5/10
540 Nelson
555 Muataz
610 Gabriela
625 Harry
640 Jorge
5/5
540 Giselle
555 Joel
610 Jerald
625 Raul
640 Clifford
5/3
540 Vaness
555 Adriana
610 Andrew
625 Marina
640 Xavier
4/28
540 Lilly
555 Shiraga
610
625
640 Alfonso
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Catch Day..
1. Journal:
"All Cretans are Liars" said the Cretan. Is he lying? Tell me what you think and why.
2. What is the secret of happiness and why do you think so?
3. What's been done...
4. What's coming up....
5. Midway meetings...
"All Cretans are Liars" said the Cretan. Is he lying? Tell me what you think and why.
2. What is the secret of happiness and why do you think so?
3. What's been done...
4. What's coming up....
5. Midway meetings...
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Explanation...
1. Journal: Explain to me how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
2. Expository essay...introduction and outlines....
3. Class Outline....
2. Expository essay...introduction and outlines....
3. Class Outline....
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Tueday, MARCH 8th.
NO CLASS!
Please bring your completed essay about the times you made a fool of yourself to our next class!
Please bring your completed essay about the times you made a fool of yourself to our next class!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Mini-Essay Exam.
1. Essay Test:
When college students work, they should receive school credit for their employment, especially if it is related to their career.
When college students work, they should receive school credit for their employment, especially if it is related to their career.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Essays...
1. Journal: Describe how your favorite person looks--start at the top and go to the
bottom of their feet.
2. Paragraph Plan.
3. Outline
4. Review Assignment 2
5. Peer Review.
6. #3 Draft due Tuesday....,
bottom of their feet.
2. Paragraph Plan.
3. Outline
4. Review Assignment 2
5. Peer Review.
6. #3 Draft due Tuesday....,
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Peer Review...Cont.
1. Journal...Biggest writing issues.
2. Issues I see.
3. Paragraph Plan
4. Return Work
5. Peer Edit.
6. Quiz:
Identify the sentences below as either simple, compound, complex, fragment, or run-on.
1. The dog and the cat are my friends.
2. I love dogs who.
3. Since we went to the store, we should buy bread.
4. I am not a person.
5. I love dogs that are nice cats too.
2. Issues I see.
3. Paragraph Plan
4. Return Work
5. Peer Edit.
6. Quiz:
Identify the sentences below as either simple, compound, complex, fragment, or run-on.
1. The dog and the cat are my friends.
2. I love dogs who.
3. Since we went to the store, we should buy bread.
4. I am not a person.
5. I love dogs that are nice cats too.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Inferring--Comprehension...
1. Journal: Describe a time when you came to the wrong conclusion...
2. What we know...
3. Inference---reading skill
4. Drafts?
A couple decided to go boating on a sunny summers day. He packed the fishing rods in the speed boat, then asked his wife if the petrol tank was full. She said, "Yes, the petrol tank is full." They drove down to the jetty and launched the boat. The couple then sped out onto the sea in the speed boat. After going for about ten minutes the speed boat's motor spluttered then stopped. They arrived back at the shore several hours later.
1. The couple went boating.
2. The couple intended to go fishing.
3. They didn't catch any fish, because the motor stopped.
4. The motor stopped because they ran out of petrol.
5. They couldn't have run out of petrol because she had looked in the petrol tanks and saw that they were full.
6. She said that the petrol tank was full.
7. He believed what she said about the petrol was true.
8. The boat's outboard motor stopped after 10 minutes.
9. The boat sped out onto the lake on a sunny summers day.
10. Because the motor broke down they had to row back to shore.
11. The car they used to tow the boat had a full tank of gas.
12. The water was calm?
Mr Gosane, whose first name is Fred, has behaved abnormally for the past week. He has missed work because of this. His wife Pat, who has had enough of this, decided to call their doctor. Later that day, the only car parked in Fred's driveway is a bright red car with the letters "Dr A. Korzybski" painted on it. Upstairs in Fred's bedroom, a light is on.
1. Dr Korzybski owns a bright red car.
2. Dr Korzybski's first name is Alfred.
3. The car parked in Fred's driveway is bright blue.
4. The letters on the car are painted in red.
5. The letters "Dr A. Korzybski" are painted on the side of the car
6. Pat is Fred's wife.
7. Fred's wife called the doctor.
8. The full name of Fred's wife Pat, is Patricia.
9. Fred's surname is Gosseyn.
10. Fred has behaved abnormally since the beginning of the year.
11. Fred has lost his memory.
12. Dr Korzybski is in the house helping Fred overcome his unsanity.
13. Dr Korzybski is talking to Fred in his bedroom
14. Fred is happy to be away from the stress at work.
15. Dr Korzybski parked the car in Fred's driveway.
16. It is night time.
17. Fred has been off work for the past week.
18. There are two cars parked in the driveway. Fred's and Dr Korzybski's.
19. Fred is in his bedroom with his wife Pat.
20. Their son Greg is at a GS seminar.
2. What we know...
3. Inference---reading skill
4. Drafts?
A couple decided to go boating on a sunny summers day. He packed the fishing rods in the speed boat, then asked his wife if the petrol tank was full. She said, "Yes, the petrol tank is full." They drove down to the jetty and launched the boat. The couple then sped out onto the sea in the speed boat. After going for about ten minutes the speed boat's motor spluttered then stopped. They arrived back at the shore several hours later.
1. The couple went boating.
2. The couple intended to go fishing.
3. They didn't catch any fish, because the motor stopped.
4. The motor stopped because they ran out of petrol.
5. They couldn't have run out of petrol because she had looked in the petrol tanks and saw that they were full.
6. She said that the petrol tank was full.
7. He believed what she said about the petrol was true.
8. The boat's outboard motor stopped after 10 minutes.
9. The boat sped out onto the lake on a sunny summers day.
10. Because the motor broke down they had to row back to shore.
11. The car they used to tow the boat had a full tank of gas.
12. The water was calm?
Mr Gosane, whose first name is Fred, has behaved abnormally for the past week. He has missed work because of this. His wife Pat, who has had enough of this, decided to call their doctor. Later that day, the only car parked in Fred's driveway is a bright red car with the letters "Dr A. Korzybski" painted on it. Upstairs in Fred's bedroom, a light is on.
1. Dr Korzybski owns a bright red car.
2. Dr Korzybski's first name is Alfred.
3. The car parked in Fred's driveway is bright blue.
4. The letters on the car are painted in red.
5. The letters "Dr A. Korzybski" are painted on the side of the car
6. Pat is Fred's wife.
7. Fred's wife called the doctor.
8. The full name of Fred's wife Pat, is Patricia.
9. Fred's surname is Gosseyn.
10. Fred has behaved abnormally since the beginning of the year.
11. Fred has lost his memory.
12. Dr Korzybski is in the house helping Fred overcome his unsanity.
13. Dr Korzybski is talking to Fred in his bedroom
14. Fred is happy to be away from the stress at work.
15. Dr Korzybski parked the car in Fred's driveway.
16. It is night time.
17. Fred has been off work for the past week.
18. There are two cars parked in the driveway. Fred's and Dr Korzybski's.
19. Fred is in his bedroom with his wife Pat.
20. Their son Greg is at a GS seminar.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Assignments one and two
Assignment One:
1st P: Introduce product and ad.
2nd P: Describe Ad.
3rd. P: Explain who ad targets and how...
Assignment Two-- Narrative:
Paragraph One: Introduce yourself as a consumer of clothes, food, and fun.
Paragraph Two: Clothes
Paragraph 3: Food
Paragraph 4: Fun
Paragraph 5: What did you learn about you? Any connections? Sum it all up.
1st P: Introduce product and ad.
2nd P: Describe Ad.
3rd. P: Explain who ad targets and how...
Assignment Two-- Narrative:
Paragraph One: Introduce yourself as a consumer of clothes, food, and fun.
Paragraph Two: Clothes
Paragraph 3: Food
Paragraph 4: Fun
Paragraph 5: What did you learn about you? Any connections? Sum it all up.
Remediation
1. Journal: Describe a commercial that you laughed at recently.
2. Remediation: Collect Essay...
Discuss Assignment.
Re-Assign
First Paragraph... Re-Type and Submit again...
3. Homework. A narrative essay... based on Advertising. Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
(Move up?)
4. Draft Due in Class Thursday....
2. Remediation: Collect Essay...
Discuss Assignment.
Re-Assign
First Paragraph... Re-Type and Submit again...
3. Homework. A narrative essay... based on Advertising. Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
(Move up?)
4. Draft Due in Class Thursday....
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Peer Editing....
1. Journal:
How do you view yourself as a consumer? Are you swayed by advertisement? What type of persuasion persuades you? Is it Ethos? Pathos? Logos?
2. Peer editing. Groups of three.
3. Peer Editors search for:
1. Obvious misspellings.
2. Obvious grammatical errors.
3. A clear beginning introducing an idea.
4. Body paragraphs that extend the idea, focused on only one main point. All sentences work towards this main point...
5. A conclusion that ties a neat bow and perhaps offers a final, illuminating point.
6. Offer a complement.
7. Recommend one change.
How do you view yourself as a consumer? Are you swayed by advertisement? What type of persuasion persuades you? Is it Ethos? Pathos? Logos?
2. Peer editing. Groups of three.
3. Peer Editors search for:
1. Obvious misspellings.
2. Obvious grammatical errors.
3. A clear beginning introducing an idea.
4. Body paragraphs that extend the idea, focused on only one main point. All sentences work towards this main point...
5. A conclusion that ties a neat bow and perhaps offers a final, illuminating point.
6. Offer a complement.
7. Recommend one change.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
RUNNING ATTENDANCE POSTS
JAN 27
Alsalmi,Ibrahim
Calderon,Raul
Fontaine,Harry James
Hantosh,Muataz S
Iturrios,Marina
Johnson,Richard D
Ochoa,Adriana
Olivares,Jorge
Or,Sokhoeuy
Ortiz,Xavier R
Razabakhsh,Shiragha
Roanhouse,Andrew W R
Rodriguez Barahona,Nelson A
Salazar,Vanessa Ramirez
Soto,Alfonso Tapia
Thomas,Joel
Tsinnie,Jerald Jay
Valdez,Liliana
Washington,Clifford Leon
Zuniga Ponce,Adriana
Feb 1st:
e
Alsalmi,Ibrahim
Arreola,Gabriela
Calderon,Raul
Fontaine,Harry James
Hantosh,Muataz S
Iturrios,Marina
Johnson,Richard D (Withdrawn)
Martinez,Margarita (Withdrawn)
Ochoa,Adriana
Or,Sokhoeuy
Ortiz,Xavier R
Razabakhsh,Shiragha
Roanhouse,Andrew W R
Rodriguez Barahona,Nelson A
Salazar,Vanessa Ramirez
Soto,Alfonso Tapia
Thomas,Joel
Tsinnie,Jerald Jay
Washington,Clifford Leon
Zuniga Ponce,Adriana
Alsalmi,Ibrahim
Calderon,Raul
Fontaine,Harry James
Hantosh,Muataz S
Iturrios,Marina
Johnson,Richard D
Ochoa,Adriana
Olivares,Jorge
Or,Sokhoeuy
Ortiz,Xavier R
Razabakhsh,Shiragha
Roanhouse,Andrew W R
Rodriguez Barahona,Nelson A
Salazar,Vanessa Ramirez
Soto,Alfonso Tapia
Thomas,Joel
Tsinnie,Jerald Jay
Valdez,Liliana
Washington,Clifford Leon
Zuniga Ponce,Adriana
Feb 1st:
e
Alsalmi,Ibrahim
Arreola,Gabriela
Calderon,Raul
Fontaine,Harry James
Hantosh,Muataz S
Iturrios,Marina
Johnson,Richard D (Withdrawn)
Martinez,Margarita (Withdrawn)
Ochoa,Adriana
Or,Sokhoeuy
Ortiz,Xavier R
Razabakhsh,Shiragha
Roanhouse,Andrew W R
Rodriguez Barahona,Nelson A
Salazar,Vanessa Ramirez
Soto,Alfonso Tapia
Thomas,Joel
Tsinnie,Jerald Jay
Washington,Clifford Leon
Zuniga Ponce,Adriana
Rhetoric, cont.
1. Journal: What, from Pres. Obama's SOU caught your attention? Was he persuasive? Why? What "touched you?'
2. Workshop
3. Logos, Pathos, Ethos
4. Speech.
5. Homework.
6. Class Narrative.
2. Workshop
3. Logos, Pathos, Ethos
4. Speech.
5. Homework.
6. Class Narrative.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Ad Rhetoric Continued...
1. Model Journal....Ad here...
2. Journal.....
View the ad--- What are your first critical impressions? Who is the audience? What are they selling? How are they selling it? What "role" are they casting for the consumer to play?
3. Reading Ad groups.
4. State of Union Assignment....and some background facts... Watch it, too.
2. Journal.....
View the ad--- What are your first critical impressions? Who is the audience? What are they selling? How are they selling it? What "role" are they casting for the consumer to play?
3. Reading Ad groups.
4. State of Union Assignment....and some background facts... Watch it, too.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Thinking Skills
-1. Welcome!
0. Syllabus--
1. Journal: As writers, we first need to be critical and clear thinkers. In your opinion, what are the 2 most important skills a discerning thinker possesses and why are those important ?
An example of a thinking skill is the skill of clarification. A good thinker is able to make his or her thoughts clear.
2. Thinking Skills Notes... Examples....
3. Thinking Skills Essay... Assigned... Due Date....Draft Tuesday....
4. Thinking Skills Interviews. 3 good Minutes...
0. Syllabus--
1. Journal: As writers, we first need to be critical and clear thinkers. In your opinion, what are the 2 most important skills a discerning thinker possesses and why are those important ?
An example of a thinking skill is the skill of clarification. A good thinker is able to make his or her thoughts clear.
2. Thinking Skills Notes... Examples....
3. Thinking Skills Essay... Assigned... Due Date....Draft Tuesday....
4. Thinking Skills Interviews. 3 good Minutes...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Diagnostic Essay
Hi and welcome!
Before we do anything, even discuss requirements and syllabi, we need to determine, like a doctor might, your writing diagnosis.
Please respond to the following prompt in an essay that contains a clear beginning, middle, and end.
Is college just a means to an end, or are there other benefits to attending?
When you have completed your essay you are finished for the day. Please turn it in to me, and have a safe evening.
Before we do anything, even discuss requirements and syllabi, we need to determine, like a doctor might, your writing diagnosis.
Please respond to the following prompt in an essay that contains a clear beginning, middle, and end.
Is college just a means to an end, or are there other benefits to attending?
When you have completed your essay you are finished for the day. Please turn it in to me, and have a safe evening.
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