Friday, May 8, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
First draft of final?
Final Portfolio
Create a final portfolio—a single document—in four parts: (1) an introduction in which you perform a self-assessment of your semester's progress as a college writer; (2) a copy of an unrevised timed essay written in class; (3) a copy of a revised essay that I have previously graded, and (4) a copy of the same essay before you revised it. Use your introduction to write a short persuasive paper in which you argue for a particular final grade for the course based the grading criteria listed in the syllabus and based on the improvements you have made to your writing over the course of the semester. Format the entire document in MLA style. Title the entire document simply "Final Portfolio," but make sure to subtitle each of the four parts of the entire document as follows: Self-Evaluation, Unrevised Timed Essay, Revised Essay, and Previous Final Draft. Be sure to keep a copy of the entire project and to submit the document to me before the deadline expires. I will not be returning these papers to you. The portfolio is worth ten percent of your final grade.
Over the course of the semester we as students have been challenged to do several tasks. These include but aren’t limited to; writing a paper with a drop cap, write a paper that includes a picture with a caption. Correctly use a hyperlink such as this. Write a paper that uses the ten most common logical fallacies. If a student already knows how to do a task then why should they continue to do it? If we are to complete tasks we should have a desire to do so. A teacher’s job is to teach, a students job is to learn. We can’t have one without the other, therefore if there is a definite lack of learning there should be a new instructor. As a student in this class I've had a desire to learn. I have been disappointed by the lack of definition in the course. Through out the semester I attended class, I sat quietly and worked on the assignment. While I did not turn the assignments in I still completed a majority of them. I came into this class with high hopes of learning all the new rules of English. Instead I received the same English I took in high school, with the exception of a harsh critic, in the form of the instructor. I believe that I should pass English 101 so that I may move on to an English class where I will be challenged with actual English assignments, not trivial formatting issues.
Create a final portfolio—a single document—in four parts: (1) an introduction in which you perform a self-assessment of your semester's progress as a college writer; (2) a copy of an unrevised timed essay written in class; (3) a copy of a revised essay that I have previously graded, and (4) a copy of the same essay before you revised it. Use your introduction to write a short persuasive paper in which you argue for a particular final grade for the course based the grading criteria listed in the syllabus and based on the improvements you have made to your writing over the course of the semester. Format the entire document in MLA style. Title the entire document simply "Final Portfolio," but make sure to subtitle each of the four parts of the entire document as follows: Self-Evaluation, Unrevised Timed Essay, Revised Essay, and Previous Final Draft. Be sure to keep a copy of the entire project and to submit the document to me before the deadline expires. I will not be returning these papers to you. The portfolio is worth ten percent of your final grade.
Over the course of the semester we as students have been challenged to do several tasks. These include but aren’t limited to; writing a paper with a drop cap, write a paper that includes a picture with a caption. Correctly use a hyperlink such as this. Write a paper that uses the ten most common logical fallacies. If a student already knows how to do a task then why should they continue to do it? If we are to complete tasks we should have a desire to do so. A teacher’s job is to teach, a students job is to learn. We can’t have one without the other, therefore if there is a definite lack of learning there should be a new instructor. As a student in this class I've had a desire to learn. I have been disappointed by the lack of definition in the course. Through out the semester I attended class, I sat quietly and worked on the assignment. While I did not turn the assignments in I still completed a majority of them. I came into this class with high hopes of learning all the new rules of English. Instead I received the same English I took in high school, with the exception of a harsh critic, in the form of the instructor. I believe that I should pass English 101 so that I may move on to an English class where I will be challenged with actual English assignments, not trivial formatting issues.
Wrapping
Up the semester. 3 days of math left. A couple of this class. Finally. Finals. Wonder what I will pass. Wonder what I won't.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
I'm here.
Listening to you. Happy Thurday Hep. No disrespect.
You should come see the musical I'm in, it's called Miss Saigon.
I have a minor role but it should be good anyways.
You should come see the musical I'm in, it's called Miss Saigon.
I have a minor role but it should be good anyways.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Time writing 4-28-09
Prewrite
Prompt
Purpose: To write an essay in which you create an original definition for an abstract term—love, history, friendship, civility, education—any abstract term you would like to choose—and to practice employing definition in conjunction with the organizing principles of division and classification.Remember what your textbook has to say on the subject of Division and Classification as organizing principals of composition:"A paper organized according to the principle of division breaks a topic into its components—its separate parts. A paper on the solar system might devote a section to each planet; a paper on a political candidate might describe her position on several major issues in an order that seems appropriate . . . . Classification involves breaking a large subject into categories according to some consistent and useful principle of division. Classification must follow rules that don’t apply to division. First, classifications must be exhaustive: every member of the class must fit into a category. Any principle of division you use must also be consistent. You can’t classify by more than one principle at a time—for example, if you group planets according to the number of moons they have and whether or not they have rings, you are not really classifying. [Several planets have no moons or rings.] Finally, classes must not overlap. That means you should be able to place an object in only one category."In short, choose an abstract term that you can easily divide and classify and then write a classification essay. Be sure to formulate a strong thesis, to define your terms, and to develop your essay with plenty of evidence to support that thesis while using classification as your organizing principle.Write your timed essay using a word processing program on a computer and formatted in MLA style. Submit your timed essay to me online through MyCompLab by cutting and pasting the document from the original and make sure to save a copy of your original for yourself. Remember, too, to copy and paste your prewriting notes to the end of the document that you submit.
Paper topics:
Faith – what is faith? Who has it? Who doesn’t? What does it mean to have faith? What does it mean to be faithless? Can faith shift from one being to another? Or is it a solid block?
What is faith? – dictonary.com’s defiantions vs my own defination
What does it mean to have faith? My own corrupt thoughts on it
Who are the faithless?
How does the family impact faith? – From mother to daughter, father to son?
Is afaith based on a relationship with a higher being?
Does a higher power exsist? Why or why not?
Humility
Karma- karma as a being, karma as an energy, karma for the faithful; for the faithless, the impact of karma
As an energy – the bliss that karma can give an individual
As a being – the understanding one can come to after meeting with karma
For the faithful – Those who feel that their actions will bring them closer to a higher being
For the faithless – those who do what they feel is right based on their own sence of morals
How does karma affect those who are afaithful vs those who aren’t – perhaps interviews?
Ego
Addiction- What is an addiction? Can an addiction truly be overcome? What’s the difference between an addiction and a habit? Does it take years of rehab to beat the craving of an addiction?
What is an addiction? – dictionary.com’s vs mine
Can an addiction truly be overcome? My thoughts
What is the difference between an addiction and a habit? Dictionary vs me
Time
Education
Humor
Technology
Youth
Innocence
Work
Self
High – what is it to be high?
Imagination vs reality
The matrix
Age
Beauty
Music
Nature
Industry
Correct
Friendship
Love
Lust
Spirit
Converse
Prompt
Purpose: To write an essay in which you create an original definition for an abstract term—love, history, friendship, civility, education—any abstract term you would like to choose—and to practice employing definition in conjunction with the organizing principles of division and classification.Remember what your textbook has to say on the subject of Division and Classification as organizing principals of composition:"A paper organized according to the principle of division breaks a topic into its components—its separate parts. A paper on the solar system might devote a section to each planet; a paper on a political candidate might describe her position on several major issues in an order that seems appropriate . . . . Classification involves breaking a large subject into categories according to some consistent and useful principle of division. Classification must follow rules that don’t apply to division. First, classifications must be exhaustive: every member of the class must fit into a category. Any principle of division you use must also be consistent. You can’t classify by more than one principle at a time—for example, if you group planets according to the number of moons they have and whether or not they have rings, you are not really classifying. [Several planets have no moons or rings.] Finally, classes must not overlap. That means you should be able to place an object in only one category."In short, choose an abstract term that you can easily divide and classify and then write a classification essay. Be sure to formulate a strong thesis, to define your terms, and to develop your essay with plenty of evidence to support that thesis while using classification as your organizing principle.Write your timed essay using a word processing program on a computer and formatted in MLA style. Submit your timed essay to me online through MyCompLab by cutting and pasting the document from the original and make sure to save a copy of your original for yourself. Remember, too, to copy and paste your prewriting notes to the end of the document that you submit.
Paper topics:
Faith – what is faith? Who has it? Who doesn’t? What does it mean to have faith? What does it mean to be faithless? Can faith shift from one being to another? Or is it a solid block?
What is faith? – dictonary.com’s defiantions vs my own defination
What does it mean to have faith? My own corrupt thoughts on it
Who are the faithless?
How does the family impact faith? – From mother to daughter, father to son?
Is afaith based on a relationship with a higher being?
Does a higher power exsist? Why or why not?
Humility
Karma- karma as a being, karma as an energy, karma for the faithful; for the faithless, the impact of karma
As an energy – the bliss that karma can give an individual
As a being – the understanding one can come to after meeting with karma
For the faithful – Those who feel that their actions will bring them closer to a higher being
For the faithless – those who do what they feel is right based on their own sence of morals
How does karma affect those who are afaithful vs those who aren’t – perhaps interviews?
Ego
Addiction- What is an addiction? Can an addiction truly be overcome? What’s the difference between an addiction and a habit? Does it take years of rehab to beat the craving of an addiction?
What is an addiction? – dictionary.com’s vs mine
Can an addiction truly be overcome? My thoughts
What is the difference between an addiction and a habit? Dictionary vs me
Time
Education
Humor
Technology
Youth
Innocence
Work
Self
High – what is it to be high?
Imagination vs reality
The matrix
Age
Beauty
Music
Nature
Industry
Correct
Friendship
Love
Lust
Spirit
Converse
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