tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27930403577398175972023-11-15T09:22:23.984-08:00English 110: Writing and ResearchWoodman, California State University, BakersfieldUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-6658394963592199342012-10-01T13:51:00.000-07:002012-10-01T13:51:05.971-07:00Notes from October 1Hello All, <br />
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Per your request, here are the notes from Monday...<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Introduction to Your Critique<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hook: Make the reader want to read your essay;
grab his/her attention! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">a.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ask a question, use a quote, provide a statistic,
use a relevant rhetorical mode.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">b.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Your hook should be interesting, catchy,
original, and consistent with tone and topic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Provide background/context/topic: introduce the
main ideas/topics/subjects.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">a.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Technology, older drivers, The New York Times
editorials, the specific author/title of your article.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Your thesis: While (the author) successfully (one
strength—A--), he or she fails to (weakness one—B--) and (weakness two—C--).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Your Body Paragraphs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The strength: define A. Explain the difference between an
effective/ineffective A.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Explain why A is a necessary component of a well-written
argument/article.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Demonstrate how the article uses A.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Use quotes as your evidence: use the three ways of introducing/incorporating quotes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1. Simple introductory phrase; 2. Independent clause: quote; 3. Incorporating pieces/phrases of the original into your own sentence. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Define B. Explain the difference between an
effective/ineffective B.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Explain why B is a necessary component of a well-written
argument/article.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Demonstrate how the article uses B.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Use quotes as your evidence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Define C. Explain the difference between an
effective/ineffective C.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Explain why C is a necessary component of a well-written
argument/article.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Demonstrate how the article uses C.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Use quotes as your evidence<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Conclusion<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Refer back to the topic.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Restate your thesis.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Provide an effective closing (to parallel the hook). <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Question,
quote, prediction, call to action, answer, anecdote, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The typed rough draft is due Wednesday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The critique needs to be around two pages. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-8350688849888969902012-09-17T07:37:00.004-07:002012-09-24T07:24:49.394-07:00CritiqueHello All,<br />
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For your critique analysis (which we will discuss in class), read the four responses to "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/10/19/2020-a-lot-of-old-people-on-the-roads-32" target="_blank">2020: A Lot of Old People on the Roads</a>" from <i>The New York Times</i>.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-67006823577687199722012-09-12T07:30:00.003-07:002012-09-12T07:30:29.765-07:00Post #1Hello All,<br />
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For this first post, write a precis of Michael Roth's editorial "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/opinion/john-deweys-vision-of-learning-as-freedom.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss" target="_blank">Learning as Freedom</a>."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-5118859141442831412012-08-30T11:51:00.000-07:002012-08-30T11:51:05.612-07:00Fall 2012Hello All,<br />
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Your first blog assignment is to create your blog and then send me your blog's URL (web address) so that I can make a master list of all student blogs. We'll discuss this in more detail on the first day of class.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-51735676742751549282012-05-21T13:15:00.002-07:002012-05-21T13:15:30.465-07:00Poems!<br />
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Hello All,<br />
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For this post, find a poem about <a href="http://www.poets.org/viewall.php/varType/poems/prmOrderBy/" target="_blank">the road</a> that you like, and briefly explain why you like it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-47364599314998817612012-04-27T12:39:00.001-07:002012-04-27T12:58:35.747-07:00Newspaper Articles"Road death toll soars in poorest countries: More children killed by traffic than by diseases Campaigners call for UN target to reduce carnage." by Randeep Ramesh (from LexisNexis) discusses how more schoolchildren in Africa are killed by traffic than by infectious diseases; Ramesh describes what is causing these deaths as well as various proposals to try to decrease the numbers.
The article "Roadside health centre will treat, inform truckers" (from LexisNexis) describes the high percentage of truckers in South Africa who have AIDS and discusses various proposals to try to decrease those numbers as well as the future spread of the HIV virus among those who travel the highways.
In the article "On India's Roads, Cargo and a Deadly Passenger" (from nytimes.com), Amy Waldman describes the spread of HIV/AIDS from truckers and prostitues along the highways in India. Waldman gives individual examples (pathos) of those afflicted as well as an overview of the social context in which roads and highways are allowing the disease to spread.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-6916663659533047092012-04-11T09:01:00.003-07:002012-04-11T09:02:11.299-07:00For Friday's ClassHello All,<br />
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For Friday, read the selections from "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/01/24/does-college-make-you-smarter" target="_blank">Does College Make You Smarter</a>" and post a brief response to your blog: what do you think? Does college make students smarter?<br />
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Take care,<br />
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m woodmanUnknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-24313287211843712472011-10-31T14:34:00.001-07:002011-10-31T14:34:02.248-07:00The InterviewHello All,<br />
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Post three questions you could ask the subject of your interview.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-57932743874442300202011-10-21T13:32:00.000-07:002011-10-21T13:32:26.908-07:00Main Ideas for Synthesis EssayHello All,<br />
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Post at least four ideas you will develop in your synthesis essay. These will form the basis of your topic sentences (and body paragraphs).<br />
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Enjoy your weekend!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com55tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-91993078480253079592011-10-17T13:40:00.001-07:002011-10-17T13:40:48.713-07:00Synthesis EssayHello All,<br />
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Post the idea on which your synthesis essay will focus.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com60tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-20012384436001489482011-10-03T12:27:00.001-07:002011-10-03T12:34:35.526-07:00Annotated Bibliography #3As we discussed in class, the annotated bibliography for the Malcolm Gladwell article is due April 22. <br />
Here are the articles from which to choose:<br />
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<a href="http://www.gladwell.com/2007/2007_01_08_a_secrets.html">--Open Secrets: Enron, Intelligence, and the Perils of too Much Information </a><br />
<a href="http://www.gladwell.com/2006/2006_02_13_a_murray.html"></a><br />
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-- <a href="http://www.gladwell.com/2006/2006_02_13_a_murray.html">Million-Dollar Murray: Why Problems like Homelessness May Be Easier to Solve Than to Manage </a><br />
<a href="http://www.gladwell.com/2004/2004_12_13_a_picture.html">--The Picture Problem: Mammography, Air Power, and the Limits of Looking</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.gladwell.com/2003/2003_03_10_a_dots.html"> </a><br />
-- <a href="http://www.gladwell.com/2003/2003_03_10_a_dots.html">Connecting the Dots: The Paradoxes of Intelligence Reform</a> <br />
-- <a href="http://www.gladwell.com/2000/2000_08_21_a_choking.html">The Art of Failure: Why Some People Choke and Others Panic</a> <br />
-- <a href="http://www.gladwell.com/1996/1996_01_22_a_blowup.htm">Blowup: Who Can Be Blamed for a Disaster like the <i>Challenger </i>Explosion? No One, and We'd Better Get Used to It</a> <br />
-- <a href="http://www.gladwell.com/2002/2002_04_29_a_blowingup.htm">Blowing Up: How Nassim Taleb Turned the Inevitability of Disaster into an Investment Strategy</a> <br />
-- <a href="http://www.gladwell.com/2009/2009_05_11_a_david.html">How David Beats Goliath: When Underdogs Break the Rules</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-16245147805925171242011-09-30T13:38:00.000-07:002011-09-30T13:38:15.493-07:00CritiqueHello All,<br />
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Choose one thing to critique this weekend (an event, a film, a meal). Be sure to clarify your criteria, and specify how well your subject met (or failed to meet) each criterium.<br />
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Take care,<br />
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m woodmanUnknownnoreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-72999063991621828912011-09-23T10:44:00.000-07:002011-09-23T10:44:38.717-07:00The Wrong StuffHello All,<br />
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Choose the interview you will use for your annotated bibliography (due 9/30) from <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/thewrongstuff/jcr:content.html">The Wrong Stuff</a>, and explain why you have chosen this particular interview.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-79089590191425313192011-09-21T07:35:00.000-07:002011-09-21T07:35:48.428-07:00Post for Friday, September 23Hello All,<br />
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As we discussed in class on Wednesday, the thesis for the in-class essays must make your position clear, and it should carry with it implied (or explicit) reasons for support.<br />
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For this post, craft a thesis statement you could use if you were writing an essay in response to the following quote:<br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught." </span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">--Oscar Wilde </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-50544963229717966892011-09-14T13:53:00.001-07:002011-09-14T13:53:12.740-07:00Post for Friday, September 16Explain the argument Miles Davis is making in the following quote:<br />
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“Do not fear mistakes. There are none.”Unknownnoreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-11697747633175115002011-09-14T13:22:00.001-07:002011-09-14T13:22:30.262-07:00In-Class 9/14Hello All,<br />
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For this post, find passages where Schulz uses the rhetorical modes of description, definition, and exemplification. Be specific as to the page and what it is she is describing, defining, and exemplifying.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-31674255343622192462011-09-12T12:08:00.000-07:002011-09-12T12:08:59.184-07:00IntroductionsHello All,<br />
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For this first post, briefly introduce yourself (your major, career plans, dog's name, etc.), and list your greatest writing strength and weakness.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-14371274659002393742011-05-18T09:45:00.000-07:002011-05-18T09:46:18.363-07:00The InterviewFor this post, list four people you could interview for your research paper, and list ten questions you could ask these individuals.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-73239937354789361292011-05-06T12:56:00.000-07:002011-05-06T12:57:36.830-07:00The Sweet Hereafter & Being WrongHello All,<br /><br />For Monday, find two quotes from the last two chapters of <em>Being Wrong</em> that would apply to the theme of <em>The Sweet Hereafter</em> or the motivation/psychology of one of its characters.<br /><br />Chapter 14:<br />Chapter 15:<br /><br />Enjoy your weekend!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-16879657338396484762011-05-06T09:25:00.000-07:002011-05-06T09:26:55.651-07:00The Sweet Hereafter1. Why does Banks choose to use the first-person perspective for this novel?<br /><br />2. Why does Banks choose to use these specific characters for his narrators? Why not focus on one? Why not have an additional character narrate the story?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-60841805943468918582011-04-25T10:28:00.000-07:002011-04-27T09:07:59.185-07:00In-class post for April 25Hello All,<br /><br />For this blog, post the introduction to your critique!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-8918471756559922912011-04-22T13:01:00.001-07:002011-04-22T13:06:53.989-07:00King Lear: What's the Point?Like all great works of literature, <em>King Lear </em>exists not to provide answers, but rather to ask questions . . .<br /><br />Respect: How should we show it? What happens if we don't have it? How far should we go to get it?<br />Loyalty: To whom should we be loyal? How should we show it? What should be its limits?<br />Power: What are the best means of achieving/keeping/demonstrating it?<br />Justice: What is a "just" outcome? How can we best reach that ideal? When should we settle for something less? When does justice become revenge?<br />Death: Does death negate life's achievements?<br />Truth: What is truth? How can we know it? When is deception justified?<br /><br />Your homework for Monday is to write two body paragraphs:<br /><br />1st paragraph: critique one character as representative of a specific position or persona. (For example, critique Lear as king, as father, as friend, and so on).<br />2nd paragraph: critique on mistake that character makes. Explain why that decision is a mistake, and explain why he or she makes that mistake.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-74712337072274251512011-04-20T10:29:00.000-07:002011-04-20T13:43:00.668-07:00Decisions, DecisionsLear<br />What kind of a King was Lear?<br />Why does Lear choose to retire? Why doesn't he just remain king until death?<br />Why does Lear choose to divide his kingdom instead of keeping it intact/coherent?<br />Why does Lear stage his test to prove his daughter's worthiness for that kingdom?<br />Why does he get so angry with Cordelia's response/answer?<br />Why does he not see through Kent's disguise?<br />Why does he maintain his kingly tone of superiority even after he retires?<br />Why does he feel the need to maintain his entourage of knights?<br />Why is he so stubborn? Why does he get so angry when people question his choices?<br />Why doesn't he try to take back his kingdom?<br />Why does he "go crazy"?<br />Why does he like to have the fool around so much?<br /><br />Cordelia<br />Why doesn't she give a "good" answer to Lear's test?<br />Why does she feel the need to be so blunt? so honest?<br />How has she treated Lear in the past? Has she always been so honest?<br />Why isn't she already married?<br />Why does she accept exile so readily?<br />How does she feel about her sisters? Why isn't she as close to them as they are to each other?<br />Why is/was she Lear's favorite?<br />Why doesn't she try to seize power immediately with France? <br />Why does she go to war instead of just taking Lear with her to France?<br /><br />Goneril & Regan<br />Why are they so close to each other (at first)?<br />Why do they play along with Lear's test/game?<br />Why are they distant from Cordelia?<br />Why do they refuse Lear's entourage?<br />Why aren't they more understanding of Lear's antics (his entourage and his attitude)? <br />Why do they evict him from their homes? <br />Why do they refuse others from offering him sanctuary/shelter?<br />Why are they so ambitious?<br />Why are they so violent? Why are they so good at killing?<br />Why are they so dominant and aggressive?<br />Why are they so attracted to Edmund?<br /><br />Kent<br />Why does he feel the need to speak up? Why doesn't he just keep quiet?<br />Why does he come back? Why doesn't he just leave?<br />How did he become this close to Lear?<br />Why does he stay true to Cordelia?<br />Why doesn't he try to overthrow Goneril and Regan?<br /><br />Edmund<br />Why does he plot against his brother and father?<br />Why does he choose this method (the forged letter) for his deception?<br />Why is he so sensitive to the "bastard" label?<br />Why does he deceive? Why is he so good at it?<br />Why does he want power so much?<br /><br />Edgar<br />Why does he trust his brother?<br />Why doesn't he try to stay in contact with others?<br />Why does he hide? Why does he choose his specific disguise?<br />What is his plan? <br />Why does he maintain his disguise for so long?<br />Why does he seem active at the end and not the beginning?<br />Why does he help his father "kill himself"?<br /><br />Gloucester<br />Why is he so loyal to Lear?<br />Why does he risk his life to give Lear shelter?<br />Why does he treat Edumund so poorly?<br />Why does he believe Edmund's deception so quickly?<br />Why does he try to kill himself?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-7164730554080983502011-04-20T10:25:00.000-07:002011-04-22T13:17:58.413-07:00Lear Question and AnswerFor this blog, post the answers to the questions about the behavior/motivation/psychology of Lear, Cordelia, Goneril & Regain, Kent, Edmund, Edgar, and Gloucester.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793040357739817597.post-17068819481039847822011-04-18T09:50:00.000-07:002011-04-27T09:08:11.013-07:00Homework for April 20For this entry, post two quotes from <em>Being Wrong </em>(one from chapter 12 and one from 13) that apply to the error or mistake your character (or another character) made in <em>King Lear</em>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com36