCLUDE MY COMMENTS ON DRAFT 2, and RUBRIC WITH SCORE. Cover letter due.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Day 44

English 101 Day 44 Fall 09

  1. Monday: MLA Death Match 2K9, round one.
  2. Tuesday: Lab time? Check the blog. ESSAY 3 DUE, if you have not turned it in yet.
  3. Wednesday: One final Peer Review session, Portfolio Review due.
  4. Thursday: MLA Death Match 2K9, round two, Revenge of the Sith
  5. Friday: Final, final essays due—MUST INCLUDE MY COMMENTS ON DRAFT 2, and RUBRIC WITH SCORE. Cover letter due.
  6. Also, special guest visits from Leon Lett of the Dallas Cowboys and Snowboarding Legend, Lindsey Jacobellis
    and the Tour de Dumb.

MLA Death Match 2K9

  1. Four Teams enter, one team leaves
  2. First Prize: +5 BP or -1 abs
  3. Second Prize: Steak Knives
  4. Third Prize: You're fired
  5. It's on…


 

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Treatment of Immigrants in Arizona



en espanol.

Day 43

English 101 Day 43 Fall 09

  1. So you want to revise your essay.
  2. Sample cover letters.
  3. Monday: MLA Death Match 2K9, round one.
  4. Tuesday: Lab time?
  5. Wednesday: One final Peer Review session, Portfolio Review due.
  6. Thursday: MLA Death Match 2K9, round two, Revenge of the Sith
  7. Friday: Final, final essays due. Cover letter due.

Also, special guest visits from Leon Lett of the Dallas Cowboys and Snowboarding Legend, Lindsey Jacobellis
and the Tour de Dumb.

Business Letter Format

Here's one.
Here's another.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Day 42

English 101 Day 42

  1. How to grade these essays.
  2. Essays Due.
  3. A Plate of Peas
  4. O/R. Y/N? Intro/Conclusion
    1. Y= +0
    2. N= +0
    1. Essays back Monday/Tuesday
      1. My focus will be on scores and improvement.
      2. If I'm late getting them back, due dates will be adjusted accordingly.

That is, if they come back Tuesday or later, the final revised draft will be due during finals week, not next Friday.

Monday, November 23, 2009

No Class Monday

Essays still due tomorrow. (Tuesday)

Friday, November 20, 2009

Day 41

Fall 09 English 101 Day 41

  1. Essays Back from Other Class. If they don't come back today, they might Monday.
  2. Here's the offer: Flexible due dates for essay three.
    1. If you turn in your essays on the assigned due date, (November 24th) I will return them to you the Monday or Tuesday after Thanksgiving. This is the original plan and allows you to choose from all three essays for one to revise. It's the safest bet.
    2. If you turn in your essay Tuesday after Thanksgiving (December 1st), I will grade it and return it to you with your grade at the end of the quarter. You won't be able to revise it for a final score. This should be an option only for those of you who know for sure you want to revise one of the first two essays and not the third. Or, it could be an option for those of you who have not yet put in the work needed on this essay for whatever reason. It's a riskier play, but one that works for some people.
  3. Making Paragraphs Coherent (Hacker page 31)
    1. Linking ideas clearly
    2. Repeating Key Words
    3. Maintaining consistency
    4. Providing transitions
      1. Sentence Level transitions
      2. Paragraph level transitions
        1. It starts with a good thesis statement
        2. Use those key words in the transitions at end of paragraphs and in the topic sentences. It's like dropping breadcrumbs for the reader.
    5. dianahacker.com/writersref
      1. E-ex C4-2
  4. Outlines
  5. Sample essays—Noe and Betsy
  6. Monday—how to grade this essay and a group peer edit for one paper.
  7. Tuesday—essays due.

Wednesday—the plan for the final week of the quarter.

Outline Grapes of Wrath

DOWNLOAD FILE

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Links from You

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/blog/2006/06/usmexico_border_1.html

Live Wires -- Cold Arrival, Warm Memories -- Immigrant family has seen a lot of change in Valley in the past 43 years Yakima Herald - Republic. Yakima, Wash.:Jan 21, 1999. p. V8

U.S. Mexican Border Harder Than Ever to Cross MARY JORDAN and KEVIN SULLIVAN. Yakima Herald - Republic. Yakima, Wash.:Oct 31, 2002. p. 01A

Need for deploying Guard to the south hasn't been proved
Bill Lee. Yakima Herald - Republic. Yakima, Wash.:Jun 13, 2006. p. A.4


Immigrants arrested by ICE team 'knew this day was coming'
Eloisa Gonzlez. Yakima Herald - Republic. Yakima, Wash.:Nov 29, 2007. p. A.1


Immigrant Paisano
Sarah Jenkins. Yakima Herald - Republic. Yakima, Wash.:Apr 7, 2008. p. A.1

Dust Bowl information from PBS (rabbit lovers be warned)


I thought this was interesting...on housing: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-01-01-public-housing_N.htm

More reasons, kind of: https://email.yvcc.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=bc5fcd73490b4a7483935b38e88d07d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.usatoday.com%2fnews%2fnation%2f2006-04-23-immigration_x.htm

Links for Essay 3

Here are the links from two years ago.

And here are some starting places from Wikipedia and Google Search:

Illegal Immigration on Wikipedia
In the US

Factory Farms
Agribusiness

Agribots

Farm labor contractors in Yakima

Farmworkers and Unions in Yakima

Minuteman Projecthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuteman_Project

Nativismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativism_(politics)

For the GoW part of the essay

From Yesterday:

Okies/Mexicans (or SE Asians or Chinese or…)

  1. Reasons for leaving: 1, 5, 9
  2. Difficulty of the journey: 3, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19
  3. Treatment upon arrival: 17, 19, 21, 25
  4. Housing: 17, 19, 23

For Today

Corporate farming v. small farmer—In the Dust Bowl?

  1. Vertical Integration
  2. Canneries: 21 (238)
  3. Pushing out small farmers: 5 (31-33), 11, 22 (295)
  1. Farm labor contractors
    1. Handbills: 16 KOA Porch *(needs earlier, too Oklahoma? River?)
    2. In Hooverville: 20 (264)
    3. Weedpatch/Just outside Weedpatch (Hooper Ranch Guy): 26, 27 (364)
    4. Cotton Picking: 27
  2. Machines taking Over
    1. Tractors in Oklahoma: 5 (35-36)
    2. Tractors in California: 19 (237)
    3. Cotton Picking 27 (407)
  3. Unions v Owners
    1. Especially Hooper Ranch: 26
    2. "Reds": 26, 19
    3. Agitators/Trouble Makers: 16 KOA

Day 40

Fall 09 English 101 Day 40

  1. Here's the offer: Flexible due dates for essay three.
    1. If you turn in your essays on the assigned due date, (November 24th) I will return them to you the Monday or Tuesday after Thanksgiving. This is the original plan and allows you to choose from all three essays for one to revise. It's the safest bet.
    2. If you turn in your essay Tuesday after Thanksgiving (December 1st), I will grade it and return it to you with your grade at the end of the quarter. You won't be able to revise it for a final score. This should be an option only for those of you who know for sure you want to revise one of the first two essays and not the third. Or, it could be an option for those of you who have not yet put in the work needed on this essay for whatever reason. It's a riskier play, but one that works for some people.
  2. Outlines with Topic Sentences—handback. They should make a clear paragraph if you put them together. They could make a chunk of your intro paragraph.
  3. Essays from the other class due by the end of the period.
  4. Peer review reviews due by end of period on Friday.
  5. Friday—transitions, outlines, sample essays.
  6. Monday—how to grade this essay and a group peer edit for one paper.
  7. Tuesday—essays due.
  8. Wednesday—the plan for the final week of the quarter.

Now, work/research/peer review/type/ask questions.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Day 38

English 101 Fall 09 Day 38

1. Bonus points for Slam or diversity series?
2. Get into groups by paper topic.
3. Review each source with your table and explain your answers to the questions about credibility, audience, purpose etc.

4. Write a thesis statement that sounds something like:
a. We are studying the Grapes of Wrath in the Yakima Valley because_________________.
5. Write your thesis on the board.
6. Quick clicker votes.

7. Return essays to ALMOST everybody. (Hit three 9 pagers in a row this morning.)
8. Grade check will be as soon as they repair my computer. Please say a little prayer to our digital gods for me.
9. Monday, rough drafts of Essay 3. Four copies for peer editing.

10. Tuesday Peer editing.
11. Wednesday advising day.
12. Thursday finish peer editing process. Work on Revisions/research in the lab. I’ll try to have some links by this date, but the librarians will help you anytime you ask. Make time to do this. Do it Wednesday, maybe.
13. Friday I want to talk about organization and transitions.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Source One:
Works Cited Entry: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Then, answer these questions:(see page340)
1. Authorship
Who is it?
Are they knowledgeable and credible? How can you tell?

2. Sponsorship
Who sponsors the site?
What does the URL tell you?

3. Purpose and Audience
Why was the cite created? Argue, sell, or inform? How can you tell?
Who is the sites intended audience?

4. Currency
How current is the site?
How current are the links?

Day 37

English 101 Day 37

  1. If I get sick, due dates stay the same. We don't have time to adjust them.
  2. Poetry Slam 130 Hub Thursday; Diversity Series begins tonight, too. Next week MacBeth.
  3. Some Essays to return
  4. In your groups—compile a list of web resources for your topic.

    1. A second list of database resources.
  5. For three sources: Create a works cited entry (392-393) for the source. Then answer the questions on page 340 of Hacker:

    1. Authorship

      1. Who is it?
      2. Are they knowledgeable and credible? How can you tell?
    2. Sponsorship

      1. Who sponsors the site?
      2. What does the URL tell you?
    3. Purpose and Audience

      1. Why was the cite created? Argue, sell, or inform? How can you tell?
      2. Who is the sites intended audience?
    4. Currency

      1. How current is the site?
      2. How current are the links?
  6. Homework: Complete the "Evaluating Web Sources" questions listed online (and on page 340)

Tomorrow in class we will be making an outline of your paragraphs, including how you will use your evidence.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

For Veterans

http://www.break.com/index/tricked-on-halloween.html

And

Day 36

English 101 Day 36

  1. Homework: For your essay topic—find, print out and bring three articles on either Mexican Immigration (departure, journey, arrival), or Farm labor contractors (bad ones, look for lawsuits), or Robots in the orchards, farms, warehouses, or Union fights in Yakima Valley, or Big Agribusiness v. Small farmers.
    1. Use synonyms, related terms.
    2. Uses Google; YVCC's one search; try Bing.
  2. Allied Arts Open Mic 7pm 5000 Lincoln Ave
  3. Poetry Slam 130 Hub Thursday
  4. I haven't said anything about this for two reasons: I didn't want to jinx it. And I don't want to have any appearance of trying to sell you something. So, this is NOT FOR BONUS POINTS: Dan Peters Book Launch November 21st 5pm Oak Hollow Gallery, Chalet Mall. www.danpeters.org
  5. Quiz 21-30
  6. Correct Quiz
  7. Chapter 30
    1. Groups of 4—Choose a scene to dramatize—must have at least three parts (two speakers and narrator) and be less than a page long. You can skip around in your pages, but try to keep it going. Practice once. You'll be in front of the class, so try to figure out how you'll sit/stand etc.
      1. Chapter 26
      2. Chapter 28
      3. 436-440
      4. 441-445
      5. 446-450

451-455

Monday, November 9, 2009

Day 35

English 101 Day 35

  1. Essay Forecast: Cloudy today. Tomorrow 50% chance of light essay showers. Wednesday: Clear and no essays. Heading towards the weekend, look for increasing chance of essays, peaking on Friday with a 95% chance of grades returned.
  2. Chapter 28
    1. Short clip of the film
    2. Importance of the cave as symbolism
  3. Chapter 29
    1. Importance of the rain as symbolism
  4. Chapter 30
    1. Groups of 3-4: Choose a scene to dramatize—must have at least three parts (two speakers and narrator) and be less than a page long. You can skip around in your pages, but try to keep it going. Practice once. You'll be in front of the class, so try to figure out how you'll sit/stand etc.
      1. Chapter 26
      2. Chapter 28
      3. 436-440
      4. 441-445
      5. 446-450
      6. 451-455
  5. Quiz 21-30 Tomorrow

Friday, November 6, 2009

Day 34

Day 33 English 101 Fall 2009

  1. Essay 3—Get into Groups according to interest in the topic (not including Okies/Mexicans)

Find chapters that deal with the current issue in GoW—this can include Interchapters and the Joads' story:


From Yesterday:

  1. Okies/Mexicans (or SE Asians or Chinese or…)
    1. Reasons for leaving
    2. Difficulty of the journey
    3. Treatment upon arrival
    4. Housing

For Today

  1. Corporate farming v. small farmer—In the Dust Bowl?
    1. Vertical Integration
    2. Canneries
    3. Pushing out small farmers
  2. Farm labor contractors
    1. Handbills
    2. In Hooverville
    3. Weedpatch/Just outside Weedpatch (Hooper Ranch Guy)
    4. Cotton Picking
  3. Machines taking Over
    1. Tractors in Oklahoma
    2. Tractors in California?
  4. Unions v Owners
    1. Especially Hooper Ranch
    2. "Reds"
    3. Agitators/Trouble Makers
  1. Movie, if there's time.
  2. Finish Grapes of Wrath (this is your chance!)

Final Tuesday

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Day 33

Day 33 English 101 Fall 2009

  1. Illustrated Grapes of Wrath
  2. Chapters
    1. 17
    2. 19
    3. 21
    4. 23
    5. 25
  3. Essay 3
    1. Options Old and New
    2. Work now on Why Here question 1:
      1. Okies/Mexicans
        1. Using only "Interchapters"
          1. Reasons for leaving
          2. Difficulty of the journey
          3. Treatment upon arrival
          4. Housing
      2. 2005 protests as sign of Grapes of Wrath ready to be picked? Or another example of a failed attempt?
      3. What about election of 2008? Hope/Change?
        1. Too soon to tell?
        2. Who seems most set on wrath?

Read Chapter 29.

Links for Essay 3

These should help

Update: Many have link rot. Sorry. Let do some google work on our own and send me links as you find them.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Day 32

Day 32 English 101 Fall 2009

  1. Illustrated Grapes of Wrath Continued—This will take today and part of tomorrow. It's meant as a quick review before we work on the final essay.
    1. For each section (2-3 people per group)
      1. Title for chapter
      2. Quote from the chapter.
      3. One Illustration from the chapter.
  2. Chapters
    1. 17
    2. 19
    3. 21
    4. 23
    5. 25
  3. Read Chapter 28.

Lab tomorrow.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Day 31

Day 31 English 101 Fall 2009

  1. Illustrated Grapes of Wrath—This will take today and part of tomorrow. It's meant as a quick review before we work on the final essay.
    1. For each section (2-3 people per group)
      1. Title for section
      2. Quote from the section.
      3. Three Panel Illustration from the section
  2. Chapters
    1. 16a (185)
    2. 16b (185 to end),
    3. 18a (214)
    4. 18b (214-end)
    5. 20a (259)
    6. 20b (260 to end)
    7. 22
    8. 24
  3. Homework: Read Chapter 27

Monday, November 2, 2009

Day 30

Day 30 English 101 Fall 2009

  1. Hand in final draft of Essay 2
  2. O/R Y/N
    1. Y=One of the sections.
    2. N= None of the sections
    3. Y= +5 bpts
    4. N= +/- O bpts

Homework, Read Chapter 26 for Tuesday.

Friday, October 30, 2009

Day 29

Day 29 English 101 Fall 2009

  1. Narrative Rubric.
  2. Volunteers for grading.

Homework, Read Chapter 24 and 25 for Monday. This is a slight change.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Chapter 16



All we got is the family unbroken. Like a bunch of cows, when the lobos are ranging stick all together.
--Ma Joad

page 169-170

Day 28

Day 28 English 101 Fall 2009

  1. Dialogue
    1. Punctuating quotations.
  2. The Hero's Journey.
  3. Typing time.
  4. Tomorrow: Volunteer for grading experiment?

Homework, Read Chapter 23.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Day 27

Day 27 English 101 Fall 2009

  1. Who's off the truck now?
  2. Bonus Points-Hand in.
    1. Tuesday Day, 1130-1220 same room
    2. Tuesday Night 7pm.
  3. Quiz over 12-20.
    1. Don't do page 4.
  4. Peer Review Review
  5. Check for Third Person.
  6. I DO want labels for each chapter: Departure, Journey, Arrival.
  7. Characters
    1. Describe the main character physically.
    2. The kind of person who.
    3. Describe the next most important character physically.
    4. The kind of person who.
  8. Dialogue
    1. Some tips
      1. Use it to draw us in and tell the story.
      2. Listen to how people talk
      3. Good dialogue sounds like real speech but isn't.
      4. Avoid dialect
      5. Avoid slang and profanity, but…
    2. Punctuating quotations

Homework, Read Chapter 22.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Run-Aways

And the Economy.
Say hello to Noah, 2009.

Day 25

Day 25 English 101 Fall 2009

  1. Bonus Points,
    1. Tuesday Day, 1130-1220 same room
    2. Tuesday Night 7pm.
  2. Groups of three.
  3. Thick skin
  4. Kind Honesty—especially this time.
  5. Homework: Essay from other class.
  6. Read Chapter 20 GoW.

Quiz over 12-22 on Wednesday.

Friday, October 23, 2009

The Plow the Broke the Plains



Bam White's a Movie Star

Chapter 15



Chapter 15

Day 24

English 101 Day 24

  1. Getting Essays Back—I'll explain this better Monday when I hand back essays for the 930 class.
    1. 1030 Average (with Bonus Points) 82%
    2. We're best at Organization—paragraphs, and intros/conclusions.
    3. Biggest issues, by far, Evidence to support your points.
    4. Second biggest issue, MLA
    5. Still work to do with thesis
    6. Grades so far


 

  1. Prewriting, Essay 2 continued—Five senses for "Departure", Five Senses for "Journey", Five Senses for "Arrival"—pay special attention to sight, then sounds, then smell, then touch, then taste.


 

  1. Steinbeck's bulletin board:
    1. Chapter 14: Read aloud
    2. Paine, Marx, Jefferson—Briefly
    3. Find a quote to put on Steinbeck's bulletin board—
      1. say why it's there—maybe even point to it in the book
    4. Chapter 15: Explain how the scene in the diner is a microcosm of the whole book.
    5. How is Ma changing?
    6. Is anyone else changing?


 

H/W:     GoW read 17, 18 and 19 for Monday. (Quiz over 12-21 on Wednesday).

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Ten most expensive colleges

http://consumerist.com/5385336/what-are-the-most-expensive-colleges-in-america

Holy moly.

Day 23

English 101 Day 23

Bonus Points last night and next Tuesday.

  1. Three chapters—Departure, Journey, Arrival.
  2. They do not have to be equal length. You've got 3-6 pages.
  3. Limit time and characters.
  4. Third person.
  5. Try a graphic organizer.
  6. Rough Draft Due Monday.

Start working on it now.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Day 22

English 101 Day 22

Steinbeck in his own words.

Bill Ransom tonight 7 pm Writing Center. +5 BP or -1Abs
Bill Ransom TODAY 1130-1220 in this room. Same deal.

Essays back by Monday.
Quiz back now.

From Yesterday:
10—Leaving the Land 90-97; 98-105; 106-114

Who's off the truck by Chapter 13?
Who's on it now?

Agrarianism handout.

Prewriting, Essay 2

We've made a list. We've answered the journalist questions.

Let's try freewriting:

Departure (5 minutes)

Journey (5 minutes)

Arrival (5 minutes)

H/W: Read Chapter 14-15

Reed says 14 is THE BIG CHAPTER.

See Steinbeck's Bulletin Board handout.

I say 15 is A BIGGER CHAPTER.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Day 21

English 101 Day 21

Tomorrow Night—bonus points. 7pm in the Writing Center. Bill Ransom.

1030 class: Pick one option for essay two (one journey) and write who, what, when, where, why and how (7 minutes)

Take Quiz 1-12
Correct Quiz

From last week:
Themes: One Big Soul, Unity in Family (Nuclear and of Man), Big guy v. Little Guy, Agrarianism, The evils of Capitalism

8—Meet the Joads 67-74; 75-80; 81-85
9—Selling your life's work
10—Leaving the Land 90-97; 98-105; 106-114

Each group: A passage to read aloud—pick parts if you have them.

H/W: Read Chapter 13

Monday, October 19, 2009

Foreclosure Alley

http://kcet.org/socal/2008/09/foreclosure-alley.html

And it's not over. 1 in 10 seeking shelter for Homelessness have been foreclosed on.

Day 20

English 101 Day 20

Essay 2: Journey Essay Prewriting--

Pick one and write Who, What, Where, When, Why and How.

Five minutes.

Jim Casey

Reborn, Doubter/Seeker, Honest, Man of Thought,
Philosopher—Oversoul, Holy Spirit is One Human Spirit

Togetherness and cooperation over practicality

Is this Christianity? Is part of it Christianity?

Chapter 5: The Monster

Yakima Pallet and Bin and the tape measures

Any fruit packing line, mill, etc

Tenant farmers

Tractor driver muzzled and goggled by…

Who is taking it?

Why?

What happens to the small farmer once it's gone

Jefferson Agrarianism :Farmers are the backbone of the country because of the connection to the land. Dignity, self-respect, humility, life come from the land and the cycles we are connected to.

From last week:

Themes: One Big Soul, Unity in Family (Nuclear and of Man), Big guy v. Little Guy, Agrarianism, The evils of Capitalism

7—Car salesman—and a story.
8—Meet the Joads 67-74; 75-80; 81-85

9—Selling your life's work

10—Leaving the Land 90-97; 98-105; 106-114

Six Groups

Each group: A passage to read aloud—pick parts if you have them.

An essay question to ask the class about the passage.

Some of this conversation will be continued Tuesday.

H/W: Read Chapter 11 and 12

Quiz Ch. 1-12 Tuesday

The Transparent Eye Ball


In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life - no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground - my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space - all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball; I am nothing! I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or parcel of God. [Nature, 1836].
A leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of the whole. Each particle is a microcosm, and faithfully renders the likeness of the world. . . . So intimate is this Unity, that, it is easily seen, it lies under the undermost garment of nature, and betrays its source in the Universal Spirit. . . It is like a great circle on a sphere, comprising all possible circles; which, however, may be drawn, and comprise it, in like manner. [Nature, 1836].

Friday, October 16, 2009

Dow 10000

Here's an answer to the question, 930 class.

Day 19

English 101 Day 19 Fall 09

Some videos and links for the weekend.

Homework Chapters 7-10 by Monday. 11 and 12 by Tuesday and Quiz over 1-12 on Tuesday. The quiz will test your knowledge of the characters, setting and plot.

In groups of two.

  1. Tom Joad's appearance and actions.
  2. Tom Joad's thoughts and speech.
  3. The reaction of others to Tom Joad—what they say and think about him.
  4. Jim Casey's appearance and actions.
  5. Jim Casey's thoughts and speech.
  6. The reaction of others to Jim Casey—what they say and think about him.
  7. Chapter 1 Notes: The Dust Storms
    1. Setting
      1. Apocalyptic
      2. Reverse lifecycle
    2. Unity and Human dignity
    3. Survival
    4. Interchapter
  8. Chapter 2 Notes: Tom Get's a Ride
    1. Character
      1. Tom Joad
        1. Quick to anger, independent, solitary, smart
    2. Plot
    3. Tension between haves and have nots with Trucker/Owners
    4. Setting
      1. Roadside Diner
  9. Chapter 3 Notes: The Turtle
    1. Symbolic in every sentence.
  10. Chapter 4 Notes: Tom Meets Casey
    1. Character
      1. Jim Casey
      2. Reborn, Seeker, Man of Thought, Philosopher—Oversoul, Holy Spirit is Human Spirit

Obama Visits NO

Praise and Criticism follow

Why Do People Hate You?

Living with Less

Today's Recession

The New Hard Times

Videos of those who lived through then and now

How do you view your life

Most say, a journey. But there are other ways.

Egan in Yakima and Hollywood

Egan in Yakima

Egan in Hollywood

Ta Da

Grapes of Wrath Trailer

Steinbeck in his own words

Who Do We Shoot?

On Steinbeck and GoW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqaTv8cCWeg

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Worst Three Months of All Time

In housing.

Day 18

English 101 Day 18 Fall 09

For second essay

  1. Experience
    1. Moves, roadtrips, psychological?
  2. Observation
    1. Your parents/grandparents coming to the valley, state, country
    2. Other
  3. Imagination
    1. Muley, Willy Feely, Ivy Wilson, Connie, Noah, One Eyed Man,
    2. Now?
    3. Future? What if GW plays out like Gore says? I'd like to keep it on Earth, and without wizards, I'd say.


 

Characterization is the method used by a writer to develop a character.

The method includes

(1) showing the character's appearance,


 

(2) displaying the character's actions,


 

(3) revealing the character's thoughts,


 

(4) letting the character speak, and


 

(5) getting the reactions of others


 

(6) their names


 


 

In groups of two.


 

  1. Tom Joad's appearance and actions.
  2. Tom Joad's thoughts and speech.
  3. The reaction of others to Tom Joad—what they say and think about him.


 

  1. Jim Casey's appearance and actions.
  2. Jim Casey's thoughts and speech.
  3. The reaction of others to Jim Casey—what they say and think about him.


     


 

  1. Chapter 1: Setting
  2. Chapter 2: Character of Tom Joad + Setting
  3. Chapter 3:??
  4. Chapter 4: Character of Jim Casey + Tom Joad
  5. Homework: GoW Ch 6


     

  6. Chapter 1 Notes: The Dust Storms
    1. Setting
      1. Apocalyptic
      2. Reverse lifecycle
    2. Unity and Human dignity
    3. Survival
    4. Interchapter


       

  7. Chapter 2 Notes: Tom Get's a Ride
    1. Character
      1. Tom Joad
        1. Quick to anger, independent, solitary, smart
    2. Plot
    3. Tension between haves and have nots with Trucker/Owners
    4. Setting
      1. Roadside Diner
  8. Chapter 3 Notes: The Turtle
    1. Symbolic in every sentence.
  9. Chapter 4 Notes: Tom Meets Casey
    1. Character
      1. Jim Casey
        1. Reborn, Seeker, Man of Thought, Philosopher—Oversoul, Holy Spirit is Human Spirit

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Day 17

English 101 Day 17 Fall 09

  1. Bonus point opportunities
    1. Tonight,. Larson Gallery, Open Mic Poetry Reading, 7pm
    2. Next Wednesday, Bill Ransom, Poetry Reading, 7pm, Writing Center.
    3. Library workshops last until the end of this month.
  2. Hand in one copy of your essay.
  3. Yes/No
  4. Yes= +5 bp; No= -5
  5. Yes= Intro and Conclusion; No= silence

Homework: GoW Chapter 5

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Day 16

English 101 Day 16 Fall 09

  1. Sample essay: Tanner/Tricia
  2. Read aloud in class.
  3. Score for the four traits.
  4. Scratch outline.
  5. Grapes of Wrath essay topics
    1. Homework: Read Chapters 2, 3 and 4
  6. For second essay
    1. Experience
      1. Moves, roadtrips, psychological?
    2. Observation
      1. Your parents/grandparents coming to the valley, state, country
      2. Other
    3. Imagination
      1. Muley, Willy Feely, Ivy Wilson, Connie, Noah, One Eyed Man,
      2. Now?

Future? What if GW plays out like Gore says? I'd like to keep it on Earth, and without wizards, I'd say.

Egan on Yakima

Egan just wrote this piece last week.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Uh, no.

Day 15

Day 15 English 101 Fall 09

  1. Introductions and Conclusions

  2. A story about plagiarism.

  3. Integrating sources.

    1. Four Parts to every quote

      1. Signal phrase: As Egan notes, "they's a storm a brewin'" (MLA-3b)

      2. The quote, set off in quotation marks

      3. Parenthetical citation. (Egan 53). (MLA-4a)

        1. No pg. pp. etc

        2. If not stable page numbers (internet, for example), only author's name is needed.

      4. Make use of the quote by explaining how it fits the topic of the paragraph, or the overall thesis. Period goes at the end of the citation

  4. A couple of tricky bits

    1. If you are taking words out of a single sentence, use …

    2. If you are taking words out between sentences, use ….

    3. If you need to include a word not in the original quote, use brackets [ ]

    4. If you are quoting someone else, who is quoted someplace else, use "qtd. in"

    5. Do not use … at the beginning of end of quotes (considered redundant).

    6. When the author is unknown, use the title of the article. You may abbreviate the title.

    7. When the page numbers are unknown, use only the author's name if there is one.

  5. What to avoid:

    1. Quotes that just lay there.

    2. Dropped quotes.

    3. Not using quotation marks correctly.

    4. Not quoting accurately. (MLA-2b)

    5. Paraphrased material that is uncited. (MLA-2c)

  6. Works cited (MLA-4b) see especially page 383, 388, 392, 396.

  7. Sample essay MLA-5b especially page 412 for works cited.

  8. How should we score this?

Sample Essay?

Friday, October 9, 2009

Intros and Conclusions Powerpoint

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Day 14

English 101 Day 14

Schedule change—Essays Due TUESDAY (not Monday).

For Monday—bring completed essays with Works Cited pages for an exercise.

For Monday—A guinea pig for working with the rubric.

For Monday—No reading from Grapes of Wrath, but it's going to come fast so if you have time, get started.

  1. Complete Peer Review.

  2. Get your essays back from other classes

    1. Let me know if you were overly abused

  3. Complete Peer Review Review.

  4. Document design.

  5. Introductions and conclusions (C2-a; C2-c)

  6. A story about plagiarism.

  7. Integrating sources.

    1. Four Parts to every quote

      1. Signal phrase: As Egan notes, "alsdkfja;lsdj" (MLA-3b)

      2. The quote, set off in quotation marks

      3. Parenthetical citation. (Egan 53). (MLA-4a)

        1. No pg. pp. etc

        2. If not stable page numbers (internet, for example), only author's name is needed.

      4. Make use of the quote by explaining how it fits the topic of the paragraph, or the overall thesis. Period goes at the end of the citation

  8. A couple of tricky bits

    1. If you are taking words out of a single sentence, use …

    2. If you are taking words out between sentences, use ….

    3. If you need to include a word not in the original quote, use brackets [ ]

    4. If you are quoting someone else, who is quoted someplace else, use "qtd. in"

    5. Do not use … at the beginning of end of quotes (considered redundant).

    6. When the author is unknown, use the title of the article. You may abbreviate the title.

    7. When the page numbers are unknown, use only the author's name if there is one.

  9. What to avoid:

    1. Quotes that just lay there.

    2. Dropped quotes.

    3. Not using quotation marks correctly.

    4. Not quoting accurately. (MLA-2b)

    5. Paraphrased material that is uncited. (MLA-2c)

  10. Works cited (MLA-4b) see especially page 383, 388, 392, 396.

  11. Sample essay MLA-5b especially page 412 for works cited.


Thursday, October 8, 2009

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Day 12

English 101 Day 12

  1. Hand in one copy of your essay to me. This goes to the next class.
  2. Groups of 3
  3. Some notes on how this works
    1. Pretend you are at a job. That you are pros getting paid for this because you are (20 points for helping each other) and you will—this is a skill your employers are looking for.
    2. Readers: Kind Honesty
      1. "You have my permission to rip my paper to pieces."
      2. Don't, but…
    3. Writers: Thick Skin
      1. You are not your rough draft.
      2. You are here to improve your writing. To learn a skill.
    4. Write down 2-3 questions you have about your rough draft.
    5. Number the paragraphs on your essay.
    6. Hand out your essay.
      1. Traditionally, this is when you apologize to your group.
    7. Pen in hand, read the essay aloud.
      1. Not the author. They read it too well.
    8. Mark it as you go.
      1. Listen for stumbles.
      2. Listen for nice sounds, too.
    9. Fill in the Worksheet
      1. One for your own, too.
    10. Discuss the worksheet with the author.
      1. Author is QUIET, taking notes, not explaining.
    11. Author asks their questions.
    12. Author thanks their peers.

Repeat with next essay.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Dust Storm on I 90

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010001458_apwafreewayclosed2ndld.html

Day 11

English 101 Day 11

  1. BP?
  2. Thesis Statements—write them on the board.
  3. Groups of six
  4. Warnings
  5. Exodus
  6. Recovery
    1. Narrow, arguable, roadmap.
    2. Mine:
      1. Why are we interested in the Dust Bowl now? The most direct reason is so we can understand the events surrounding the recent devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. Like the Dust Bowl, Katrina was a natural disaster made worse by our failure to heed warnings. Secondly, as a result of the disaster, hundreds of thousands of people were uprooted from their homes. Finally, both areas have been undergoing extensive restoration in order to bring it back to where it was.
  7. Thesis statements


Rough Draft Due Wednesday.

Bring 4 copies.

Friday, October 2, 2009

WHT Sample Outline

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PBS on the Dust Bowl

Thanks to Tony for the tip:
Dust Bowl and PBS

Maps and Snarky comments from your teacher

Google maps Dalhart. Pick up the little man and put him anywhere. Welcome to Dalhart.

BREAKING NEWS: Dalhart Chamber of Commerece is NOT supporting Obama's Healthcare plan.

Google maps Boise City.

Boise City News:
SOMETHING TO
THINK ABOUT

To compel a man to subsidize
with his taxes the propagation
of ideas which he disbelieves
and abhors is sinful and
tyrannical. Thomas Jefferson

Wait, go back to the map. What was that you said about subsidies, Mr. Corn Farmer?

Day 10

English 101 Day 10

Bonus Points?

    1. How have these been so far?
  1. Quiz WHT
  2. Outlines WHT
  3. Thesis Statements
  4. For Tuesday: A thesis statement for your first essay.
  5. No Class Monday.

Rough Draft Due Wednesday.

Bring 4 copies.

Two Charts

Chart of the Day
or
Chart of the Day

A left wing Nobel Prize winning economist knocks the banking reforms.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Day 9

English 101 Day 9

  1. Welcome to October
  2. Quiz WHT-tomorrow
  3. Today—from Chapter 12 and 16
    1. 2 Best Stats
    2. 2 Best Dialogue (Spoken word)
    3. Similarities to New Orleans
    4. Similarities to Banking Crisis
  4. Rubric
    1. High/Low ends
    2. Sample Essay?

Reading: Thursday 17-18; Friday 21; Saturday 23; Sunday Epilogue

Rough Draft Due Next Wednesday.

No class Monday.

Homeless Set Up Camp on Mayor's Yard

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009961274_homeless29m.html

Links-a-plenty

Links for Katrina, Climate Change, China, Credit Crisis.
Enough to write a paper about each topic.


Climate Change and Dust Bowls, from TODAY'S PAPER

Complete coverage at NYTimes of Credit Crisis

A One Year Anniversary Report on the Bank Crisis from NYTimes

ABC News: Dust Bowl and Katrina


Teaching Tolerance Lesson Plan


NPR Katrina and Dust Bowl

NPR WHT and Dust Bowl

NYTimes on comparing the exodus

New Dust Bowl in AZ? Washington Post, also

New Dust Bowl in South Dakota? Big Time Drought.

From GW Bush's Katrina Speech:

In the life of this nation, we have often been reminded that nature is an awesome force and that all life is fragile. We're the heirs of men and women who lived through those first terrible winters at Jamestown and Plymouth, who rebuilt Chicago after a great fire and San Francisco after a great earthquake, who reclaimed the prairie from the dust bowl of the 1930's. Every time, the people of this land have come back from fire, flood and storm to build anew, and to build better than what we had before. Americans have never left our destiny to the whims of nature and we will not start now.



Pine Beetle & Grasshopper plague

Amazon.com search inside feature

Katrina on Wikipedia

Dust Bowl on Wikipedia

Don't use Wikipedia for academic research?

Whole entry here.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Day 8

English 101 Day 8

Where you should be right now:

1. Caught up on reading.

2. Preparing for quiz on Friday.

3. Considering essay options: Katrina (warnings, evacuation, recovery, race); Global warming (insects, desertification, current droughts); Banking crisis (boom/bust, frozen credit, no regulation, greed, bubbles); Chinese dust storms (over grazing, over use of land, booming economy, environmental crisis).

4. By Friday, you should have some idea of which broad topic you will cover.

5. If you know now, you should be combing through WHT for evidence/quotes and paying attention in class when we mention your topic.

6. For comparing to today, I'll keep posting links, but research takes time--you should plan on doing some of this over the weekend.

Discuss Chapter 8 good news bad news

Chapter 9—First 100 days

  • Recovery begins
  • Parallels to subprime banking crisis
  • A brief history
  • A video
  • Hoover and Bush? The Republican idea
  • Obama and FDR? The Democratic idea
  • Today's NYTimes editorial

Homework: Chapter 12 and 16 best quote, worst news, most powerful statistic

Reading: Wednesday Ch 16; Thursday 17-18; Friday 21; Saturday 23; Sunday Epilogue

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Rabbits in Flint Michigan

Bridge to Gretna

Bridge to Gretna


Watch CBS News Videos Online

What Caused Katrina

http://www.nola.com/speced/lastchance/multimedia/flash.ssf?flashlandloss1.swf

Great interactive graphic on Katrina that should ring some bells.

Day 7

English 101 Day 7

Bonus Points?

Finish discussion of 5

My turn on 6

Back to you for 7, 8, 9

I want to be more systematic today.

Each group—list "good things" (human spirit, determination, generosity, connection to the land etc) "bad things" (greed, failure to heed warnings, economic collapse, environmental destruction) on a single piece of paper so we can put them on the document camera.

Reading: Tuesday 12; Wednesday 16; Thursday 17-18; Friday 21; Saturday 23; Sunday Epilogue

NYTimes on Katrina and Drought

Times-Picayune on Katrina and Katrina and the Dust Bowl

Monday, September 28, 2009

Dust Storms in Australia



and

Day 6

English 101 Day 6


Bonus Points?

Information Literacy Workshops in

  1. The Writing Process
    1. Hacker C1-b Checklist
    2. Planning
      1. Talking and listening
      2. Annotating texts
      3. Listing
      4. Clustering
      5. Freewriting
      6. Asking journalists questions
    3. Form tentative thesis (C1-c)
    4. Sketch a plan (C1-d)
    5. Draft (C2)
    6. Revisinig (C3)
    7. Final Draft
    8. Publish/Present (C5)

Academic Essays

Analysis of the text—some of this is summary, a lot is reading between the lines

Original/Creative/Unique/"Risky" ideas

Use of sources to support your ideas

Talking with an audience

Eventually, argument and counter argument


What can we assume?

Grammar

MLA?

Some things about organization (Intro, body, conclusion)

Notes from Chapter 6, me.

Promise and Betrayal Notes In groups of five

Ch 5; Ch 7; Ch 8—Foolishness

Warnings,

Hype,

Overconfidence,

Greed

or

Depth of the destruction--stats?

Ch 5; Ch 7; Ch 8—Characters

The human spirit

Self reliance

Community building

Connection to the land

Resilience & Persistence (tough, tough mothers)

Hopes & Dreams

What is the big picture of 1935?

What are the big themes?

We've seen:

Failure to learn from history

Failure to heed warnings

Environmental devastation brought on by

Overconfidence/Hubris/Hype

Greed

Technology/Machines

Exodus(ters)

Indifference to the problem by Feds/Rest of us

And on the plus side:

The human spirit

Self reliance

Community building

Connection to the land

Resilience & Persistence (tough, tough mothers)

Hopes & Dreams

Reading: Tonight 9; Tuesday 12; Wednesday 16; Thursday 17-18; Friday 21; Saturday 23; Sunday Epilogue

Quiz Friday over Sections 1 and 2

Friday, September 25, 2009

Day 5

English 101 Day 5

The paper today.
and

This.

and this.

  1. Names—Quiz
  2. Getting started on "Why Now?" question.
    1. Chapter Intro and Chapter 2 at your tables—two or three interesting things for us to look at.
    2. "Ample Warnings"?
    3. As a class
  • The essay is a compare contrast, with greater emphasis on the compare. But first we have to know what to look for. What was it like in the Southern Great Plains 1930's? Look at the forest, not the trees. Look for a thread.
  • So, essay options
    • Katrina
    • Global Warming/Climate Change
    • What else?
      • Southwest/Southeast US
      • China
      • Sub-Prime Mortgages/Housing Bubble
      • Banking Crisis

  • 3-5 pages isn't that much, so we're really looking for 3-4 similarities and maybe 1-2 differences.

HW:

Read WHT: Ch 5 (Saturday Ch 7; Sunday Ch 8; Monday Ch 9; Tuesday Ch 12)

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Day 4

English 101 Day 4


 

  1. Names—Quiz Friday
  2. Log on to computers. Be patient.
  3. Online Bonus Points
    1. google account required
    2. One comment=2+ on topic, thoughtful sentences
    3. One comment= 1 point per thread
    4. Comments collected at the end of each month.
    5. You copy, paste and number them for me.
  4. For all bonus points—no more than 100% of the 40% grade.
  5. Getting started on "Why Now?" question.
    1. Try a google search.
    2. How about just using our minds?
    3. Intro and Chapter 1 at your tables—two or three interesting things for us to look at.
    4. As a class
  • The essay is a compare contrast, with greater emphasis on the compare. But first we have to know what to look for. What was it like in the Southern Great Plains 1930's? Look at the forest, not the trees. Look for a thread.
    • What is the big picture, so far?


 

HW: Read WHT: Ch 2