For Class 30:
-Write a one page (double-spaced) portfolio reflection. In what ways do you think your writing has improved? What was the most challenging assignment and why? What was the most enjoyable assignment and why? Include any other relevant thoughts in your reflection.
For Class 29:
-Write a 5-8 sentence (double-spaced) reflection on what you took from author Andy Marino’s talk toward the beginning of the semester (Worth one bonus point).
For Class 28:
-Complete your final research paper and be prepared to present (if you are scheduled to present on Tuesday); bring in a hard copy of the paper and email me an electronic copy
-Respond to blog post (only if you have not already posted 10 responses)
For Class 27:
-Continue to work on your final paper
-Respond to blog post if you still do not have enough responses (you should have at least 10)
For Class 26:
-Continue to work on your final paper.
For Class 25:
-Write 10 closed questions and 2 open-ended questions and have them ready for your classmates to respond to for class 26 (5/2/19). In other words, either print your questions out or have them ready to be shared via Survey Monkey or Google Forms for class on Thursday.
For Class 24:
-Complete the first draft of the literature review/introduction portion of the final research paper
-Craft 10 closed-response questions and at least two extended-response questions
For Class 23:
-Complete the first draft of the literature review portion of the final research paper (this is officially due on the Tuesday after we come back from spring break, but I will accept what you have on Thursday)
For Class 22:
-Read “Writing in the Social Sciences” and respond to blog post Writing_in_the_Social_Sciences
-Complete the first draft of your annotated bibliography
-Kevin Z. and Patrick J., please be ready to present your short stories to the class
For Class 21:
-Read “Yes, No, Okay, But: Three Ways to Respond” and respond to the blog post Three_Ways_to_Respond
-Read this article or one of the articles for your research and write an annotated bibliography entry for it as well as a few sentences that you might include in the text of your paper. You can use sentence frames from “Starting with What Others Are Saying”. Be sure to properly include in-text citations. Please email this to me by Wednesday, 4/10 at midnight
-Reyna and Kathy, please be ready to present your short stories to the class
For Class 20:
-Read “They Say: Starting with What Others Are Saying” from They Say/I Say and respond to blog post Starting_with_What_Others_Are_Saying
-Zhenyuan and Wesley, please be prepared to present your stories to the class
-Continue to conduct research for your final research paper; the first draft of annotated bibliography is due on Tuesday, April 16 and the first draft of the literature review is due on Thursday, April 18
For Class 19:
-Read “The Art of Summarizing” from They Say/I Say and respond to blog post The_Art_of_Summarizing
-Make sure to decide on the topic for your research paper by Thursday
-Billy Wong and Faroque Hassan, please be prepared to present your stories to the class
For Class 18:
-Read “The Case for Censoring Hate Speech” (McElwee) and respond to blog post The_Case_for_Censoring_Hate_Speech_(McElwee)
-Complete the final draft of your analysis paper
-Decide on a research topic for your final paper
-John and Dylan, please be ready to present your short stories to the class
For Class 17:
-Read pp. 67-80 of The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin and respond to blog post The_Fire_Next_Time_(Baldwin)_pp_47-80
-Prepare the final draft of your analysis essay for Tuesday, 4/2 -Erica & Esteban, please be ready to present your short stories to the class
For Class 16:
-Read pp. 47-67 of The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin and respond to blog post The_Fire_Next_Time_(Baldwin)_pp_47-80
-Irene and Jackie, please be ready to present your short stories at the onset of the next class
For Class 15:
-Read pp. 15-27 of The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin and respond to blog post The_Fire_Next_Time_(Baldwin)_pp_15-27
-Patrick and Tony, please be ready to present your short stories at the onset of the next class
For Class 14:
-Complete the first draft of your analysis (rhetorical or literary) essay
For Class 13:
-Read scene VII of The Glass Menagerie and respond to the blog post
-Decide on whether you would like to conduct a rhetorical analysis of a piece of media or literary analysis of Tom or Amanda from The Glass Menagerie. If you plan on conducting a rhetorical analysis, please post the piece of media that you plan to use under the “Post Interesting Videos for Rhetorical Analysis Here” blog post. -Diana and Georgios, please be ready to present your short stories on Thursday
For Class 12:
-Read scene VI of The Glass Menagerie
-Watch James Baldwin’s Pin Drop Speech and respond to blog post
-Read the first 2.5 pages of “Tragedy_Miller_Artistotle” Tragedy_Miller_Aristotle
-Drake and Samara, please be ready to present on Tuesday (3/12)
-Decide on whether you would like to write a literary analysis of whether Tom or Amanda is more of the tragic figure in The Glass Menagerie or whether you would like to conduct a rhetorical analysis of a speech, podcast, advertisement, etc. (anything that is trying to persuade an audience of something). If you would like to conduct a rhetorical analysis, choose the rhetoric (speech, podcast, etc.) you would like to analyze by Tuesday. We will discuss this further in class on Tuesday.
For Class 11:
-Read scenes IV & V of The Glass Menagerie and respond to the blog post
-Samara Torres & Drake Feng, please be ready to present your stories to the class
For Class 10:
-Read scenes I-III of The Glass Menagerie and respond to blog post about the play
-Respond to blog post about rhetorical analysis
For Class 9:
-Read “Backpacks Vs. Briefcases: Steps toward Rhetorical Analysis” (Carroll) and respond to blog post
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-Israel and Arely, be prepared to read and discuss your short story
For Class 8:
-Read “Symbolism” and “Recognizing Symbols” (pp. 1147-1154)
-Read “The Ones Who Walked Away from Omelas” (LeGuin) and respond to blog post
-Complete the final draft of your short story and bring in the STAPLED, PRINTED OUT document with a RUBRIC ATTACHED
For Class 7: -Read “Point of View” and “My Kid’s Dog” (Hansen) and respond to blog post Point_of_View My_Kid’s_Dog_(Hansen) -Continue to work on your short story (due on Tuesday, 2/26)
For Class 6: -Read “Character” (pp. 309-311) and “Eveline” by James Joyce and respond to blog post Character joyce_eveline
For Class 5:
-Read “Scene, Episode, and Plot” (pp. 195-197), “Poem with Lines in Any Order” (Pinsky), “An Episode of War” (Crane) and “Momentum of Plot…” (pp. 205-206) and respond to blog post
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-Write and print the first draft of your fictional short story
For Class 4:
-Read “Setting: Place and Time,” February Evening in New York (Levertov), Sister Carrie (Dreiser), “The Role of Physical Objects” and Remains of the Day (Ishiguro) and respond to blog post
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For Class 3:
-Read “The Love of My Life” (Boyle) and respond to blog post.
-Research author Andy Marino and prepare a question or two for him. He will be coming to speak to the class next week about writing fiction.
For Class 2:
-Read “On Being Moved by Art…” (Djikic et al.) and respond to blog post.
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