Monthly Archives: March 2015
Wednesday Class in the Computer Lab
On Wednesday April 1st, class will be in the computer lab at VC 8-140.
Update on Paper Due Dates
For Group One Close Reading Paper: According to the syllabus, the first group of close reading papers are due, next Thursday! In truth, at this point you should be able to do the close reading paper without me going over … Continue reading
For Monday (part two of the Graphic Workshop)
For Monday you should: Complete the three-panel storyboard. I will be looking at your storyboards!! I am looking to see your thought process. I want to know what choices you’re making and why. I want to have a sense of … Continue reading
Close Reading – Group C
In my other class, Ethnic Literature we are currently reading Filipino Stories – Scent of Apples by Bienvenido N. Santos. The story is about a Filipino speaker who travels as a guest speaker during the war, and a farmer who … Continue reading
O Me! O Life! – Group C Close Reading Post
In the film Dead Poets Society, Robin Williams acts as an English professor teaching in a private school with rigorous academic standards and an apathetic student body that has no interest in the words of dead poets and authors. A pivotal … Continue reading
The first thing you see when watching this video is a warning for epilepsy prepares the audience for quick flashes of bright color. The video then shifts into black and white as the focus is completely on a little girl. … Continue reading
Close Reading Assignment- Group C
*Warning: Video may cause tears.* Blind Devotion by Jubilee Project is a short film about a wedded couple who must overcome the obstacle of the wife’s increasing blindness. In the video, the couple goes through their daily routine twice, but … Continue reading
Close Reading Post Group C
Taylor Swift may be America’s sweetheart, but she is quite notorious for her “long list of ex-lovers.” In her hit single, “Blank Space,” Swift ultimately mocks herself and embraces her image as ‘the crazy ex-girlfriend.’ And because that wasn’t enough, … Continue reading
Group C – Close Reading Post
In Deepa Mehta’s 2005 film Water, Chuyia (Sarala Kariyawasam) is an eight year old widow who is forced to live in the temple of widows, which also forces her to become an untouchable. The untouchables are the lowest class of … Continue reading
Preparing for ABC Graphic Novel Workshop
For Next Wednesday, you should come ready for the two part workshop by having done the following: 1) Finished the entirety of American Born Chinese. 2) Come up with an autobiographically based story that explores the overlap between adolescence and … Continue reading