Short Essays Cyber-Post
The numbers are dwindling as Lent draws to a close, Good Friday approaches, the Resurrection, Spring Break and financial aide checks finally come in ... perhaps? I don't know what it is, but the numbers are down and I'm not certain if this means drops or absences.
On a brighter note, Obama papers are due in the morning and I am looking forward to reading them. We'll meet in L-202E on Thursday. We'll be talking about the research essay and watching a Frontline World episode on the computer. If you own headphones, bring them to class 4/9.
Today we practiced writing a three paragraph essay using a citation in each paragraph. Students were to write the five sentence paragraphs, 14 original sentences for the short essays, in 15 minutes, no more than 30. It was collaborative.
If I asked your group to post yours please post it here. It is an exercise in integrating sources: paraphrase, in-text citation and block quotes. We are going to try to talk about "passive and active verbs," Part 6 in SPHE.
Students are doing well on the essays. The MLA especially the works cited pages still need work. Pick up a handout in the library from the carousel or on-line at the COA Library Website for your notebook. The SPHE appendix doesn't have information for all the media you are going to encounter in your scholarly work such as: interviews, TV show, film, radio broadcast, magazine, and other types of sources.
I forgot to mention the end of the Season of Peace, April 4, the anniversary of Martin King's assassination. I hope you did something for peace on the anniversary of the tragedy, a day Bay Area residents celebrated the birthday of a man inspired by Dr. King, Cesar Chavez, another man of peace.
This is National Poetry Month, so please bring in poetry to share. It can be set to music--rap or hip hop. National Library Week is also this month, which is National Jazz Heritage Month too. If you have HBO, Brave New Voices is premiering this month, a show that follows young poets as they travel the country vying for the slam championship.
The numbers are dwindling as Lent draws to a close, Good Friday approaches, the Resurrection, Spring Break and financial aide checks finally come in ... perhaps? I don't know what it is, but the numbers are down and I'm not certain if this means drops or absences.
On a brighter note, Obama papers are due in the morning and I am looking forward to reading them. We'll meet in L-202E on Thursday. We'll be talking about the research essay and watching a Frontline World episode on the computer. If you own headphones, bring them to class 4/9.
Today we practiced writing a three paragraph essay using a citation in each paragraph. Students were to write the five sentence paragraphs, 14 original sentences for the short essays, in 15 minutes, no more than 30. It was collaborative.
If I asked your group to post yours please post it here. It is an exercise in integrating sources: paraphrase, in-text citation and block quotes. We are going to try to talk about "passive and active verbs," Part 6 in SPHE.
Students are doing well on the essays. The MLA especially the works cited pages still need work. Pick up a handout in the library from the carousel or on-line at the COA Library Website for your notebook. The SPHE appendix doesn't have information for all the media you are going to encounter in your scholarly work such as: interviews, TV show, film, radio broadcast, magazine, and other types of sources.
I forgot to mention the end of the Season of Peace, April 4, the anniversary of Martin King's assassination. I hope you did something for peace on the anniversary of the tragedy, a day Bay Area residents celebrated the birthday of a man inspired by Dr. King, Cesar Chavez, another man of peace.
This is National Poetry Month, so please bring in poetry to share. It can be set to music--rap or hip hop. National Library Week is also this month, which is National Jazz Heritage Month too. If you have HBO, Brave New Voices is premiering this month, a show that follows young poets as they travel the country vying for the slam championship.
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Rebecca Evans 4/7/09 eng 1a 9-10 group: Hong, Jason, Rebecca: manhood
Lessons on Becoming a man
During Barack Obama’s early adolescence his father, Barack Obama Sr., came to visit his son on a trip attempt to reinvent himself. This was the first time Obama had an interaction with his father and absorbed his influence. Obama notes his father’s effect on others. When he (Obama Sr.) talked, others around him morphed when hearing his southing voice. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy seemed to be present. He offered a feeling and sense of safety. He held an aura in which he could deeply affect people. Seeing and experiencing his father Obama began to associate him as the father figure of manhood (67). Obama began to venture on his journey toward becoming a man. Though he had other male influences the impact of his biological father was immeasurable. Obama saw the strength, power and effect on other people which inspired his to create himself to be an inspiring person also.
Thesis: In Dreams from my Father Barack Obama becomes a man inspired by the influences around him to create who he is today.
Eng 1A 8-8:50am
Obama would become a community organizer because he felt for people who needed guidance:
No, I’m just asking you a question. You say you’re tired, the same way most folks out here are tired. So I’m trying to figure out what’s going to happen to those boys. Who’s going to make sure they get a fair shot? The alderman? The social workers? The gangs? (172)
Obama didn’t believe that people were either good or bad; he believed that if put in the right environment then there was a better chance of them doing something positive. At the time he was uncertain of what was his motivating force to help. He knew he enjoyed it and knew making a difference was satisfying. It wasn’t until he realized hope was the common attribute that would bind these stories of struggle together.
Jason Bey When Barrack Obama travelled to Kenya,manhood was one of the main things his older brother Bernard focused on in their conversations. He made it a point to take Obama aside and provided some of the guidence that Obama needed since his father had passed away. He told Obama,"...You know what that means,don't you, it means you're almost a man...you're gonna have to set some goals and follow through."(pg.327)He gave Obama his definition of a man told him exactly what was expected of him.Obviously Barrack has lived up to those expectations and surpassed them as well.Today he stands as a role model for young adults all around the world.
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