Due on 11/1

Finish Reading "Friends, Good Friends and Such Good Friends" by Viorst.

Answer ONE of the Suggested Writing questions on pg. 465 in Models for Writers. In addition, connect identity to your response. Think about how friendships may contribute to how we see ourselves? How others see us?

Your essay can be anywhere between 3-5 paragraphs. This is for a participation grade.

Announcement!

The next Job Fair and Graduate School Fair will be held on Thursday, November 17 from

10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. in Roosevelt Hall

Guess What!

It has come to my attention that The Visiting Writers Program is hosting a student open mic night on Wednesday, November 9, 2011, at 6 PM in the University Club.  Refreshments will be served. 

Writers!!!! You should go and express your creativity!

ASSIGNMENT DUE ON THursday 10/27

This was from class today. Rewrite this in your reflective journal.


 Reflective Journal - RESPOND 2 paragraphs & Chart!


 Construct a chart. Describe feelings that could best be associated with your definition of love. You can make this a T-chart, or a Venn Diagram.
Do you remember the first time you fell in love (romantic love)? What was it like? Were you exhilarated? Frightened? Intrigued? Bewildered?
Write this down in your notebook. Types of Love-Romantic Love:
Unrequited Love - not returned nor reciprocated
Nascent Love - Just beginning to exist.
Departed Love
Fulfilled Love
Lost Love

Love can also be non romantic - Familial Love, Friendships etc.

Answer the following: Does love contribute to who we are as individuals?








Read Young Love by Tiffany Sharples pg. 417 in the text.


Take NOTES- Active REading -




In your notebook Respond to the following in paragraph form.  
Identify the thesis. What is the essay essentially about?  What is the author's purpose for writing this essay?  What ideas does Sharples wish to convey (communicate to her audience)?
What do you like about this essay? Dislike?
Select a quote that you feel is signficant. Why do you believe this quote is so important?

 Sharples argues that "along with language, romance may be one of the hardest skills we'll ever be called on to acquire."

What do you think she means by that? Do you agree or disagree? Explain.


Read the RAFT Assignment  I gave  you: Think about how you will tackle this assignment
- DUE DATE IS Thursday 10/27- This will be for a grade.



Class Discussion on Tuesday- Do not write this down. This is just for your information.

• Does love contribute to who we are as individuals?
• Can we connect love to our external reality(social identity)?
• How can we connect the themes of perception, identity, individuality and self discovery to the theme of love?

Have a Wonderful Weekend!

This might HELP! Review - Outline as the Foundation of an Essay

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GcyBeAZ--ZeEPEJBL46xyscbHVANXmCBiOiseLtx244/edit?hl=en_US



After reviewing this handout- Click on the Expository Essay Sample to the right of this blog.  Identify the thesis / topic sentences to body paragraphs and supporting details.

Notes: Share on Thursday 10/20 after Sharple’s essay / Love & Identity

Presentations continue on 10/20
In reflective journal love quest
we read in class - we discuss love
homework - about love and identity 










Please be sure to read and follow directions for the RAFT assignment due Thursday 10/27 !
See "How to Write a Letter to the Editor" Post and if you need to do research on how to write a formal letter please do so!
You should write your letter in block format. Research sample formal letters in block format.

                                                                                     

Have fun with this assignment! Be prepared to hand in your typed letter on Thursday 10/27.

Have a Wonderful Weekend!

"How To Write a Letter to the Editor" Websites:

http://www.concernedjournalists.org/how-write-letter-editor

http://www.romm.org/ltr_to_editor.html

http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/How_to_write_LTE.pdf?docID=6421

We will begin to focus on The Compare/Contrast Essay

Please Note – Your Midterm will be in class on

 Thursday 11/3

Expository Essay is DUE ON TUESDAY 10/18

BE sure to attach PRE-WRITING to the back of your essay.
You may choose to do one of the following:

• Outlining
• Cluster
• Listing
• Chart
• Venn Diagram

You will work in groups on Tuesday for 20 minutes after our paper discussion. Groups will present on Tuesday.

Lectures and Projects to Look Foward to:
Thursday 10/20 - We will begin discussing LOVE and Identity
RAFT Assignment - Young Love by Tiffany Sharples (textbook)

Due on Thursday 10/13

Hello Writers,

Hope all is well and that you are starting your paper this week. I want to remind you to bring the two articles to class in addition to the index card I gave you on Tuesday.

I posted a sample Expository Essay on the right panel of this blog. Please take a look at it. This might help you develop some ideas as they relate to thesis and topic sentences. Note that the writer does not use transitional phrases. You are asked to use transitional phrases throughout your essay. The writer does use MLA parenthetical citation. Keep in mind this is a website so the writer does not indent. You will need to indent your essay paragraphs. Works Cited  should be on a separate page.  


In addition, resources can be found on pg. 3 of your handbook and pg.33 in Models For Writers.

Bring all of your notes to class tomorrow specifically, your notes about outlining and writing a thesis. 

If you have any questions getting started, you are welcome to speak to me after class and/or visit the writing center in Knapp Hall Room 30.

Best,

Professor Brady 

Try to print this - " How to Write an Expository Essay"

I thought I might try google docs.

Good Luck!



https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B-oPG8xeJv2dNGEzODAxOTAtMjI4My00OTQyLThhNTAtN2YyZGEwZjI0NDlj&hl=en_US

Due on Tuesday 10/11

Reading Selections:

Finish Reading Mike Rose's essay " Just Wanna Be Average." 

Read: 

English-Only Movement : Can  America Proscribe Language with a Clear Conscience? by Jake Jamieson

(Based on your own research) Define acculturation. Give an example of acculturation in Jaimeson's essay. 2-3 paragraphs

Print and Read ONLY - Please have these articles in class in order to participate in a writing workshop on Thursday!

"Turkishness is Not Always Delightful"

http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/07/24/turkishness-is-not-always-delightful/6446/

AND

"Greenland's People Take Pride in Traditional Language"

http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/07/31/greenlands-people-take-pride-in-traditional-language/6571/

Due on Thursday 10/6/ UNFORGETTABLE MISS BESSIE BY ROWAN AND CHILDHOOD BY ALICE WALKER

Carl T. Rowan, Unforgettable Miss Bessie  p.163

Alice Walker, Childhood p.222

Writing Assignment :

In your NOTEBOOK

Define Self Discovery. How can others aid in the process of self discovery? Discuss the


ways in which a person/group of people can help you to discover something within


yourself you never thought possible?

Describe a time in your life when you were influenced in a positive way.


How did this experience transform you?  2-3 paragraphs

In your notebook:


Based on Reading Rowan and Walker discuss the following in 2-3 paragraphs – Using


Concrete Examples and Quotes!!!!

Discuss the external influences that have helped shape the lives of the authors?


How can external influences shape our perspective (understanding of the world)?

•Introduce both Rowan and Walker.


Discuss external influences.


Relate to both works and in your second and third paragraph.. give concrete examples….


With a quote for each paragraph!

Must use concrete examples from the reading to support your statements

Must provide at least one quote for each selected reading to support your statements.

You must cite your quote by using quotation marks, parentheses and page numbers.


 For example (Rowan 7). 

Or if you write Walker notes that “   “  (23).

 

Homework Part 2 – Please print out.. “ How to Write an Expository Essay” and

" Transitional Phrases" from the Blog!!! Bring it with you on Thursday