When going to the fair, one should always remember to bring a number of important items. First, there are many times when seating is limited, bring a chair. Once I had to sit on the back of a sheep while eating my deep fried avocado, which is another important thing to remember, bring an appetite. Third, bring plenty of money, in fact, if you can get a bank loan before going to the fair it will help, everything is so expensive! Finally, bring some friends. If you don't bring friends then there is a good chance you'll get taken away by the people who work at the fair and have to run one of those booths where people throw darts at balloons, this can be frightening because people also drink beer at the fair. Beer and darts don't mix. If you remember to bring each of these things, you'll be fine!
Online Exercises:
http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/run-ons_ex1.htm
Friday, April 29, 2011
MULTI GENRE WRITING
ASSIGNMENT #2 MULTI-GENRE WRITING
The first draft of the assignment must be completed by Wednesday, 5/4.
The final draft is due on Friday, 5/6.
The assignment must be typed, unless one of the genres you include requires otherwise. We will generate a list of genres together, but remember, it is almost impossible to state them all, so if you find yourself dreaming of a new genre (are dreams in themselves a genre?) be sure to run it by me and then use it!
The difficult part of this assignment will not be finding the genres, it will be finding the theme. I will give you a few options, but remember, the best theme for you will be the one you come up with, so keep thinking!
If you get information about a certain topic, be sure to include the source of that information in your rough draft and final draft.
Here are some possibilities for themes: the moon, your major, gay marriage, marriage in general, religion, the color blue, skunks, death, love, hope, the beach, the Beach Boys, Boy Bands, fishing, goodbyes, good buys, Best Buy...and so on.
Here's a brief list of genres:
Acceptance speech, address to jury, adventure story, advice column, apology note, autobiography, biography, blog entry, business letter, book review, campaign speech, children's story, condolence letter, court decision, dedication, detective story, editorial, epitaph, free verse poem, ghost story, love letter, memoir, movie review, myth, news article, parody, narrative, play, poem, proverb, quotation, romance story, soap opera, sportscast, superstition, technical writing, novel, nursery rhyme, obituary...and on and on.
HERE ARE A COUPLE OF QUICK EXAMPLES:
Example #1
"Snakes"
Genre One: a Joke:
Two animals meet in the dead of night in the forst. They cannot see each other so they describe themselves. One says, "I am fluffy, with long floppy ears, and I hop on my hind legs."
The second animal says, "you are a bunny rabbit."
"Yes," exclaims the first animal. "Now describe yourself."
The second animal says, "I am slimy, a slither on the ground and have a forked tongue. People run in fear when they hear me. I embody evil."
The rabbit says, "I know. You're a lawyer."
Genre Two: A poem: "head of the department"
The snake rounded her hideous head, careful to hide her fangs until the final moment, licked kindly the ears of her prey, prayed gently for a bit of fight left in this pathetic squirrel, and enjoyed her dinner, although her dinner didn't fight at all.
Genre Three: A Scientific Report:
According to biologist William Dunson, in The Biology of Sea Snakes, "A single voyage of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography research vessel Alpha Helix, in December of 1972 to January of 1973, resulted in the collection of nearly 500 specimens of 16 species from the waters of northwestern Australia and West Iran." Such diversity amongst the sea snake population suggests that an internal eco-system most likely dictates the mating and feeding habits of the sea snake.
Example #2
Metamorphosis
Genre One: Poem: Title: "become the butterfly"
Oh how I long to stop this slithering mess, to eat your leaves and feel no more this earth's caress
Oh how I strive to dine and then slumber away, to drink the sorrow of a cacoon ablaze
Oh how this poem is more stupid than not, but I awaken and fly away, and am amazed, metamorphosis wrought
Genre Two: Rambling Journal Entry:
I wonder what Kafka was thinking when he wrote his book called Metamorphosis. In this simple book a man named Gregor Samsa must come to terms with being turned into a bug, a beetle of sorts. I think this would have been an even worse fate than the social invisibility suffered by Mersault. Kafka revels in the horrors of modern existence, and the awful torturous fate of a man taunted by his own existence. I think that Nabakov would later compare this to Jekyll and Hyde, but something is lost there, since there's only one essence left when the man is turned into bug...scary story. Could this have a bearing on our modern world? You better believe it, bug readers!
Genre Three: Obituary
It is with great regret that we announce the death of metamorphosis, a concept that gave its all until the very end but died after a long bout with complacency. Meta, as she was known to her friends, could be seen in the writing and thinking of numerous individuals over the years, from Bob Dylan to Abe Lincoln, but as of 2008, she met her match with the current society led by those formidable opponents Malaise and Apathy. Meta leaves behind no immediate family members. Services will be held at the Beale Library followed by a ceremonial book burning of all Kafka reading material. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the SPCA, the only organization left that seems to want to affect change amongst the higher creatures of our globe.
The first draft of the assignment must be completed by Wednesday, 5/4.
The final draft is due on Friday, 5/6.
The assignment must be typed, unless one of the genres you include requires otherwise. We will generate a list of genres together, but remember, it is almost impossible to state them all, so if you find yourself dreaming of a new genre (are dreams in themselves a genre?) be sure to run it by me and then use it!
The difficult part of this assignment will not be finding the genres, it will be finding the theme. I will give you a few options, but remember, the best theme for you will be the one you come up with, so keep thinking!
If you get information about a certain topic, be sure to include the source of that information in your rough draft and final draft.
Here are some possibilities for themes: the moon, your major, gay marriage, marriage in general, religion, the color blue, skunks, death, love, hope, the beach, the Beach Boys, Boy Bands, fishing, goodbyes, good buys, Best Buy...and so on.
Here's a brief list of genres:
Acceptance speech, address to jury, adventure story, advice column, apology note, autobiography, biography, blog entry, business letter, book review, campaign speech, children's story, condolence letter, court decision, dedication, detective story, editorial, epitaph, free verse poem, ghost story, love letter, memoir, movie review, myth, news article, parody, narrative, play, poem, proverb, quotation, romance story, soap opera, sportscast, superstition, technical writing, novel, nursery rhyme, obituary...and on and on.
HERE ARE A COUPLE OF QUICK EXAMPLES:
Example #1
"Snakes"
Genre One: a Joke:
Two animals meet in the dead of night in the forst. They cannot see each other so they describe themselves. One says, "I am fluffy, with long floppy ears, and I hop on my hind legs."
The second animal says, "you are a bunny rabbit."
"Yes," exclaims the first animal. "Now describe yourself."
The second animal says, "I am slimy, a slither on the ground and have a forked tongue. People run in fear when they hear me. I embody evil."
The rabbit says, "I know. You're a lawyer."
Genre Two: A poem: "head of the department"
The snake rounded her hideous head, careful to hide her fangs until the final moment, licked kindly the ears of her prey, prayed gently for a bit of fight left in this pathetic squirrel, and enjoyed her dinner, although her dinner didn't fight at all.
Genre Three: A Scientific Report:
According to biologist William Dunson, in The Biology of Sea Snakes, "A single voyage of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography research vessel Alpha Helix, in December of 1972 to January of 1973, resulted in the collection of nearly 500 specimens of 16 species from the waters of northwestern Australia and West Iran." Such diversity amongst the sea snake population suggests that an internal eco-system most likely dictates the mating and feeding habits of the sea snake.
Example #2
Metamorphosis
Genre One: Poem: Title: "become the butterfly"
Oh how I long to stop this slithering mess, to eat your leaves and feel no more this earth's caress
Oh how I strive to dine and then slumber away, to drink the sorrow of a cacoon ablaze
Oh how this poem is more stupid than not, but I awaken and fly away, and am amazed, metamorphosis wrought
Genre Two: Rambling Journal Entry:
I wonder what Kafka was thinking when he wrote his book called Metamorphosis. In this simple book a man named Gregor Samsa must come to terms with being turned into a bug, a beetle of sorts. I think this would have been an even worse fate than the social invisibility suffered by Mersault. Kafka revels in the horrors of modern existence, and the awful torturous fate of a man taunted by his own existence. I think that Nabakov would later compare this to Jekyll and Hyde, but something is lost there, since there's only one essence left when the man is turned into bug...scary story. Could this have a bearing on our modern world? You better believe it, bug readers!
Genre Three: Obituary
It is with great regret that we announce the death of metamorphosis, a concept that gave its all until the very end but died after a long bout with complacency. Meta, as she was known to her friends, could be seen in the writing and thinking of numerous individuals over the years, from Bob Dylan to Abe Lincoln, but as of 2008, she met her match with the current society led by those formidable opponents Malaise and Apathy. Meta leaves behind no immediate family members. Services will be held at the Beale Library followed by a ceremonial book burning of all Kafka reading material. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the SPCA, the only organization left that seems to want to affect change amongst the higher creatures of our globe.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Bets on the Royal Wedding...
Why are so many people so obsessed with the activities of the British Royal Family?
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Friday Online 1 of 2
Respond to the quote below. Do you agree with Aristotle? If not, why not? If so, how can you apply this quote to your life?
"We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit."
--Aristotle
"We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit."
--Aristotle
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
FRIENDLY FRIDAY REMINDER
Your entries must be written on Friday.
You should be writing more than a single line or two as your first response.
Your reactions to others may be shorter.
There will be two posts, Friday Online 1 of 2 and Friday Online 2 of 2.
Each of those posts must have at least 50 entries for us to consider doing this Friday Online thing.
You should be writing more than a single line or two as your first response.
Your reactions to others may be shorter.
There will be two posts, Friday Online 1 of 2 and Friday Online 2 of 2.
Each of those posts must have at least 50 entries for us to consider doing this Friday Online thing.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
FRIDAY WRITING #1...PART 1 (1 of 2)
WHAT IS THE INTENDED AND UNINTENDED MESSAGE THAT THIS ADVERTISEMENT SENDS?
FRIDAY WRITING #1...PART 2 (2 of 2)
Tattoos on the Heart: Find one sentence, one word, or one story that you do not understand. Write the bit here and write a brief statement indicating what it is about the sentence, word, or story that youdo not fully grasp. Ask for help from your classmates.
CLASSMATES, after you've written your own response to the prompt above, come back later today and respond to a couple of the pleas for help.
CLASSMATES, after you've written your own response to the prompt above, come back later today and respond to a couple of the pleas for help.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Restaurant Reviews
Here is where we are going to post the reviews. You should post your review and then read and comment on at least two other reviews.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
What is due on Friday?
1. Heavily Revised Final Draft of the Restaurant Review
(typed, double spaced, spell checked, heavily revised, a final product that you would be delighted to turn in to a boss at a law firm)
2. An Electronic Copy of the Restaurant Review
What is Due Soon thereafter?
Tattoos on the Heart and it must be read on Wednesday, the 13th, to discuss in class.
(typed, double spaced, spell checked, heavily revised, a final product that you would be delighted to turn in to a boss at a law firm)
2. An Electronic Copy of the Restaurant Review
What is Due Soon thereafter?
Tattoos on the Heart and it must be read on Wednesday, the 13th, to discuss in class.
Friday, April 1, 2011
DAVID BROOKS: THE SOCIAL ANIMAL
TWO QUESTIONS
1. What is the author’s argument?
Answer one of the following:
2.
What are the implications of this argument?
--or--
Assess the validity of the author’s point.
1. What is the author’s argument?
Answer one of the following:
2.
What are the implications of this argument?
--or--
Assess the validity of the author’s point.
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