Day 4

English 101 Summer 2010 Day 4

1. Log in.
   
2. Open student email.
   
3. Bonus Points/Absences
   
   1. www.yvccenglish101.blogspot.com
      
   2. comments must be 12 words or more (at least a sentence or two), and must be related to the post.
      
   3. One point for each comment. Limit of one point per post—but you can continue to comment.
      
   4. If it gets ugly, somebody tell me.
      
   5. You will collect them at the end of weeks 3, 5, and 7.
      
   6. You need a google account to sign in.
      
4. Names Quiz
   
5. Gawain's Journey Key Concepts:
   
   1. We may not know our real goal when we start our Journey, or our goal may change along the way.
      
   2. The challenges we face in our Journey always reflect our own needs, fears and weaknesses.
      
   3. We will face our greatest fear or weakness in the Abyss.
      
   4. Objects can become symbols of concepts.
      
6. The End of the Eternal Spring.
   
   1. Answer "Food for Thought" questions on page 86.
      
7. The Legend of the Buddha
   
   1. "Interpreting the Buddha Legend and the Buddha's Journey" on your own.
      
   2. Class discussion.
      
8. Essay One
   
   1. Rough Draft Due July 7th
      
   2. Final Draft Due July 12th
      
9. The Writing Process—C1
   
   1. Planning
      
      1. Assess the situation.
         
      2. Exploring ideas
         
      3. Formulating a tentative thesis
         
      4. Sketching a plan
         
   2. Drafting
      
      1. Introductions and thesis
         
      2. Body
         
      3. Conclusion
         
   3. Revising
      
      1. Global
         
      2. Revising and editing sentences
         
      3. Proofreading
         
   4. Presenting
      
      1. Layout and format.
         
      2. Headings.
         
      3. Lists
         
      4. Visuals
         
      5. Academic formatting
         
10. Warming Up: Exploring Ideas
    
    1. Talking and Listening
       
    2. Annotating Texts
       
    3. Listing
       
    4. Clustering
       
    5. Freewriting
       
    6. Asking Journalist's Questions
       
    7. Read/Research
       
11. Think of a movie that fits this archetype. Try to fill in as many of the steps for that movie as possible.
    
12. Homework: "This is What It Means to Say Phoenix Arizona"—Sherman Alexie, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.
    

Look up "Sherman Alexie" on bing, google, Wikipedia, Youtube.