English 101 Last Day
1. Bruce and Rage
2. H/I Cover Letter
3. H/I Final, Final Draft on Monday in front of my office by NOON. MUST have draft with my comments as well as the final, final draft.
4. Return of Essays, etc
a. First week of Winter Quarter.
b. Grades mostly.
c. 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
6. My schedule: Winter 102 and American Lit; Spring English 95 x2 and Poetry Workshop
7. Summer? MAYBE 102.
8. Also, you can ask about anything anytime.
9. You can say hi to me on campus. Say your name and I’ll say mine.
10. You can say hi to each other.
11. From my English 102 class: Andy Blevins’ story.
a. One in there Americans in their mid-twenties attended but did not finish college.
b. Only 41 percent of low-income students entering a four year college managed to graduate within five years. (66% of high income did).
c. 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.
12. Your story has to be different. You are abrecaminos.
13. The Grapes of Wrath final scene
14. Now, you can do this.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Day 46
Day 46 English 101 Fall 2011
You call yourself a salesman? Coffee's for closers.
1. Essays returned
2. 1030 will have their essays back Thursday.
3. You have until Monday at 12 noon to turn in revised version of 1-2 of your essays. Revised version must include version with my comments. Hard copies of each version only, please.
4. Cover letters still due Friday (1030 class) and Thursday (1255 class).
5. Learn from Leons.
6. MLADM2KXI: The Reckoning Cometh
7. Tomorrow: 1030 class meet in the lab—you’ll have time to ask me questions, to work on your cover letter or to work on revising an essay; 1255 class meet here.
You call yourself a salesman? Coffee's for closers.
1. Essays returned
2. 1030 will have their essays back Thursday.
3. You have until Monday at 12 noon to turn in revised version of 1-2 of your essays. Revised version must include version with my comments. Hard copies of each version only, please.
4. Cover letters still due Friday (1030 class) and Thursday (1255 class).
5. Learn from Leons.
6. MLADM2KXI: The Reckoning Cometh
7. Tomorrow: 1030 class meet in the lab—you’ll have time to ask me questions, to work on your cover letter or to work on revising an essay; 1255 class meet here.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Day 45
Fall 2010 English 101 Day 45
1. Learn from Lindsay and Leon and the Tour De Dumb
2. Homework: Cover Letter due Friday (1030) and Thursday for 1255 class.
Final, Final revised version of 1-2 of your essays due Monday at Noon in front of my office.
I'm working on Essay 3, but if you didn't turn it in via email, and you're waiting on my feedback, you're limiting your options for revision. I'd start now on one or both revisions.
3. Hand in Portfolio Revision Worksheet.
4. MLADM2KXI: Round 1.
a. Put that coffee down! Coffee is for closers! EARMUFFS.
5. Tomorrow, round two: MLADM2KX: 2 Fast, 2 Fuious, 2 Modern Languagey
6. Tomorrow, also, all bp from comments on the blog. Cut and paste into a document and number the comments.
1. Learn from Lindsay and Leon and the Tour De Dumb
2. Homework: Cover Letter due Friday (1030) and Thursday for 1255 class.
Final, Final revised version of 1-2 of your essays due Monday at Noon in front of my office.
I'm working on Essay 3, but if you didn't turn it in via email, and you're waiting on my feedback, you're limiting your options for revision. I'd start now on one or both revisions.
3. Hand in Portfolio Revision Worksheet.
4. MLADM2KXI: Round 1.
a. Put that coffee down! Coffee is for closers! EARMUFFS.
5. Tomorrow, round two: MLADM2KX: 2 Fast, 2 Fuious, 2 Modern Languagey
6. Tomorrow, also, all bp from comments on the blog. Cut and paste into a document and number the comments.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Day 42
Day 42 English 101 Fall 2011
1. How to Grade Essay 3—Rubric review.
2. Hand in final draft of essay 3.
3. O/R
a. Y= first and last paragraphs
b. N= No reading
c. A plate of peas
d. Y=+/- 0
e. N= +/- 0
4. Two more assignments
a. Portfolio Review
b. Cover Letter
5. Next week: MLA Death Match 2011; Leon Lett, Leon Washington, Lindsey Jacobelis and the Tour De Dumb.
1. How to Grade Essay 3—Rubric review.
2. Hand in final draft of essay 3.
3. O/R
a. Y= first and last paragraphs
b. N= No reading
c. A plate of peas
d. Y=+/- 0
e. N= +/- 0
4. Two more assignments
a. Portfolio Review
b. Cover Letter
5. Next week: MLA Death Match 2011; Leon Lett, Leon Washington, Lindsey Jacobelis and the Tour De Dumb.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Day 41
Day 41 English 101 Fall 2011
1. Read your essays aloud.
2. Grading Sample Peer Essay.
3. Homework: Final drafts due Tuesday; complete peer editing if you are not done today in class.
1. Read your essays aloud.
2. Grading Sample Peer Essay.
3. Homework: Final drafts due Tuesday; complete peer editing if you are not done today in class.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Day 40
Day 40 English 101 Fall 2011
1. Peer edit for second class—Hand in and hand back.
2. Volunteers for essay guinea pigs on Monday?
3. Revision Notes
4. Editing Notes
5. Read aloud?
If time, the end of Grapes of Wrath.
6. Homework: Final drafts due Tuesday; complete peer editing if you are not done today in class.
1. Peer edit for second class—Hand in and hand back.
2. Volunteers for essay guinea pigs on Monday?
3. Revision Notes
4. Editing Notes
5. Read aloud?
If time, the end of Grapes of Wrath.
6. Homework: Final drafts due Tuesday; complete peer editing if you are not done today in class.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Revising and Editing
1. Revision
Thesis statements
Add support
Outline
Topic Sentences should form paragraph
Intro/Conclusion
Transitions
Cut?
2. Editing
Sentence openings (esp It/There)
Capital letters/end punctuation
Signal phrases
Spelling—Spell check.
its/it’s
there/they’re/their
to/too/two
Proper names: Friedman, for ex.
Use a ruler
Read backwards
Read aloud
Thesis statements
Add support
Outline
Topic Sentences should form paragraph
Intro/Conclusion
Transitions
Cut?
2. Editing
Sentence openings (esp It/There)
Capital letters/end punctuation
Signal phrases
Spelling—Spell check.
its/it’s
there/they’re/their
to/too/two
Proper names: Friedman, for ex.
Use a ruler
Read backwards
Read aloud
Day 39
Day 39 English 101 Fall 2011
1. Bonus Points—Poetry Reading, MLA?
2. Peer Editing—Complete the process.
a. In groups of four.
b. Trade papers with another person (don’t hand them around the table, trade them with one other person) and read each other’s silently, marking as you go.
c. Complete the peer editing form on both sides.
d. Discuss with author—go over every question point of the form.
e. Author asks questions they still have.
f. Repeat in another pair at your table.
3. Peer edit for second class.
4. If time, read essays aloud in groups of four.
5. If time after that, complete a scratch outline for your own essay.
6. Volunteers for essay guinea pigs on Monday?
7. Homework: Final drafts due Tuesday; complete peer editing if you are not done today in class.
1. Bonus Points—Poetry Reading, MLA?
2. Peer Editing—Complete the process.
a. In groups of four.
b. Trade papers with another person (don’t hand them around the table, trade them with one other person) and read each other’s silently, marking as you go.
c. Complete the peer editing form on both sides.
d. Discuss with author—go over every question point of the form.
e. Author asks questions they still have.
f. Repeat in another pair at your table.
3. Peer edit for second class.
4. If time, read essays aloud in groups of four.
5. If time after that, complete a scratch outline for your own essay.
6. Volunteers for essay guinea pigs on Monday?
7. Homework: Final drafts due Tuesday; complete peer editing if you are not done today in class.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Day 38
Day 38 English 101 Fall 2011
1. OWS is cleared out like a Hooverville on the edge of town. What happens next?
2. Bonus Points—Poetry Reading Tonight Night at Writing Center—10 pts. Did that get your attention? 7pm.
3. Bonus points Wednesday 16th, 9am, 11am, 1pm in the Writing Center.
4. Peer Editing
a. In groups of four.
b. Trade papers with another person (don’t hand them around the table, trade them with one other person) and read each other’s silently, marking as you go.
c. Complete the peer editing form on both sides.
d. Discuss with author—go over every question point of the form.
e. Author asks questions they still have.
f. Repeat in another pair at your table.
5. Hand in one copy of your essay with two questions at the top for the peer editor in the other class to address. This should be the essay with only your last four of your SID.
6. Thursday we will meet here to complete peer editing.
1. OWS is cleared out like a Hooverville on the edge of town. What happens next?
2. Bonus Points—Poetry Reading Tonight Night at Writing Center—10 pts. Did that get your attention? 7pm.
3. Bonus points Wednesday 16th, 9am, 11am, 1pm in the Writing Center.
4. Peer Editing
a. In groups of four.
b. Trade papers with another person (don’t hand them around the table, trade them with one other person) and read each other’s silently, marking as you go.
c. Complete the peer editing form on both sides.
d. Discuss with author—go over every question point of the form.
e. Author asks questions they still have.
f. Repeat in another pair at your table.
5. Hand in one copy of your essay with two questions at the top for the peer editor in the other class to address. This should be the essay with only your last four of your SID.
6. Thursday we will meet here to complete peer editing.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Day 37
Day 37 English 101 Fall 2011
1. Bonus Points—Poetry Reading Tomorrow Night at Writing Center—8pts. 7pm.
2. Bonus points Wednesday 16th, 9am, 11am, 1pm in the Writing Center.
3. Essays returned to those who have not received them.
a. Check on bonus points, please. And my math.
4. Slowly, twice around the class for handwriting/see me’s.
5. It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish.
a. The Importance of Grit
6. Grade reports so far.
a. Does not include attendance.
b. Does not include bonus points.
7. Thesis statement practice—clicker test.
8. Thesis statements on the board.
9. Go fast
a. Right on target, Narrow, Specific, Vivid Language
b. Fact
c. Too Broad
d. Too Vague
e. Language mixed up/unclear.
10. For tomorrow: Bring four copies of your essay. One of the copies should use your four digit Student ID only. 3-5 pages, double spaced.
1. Bonus Points—Poetry Reading Tomorrow Night at Writing Center—8pts. 7pm.
2. Bonus points Wednesday 16th, 9am, 11am, 1pm in the Writing Center.
3. Essays returned to those who have not received them.
a. Check on bonus points, please. And my math.
4. Slowly, twice around the class for handwriting/see me’s.
5. It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish.
a. The Importance of Grit
6. Grade reports so far.
a. Does not include attendance.
b. Does not include bonus points.
7. Thesis statement practice—clicker test.
8. Thesis statements on the board.
9. Go fast
a. Right on target, Narrow, Specific, Vivid Language
b. Fact
c. Too Broad
d. Too Vague
e. Language mixed up/unclear.
10. For tomorrow: Bring four copies of your essay. One of the copies should use your four digit Student ID only. 3-5 pages, double spaced.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Day 36
Day 36 English 101 Fall 2011
Quiz over 23-28—If you aren’t reading the book, you won’t do well on your essay.
Back in groups for Essay 3: 10 quotes, share with table. Give page numbers.
Noah in 2009.
Some tips on research.
Let’s look at a few more links.
For tomorrow: We will be in the lab for an hour of “discovery draft” writing time.
Quiz over 23-28—If you aren’t reading the book, you won’t do well on your essay.
Back in groups for Essay 3: 10 quotes, share with table. Give page numbers.
Noah in 2009.
Some tips on research.
Let’s look at a few more links.
For tomorrow: We will be in the lab for an hour of “discovery draft” writing time.
Web Evaluation Exercise
Using Guest workers/Immigration as a model.
What is credible?
Has it been edited/reviewed? (avoid the ~ in the URL)
Is the author an expert or a guy in his pajamas?
Is it trying to sell you something?
Does it have a "works cited" section?
Are there clues to bias?
Do they over-rely on emotion?
Does it looks cheesy?
Wikipedia
Guest workers in WaPo
Guest workers won't work
Guest Workers won't work
MinuteMen
If we look closer...
Let's try again
Look closer and...
How about on the other side?
To be "fair"
What is credible?
Has it been edited/reviewed? (avoid the ~ in the URL)
Is the author an expert or a guy in his pajamas?
Is it trying to sell you something?
Does it have a "works cited" section?
Are there clues to bias?
Do they over-rely on emotion?
Does it looks cheesy?
Wikipedia
Guest workers in WaPo
Guest workers won't work
Guest Workers won't work
MinuteMen
If we look closer...
Let's try again
Look closer and...
How about on the other side?
To be "fair"
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