Our time was short in class today as we had a library orientation from 9-10:20 with Professor Steve Gerstle.
Freewrite & Cyber-Post 1
Post your freewrite here on: we talked about the subtleties or differences between these terms looking at our lives, at the lives of the women and girls profiled in Half the Sky: Freedom, emancipation, independence.
Library Reflection and Assignment & Cyber-Post 2
For the students present, reflect on the orientation: What did you learn about research? How can one ascertain whether or not a publication is scholarly? Name the databases and what kind of research they are best suited for. Use one of the databases or another on the COA website to find supporting information for the topic we are exploring for this essay based on the book Half the Sky: human trafficking, sexual exploitation, misogyny or societal neglect of their female population, education economic development or the girl effect (smile). . . .
Talk about whether of not the search was easy and what you found. This response is due by tomorrow afternoon.
Annotating Questions and Considerations
When reading Half, ask questions posed in They Say: Giving the context or "starting with what others are saying" (19-22); summarizing key parts which is helpful when one is trying to be objective (31-38); how to use quotations (42-50); agreeing, disagreeing and the "okay, but" response (55-66); how to keep your head above the waters of "they say." What do "I say?" (68-74).
We will do exercises: 1 (75-76) and 2 (76-77).
For Thursday, July 5, "Skeptics May Object: Planting the Naysayer in Your Text" (78-90).
We will do exercises 1 (90-91), and 2 (91).
We reviewed the introduction and talked a bit about the book, not much. In They Say, I Say, we looked at Part 2: "I Say" (55-101). Next week we will look at Tying It All Together (105).
Students are to read up to chapter 9 (149).
We will spend tiomorrow and Thursday, using the book to address the templates used in Part 2 and perhaps Part 1. We will look at signal phrases and block quotes.
Kristof and WuDunn do a great job in integrating sources. I have posted here the essay assignment for the three essays.
Tomorrow
Copy of the Mighty essay
Students are to bring in a copy of their Mighty essay with Initial Planning Sheet and Outline. There was confusion about when Essay 1 was due. Essays are due before the class meeting the day of unless otherwise indicated.
Book Report Essay
Bring in the book you would like to read for the book report essay tomorrow as well, no later than Friday, so I can see it.
Half the Sky Essay Assignment
Summer 2012
Half the Sky raises many issues about global gender equity. As you read start to formulate your thoughts and develop a question to answer in a persuasive essay.
If students like some of the topics we have already explored and their freewrite responses, certainly they can expand on previously contemplated topics such as micro-finance as a way to purchase freedom for many women in the world of Half the Sky, the benefits of education, and the power of alliances with other women and men within and without one’s society.
Other topics we have explored are the semantics of freedom—what is “power” or “empowerment”? Does the definition change when we compare regional change in the worlds of the women we meet in Half the Sky, or is the definition relatively consistent?
Is there a prototype or archetype for this philosophical empowered woman? What does she look like? Can we do selective breeding and mass produce these women so that the world changes overnight? Can we inject girls with a serum to prevent oppression once and for all? (I am not being literal here. Pun intended where applicable (smile).
Cultural traditions supported by women often continue oppressive practices many men are opposed to. How do women participate in their own oppression and disempowerment (if this is a word)?
Half the Sky is a sobering look at women abroad. It is written, however, in a way which makes most readers look for inequities at home, that is, gender-based inequities at home. Yet, despite the huge job in front of us (empathetic readers) the writers seem to balance despair with hope. How do they accomplish this task? Look at the text’s organization for clues.
Rape is one of the worse forms of violence against women. In societies which have centered its core values in the chastity of its women, a rape mares the reputation of the entire family. Rape dishonors the family name and often causes irreversible harm to the woman’s status thereafter—no one will marry her. These women and girls are often tacitly encouraged in some cultures to end their lives. In Half the Sky, though, we are introduced to women who do not think their vaginas are symbols of their worthiness. Who are these women and how are they fighting back?
Feel free to develop your own questions to explore. We will talk about this further in class. Each question needs to look at Half the Sky as a primary resource, of course, and then use two articles outside the book to support the movement or thinking connected to issues (moving outward). Students could also try to find a local or western first world nation connection in ones search for related materials. Use the library database where possible. Students do not have to cite the sources in-text, just read it.
The essay will be between 3-5 typed pages long. This includes a works cited page. Each essay will include 3-5 citations (1-2 per page); two of the 3-5 citations should be a block quote and another, a free paraphrase. Students also have to use ellipses in their block quote or in-text citation. I need to see that students know how to use these devices.
NOTE: The 3 page essay can only have 3 citations. 1 citation per page.
If students cannot develop their own question, so by all means use one of mine. If you want to develop your own, let me see it first, perhaps when you bring in the Initial Planning Sheets with outline: July 5, 2012.
Questions (Choose 1)
1. Identify three women who prove the authors’ thesis or purpose for writing the book. Be sure to state that thesis in your argument. (Do not retell the story. Use only what you need to prove your point.)
2. How do WuDunn and Kristof define empowerment using the lives of women in their book, Half the Sky?
3. Choose one or more of the successful interventions that save and improve women and girls' lives. Use profiles of women cited by the authors to show its success and why.
4. Half the Sky is a book that takes its reader on an emotional roller coaster. This is one of the criticisms students have cited in the past when critiquing the text. Talk about the authors use of emotional appeals to convince us of their issues urgency. Do you ever feel manipulated and if so, where in the text is this more evident than elsewhere? Is manipulation ever fair to an audience? Why or why not?
Half the Sky DUE DATES:
1. Essay Initial Planning Sheet due: July 5, 2012
2. Essay due for peer review: Monday, July 9, 2012. Bring in an electronic copy and a paper copy of the essay for the peer review.
3. Final essay draft with peer review due via email July 10, 2012: coasabirenglish1A@gmail.com
In the Half the Sky essay portfolio include freewrites and reading logs. Turn all of this in with essay.
Freewrite & Cyber-Post 1
Post your freewrite here on: we talked about the subtleties or differences between these terms looking at our lives, at the lives of the women and girls profiled in Half the Sky: Freedom, emancipation, independence.
Library Reflection and Assignment & Cyber-Post 2
For the students present, reflect on the orientation: What did you learn about research? How can one ascertain whether or not a publication is scholarly? Name the databases and what kind of research they are best suited for. Use one of the databases or another on the COA website to find supporting information for the topic we are exploring for this essay based on the book Half the Sky: human trafficking, sexual exploitation, misogyny or societal neglect of their female population, education economic development or the girl effect (smile). . . .
Talk about whether of not the search was easy and what you found. This response is due by tomorrow afternoon.
Annotating Questions and Considerations
When reading Half, ask questions posed in They Say: Giving the context or "starting with what others are saying" (19-22); summarizing key parts which is helpful when one is trying to be objective (31-38); how to use quotations (42-50); agreeing, disagreeing and the "okay, but" response (55-66); how to keep your head above the waters of "they say." What do "I say?" (68-74).
We will do exercises: 1 (75-76) and 2 (76-77).
For Thursday, July 5, "Skeptics May Object: Planting the Naysayer in Your Text" (78-90).
We will do exercises 1 (90-91), and 2 (91).
We reviewed the introduction and talked a bit about the book, not much. In They Say, I Say, we looked at Part 2: "I Say" (55-101). Next week we will look at Tying It All Together (105).
Students are to read up to chapter 9 (149).
We will spend tiomorrow and Thursday, using the book to address the templates used in Part 2 and perhaps Part 1. We will look at signal phrases and block quotes.
Kristof and WuDunn do a great job in integrating sources. I have posted here the essay assignment for the three essays.
Tomorrow
Copy of the Mighty essay
Students are to bring in a copy of their Mighty essay with Initial Planning Sheet and Outline. There was confusion about when Essay 1 was due. Essays are due before the class meeting the day of unless otherwise indicated.
Book Report Essay
Bring in the book you would like to read for the book report essay tomorrow as well, no later than Friday, so I can see it.
Half the Sky Essay Assignment
Summer 2012
Half the Sky raises many issues about global gender equity. As you read start to formulate your thoughts and develop a question to answer in a persuasive essay.
If students like some of the topics we have already explored and their freewrite responses, certainly they can expand on previously contemplated topics such as micro-finance as a way to purchase freedom for many women in the world of Half the Sky, the benefits of education, and the power of alliances with other women and men within and without one’s society.
Other topics we have explored are the semantics of freedom—what is “power” or “empowerment”? Does the definition change when we compare regional change in the worlds of the women we meet in Half the Sky, or is the definition relatively consistent?
Is there a prototype or archetype for this philosophical empowered woman? What does she look like? Can we do selective breeding and mass produce these women so that the world changes overnight? Can we inject girls with a serum to prevent oppression once and for all? (I am not being literal here. Pun intended where applicable (smile).
Cultural traditions supported by women often continue oppressive practices many men are opposed to. How do women participate in their own oppression and disempowerment (if this is a word)?
Half the Sky is a sobering look at women abroad. It is written, however, in a way which makes most readers look for inequities at home, that is, gender-based inequities at home. Yet, despite the huge job in front of us (empathetic readers) the writers seem to balance despair with hope. How do they accomplish this task? Look at the text’s organization for clues.
Rape is one of the worse forms of violence against women. In societies which have centered its core values in the chastity of its women, a rape mares the reputation of the entire family. Rape dishonors the family name and often causes irreversible harm to the woman’s status thereafter—no one will marry her. These women and girls are often tacitly encouraged in some cultures to end their lives. In Half the Sky, though, we are introduced to women who do not think their vaginas are symbols of their worthiness. Who are these women and how are they fighting back?
Feel free to develop your own questions to explore. We will talk about this further in class. Each question needs to look at Half the Sky as a primary resource, of course, and then use two articles outside the book to support the movement or thinking connected to issues (moving outward). Students could also try to find a local or western first world nation connection in ones search for related materials. Use the library database where possible. Students do not have to cite the sources in-text, just read it.
The essay will be between 3-5 typed pages long. This includes a works cited page. Each essay will include 3-5 citations (1-2 per page); two of the 3-5 citations should be a block quote and another, a free paraphrase. Students also have to use ellipses in their block quote or in-text citation. I need to see that students know how to use these devices.
NOTE: The 3 page essay can only have 3 citations. 1 citation per page.
If students cannot develop their own question, so by all means use one of mine. If you want to develop your own, let me see it first, perhaps when you bring in the Initial Planning Sheets with outline: July 5, 2012.
Questions (Choose 1)
1. Identify three women who prove the authors’ thesis or purpose for writing the book. Be sure to state that thesis in your argument. (Do not retell the story. Use only what you need to prove your point.)
2. How do WuDunn and Kristof define empowerment using the lives of women in their book, Half the Sky?
3. Choose one or more of the successful interventions that save and improve women and girls' lives. Use profiles of women cited by the authors to show its success and why.
4. Half the Sky is a book that takes its reader on an emotional roller coaster. This is one of the criticisms students have cited in the past when critiquing the text. Talk about the authors use of emotional appeals to convince us of their issues urgency. Do you ever feel manipulated and if so, where in the text is this more evident than elsewhere? Is manipulation ever fair to an audience? Why or why not?
Half the Sky DUE DATES:
1. Essay Initial Planning Sheet due: July 5, 2012
2. Essay due for peer review: Monday, July 9, 2012. Bring in an electronic copy and a paper copy of the essay for the peer review.
3. Final essay draft with peer review due via email July 10, 2012: coasabirenglish1A@gmail.com
In the Half the Sky essay portfolio include freewrites and reading logs. Turn all of this in with essay.
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Name: Tsgereda Leul
Professor Wanda Sabir
Date: 02 July 2012
English 1A summer 2012
Freewrite: Freedom, Emancipation and Independence
What is Freedom? If we ask people this question, we will receive one hundred different answers, because every person understands freedom in his or her own way. For me, freedom is living in a democratic country with the freedom of speech, religion, and press.
Emancipation is a term used to describe various efforts to obtain political rights or equality, often for a specifically disenfranchised group, or more generally in discussion of such matters. Marx's views of political emancipation in this work were summarized by one writer as entailing "equal status of individual citizens in relation to the state, equality before the law, regardless of religion, property, or other “private” characteristics of individual people."
Independence is the state or quality of being independent; freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or the like, of others.
Everybody wants to be free from the control of others. Our choice in life should not be controlled by others. Independence is the ability to function in a given area without depending upon another's help. Our independence will give us freedom. When we are free, we are emancipated. For instance, being free starts from our house and in abroad aspect it can be a country. Independence and Emancipation leads to Freedom.
When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every tenement and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old spiritual, "Free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, we are free at last."
"I Have a Dream" speech, Martin Luther king Jr., August 28, 1963
Linde Huang
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
Juky 2, 2012
Independence, Emancipation, and Empowerment.
Is it not fitting that we talk about freedom two days our nation has declared its own? The fourth of July, better known as Independence Day is known for when our great nation, the United States of America, declared its freedom from the rule of Great Britain. In American history, there has constantly been a battle of freedom and independence. The reason we are even here, was originally for religious freedom. Protestants escaped in order to praise whoever they wanted to without consequence.
Yet in our history, we see slaves. We saw the struggle for African Americans as they fought for their freedoms. They proved themselves to be humans, and therefore needed to be treated as one. None of the white superiority was necessary, and in the end, due to the power of the voices, they succeeded. To me, to be empowered means for someone to have the power, but they just need the motivation to apply themselves and to motivate others.
Chie Shan Chan
Professor Sabir
English1A: Summer 2012
2 July 2012
Freedom and power
The word freedom makes me reflect back on the times that I learned about the African American enslavement. They were held against their will and sold as objects to people. There were owned by people and denied as their rights of a human being. Many enslaved African Americans would fight for the day they become free but they were greatly oppressed. The society operated by treating African Americans as inferior to them, in other words, African Americans were powerless. Many people today, especially teenagers feel that their parent’s control their lives and don’t let them do what they want. But really, compared to how the African Americans were treated, it’s considered nothing. I agree to a certain degree that when parents become too involved in our lives would be too much. I’ve heard from many of my friends that they couldn’t wait till they turn eighteen years old so they could get away from their parents and move out. In their sense, finally being out of their parents’ grasp is freedom but for the people who were finally able to get out of slavery, freedom was something that they yearned dearly for and would probably never dream of getting.
I define power as an overpowering force that could take control of another person. The white people who owned countless of slaves demonstrate a great deal of power especially the society as a whole. But empowerment is the growing force, which gives people the authorization of possessing the power. The only difference between power and empowerment is that empowerment gives you a final authorization whereas power is just a force you possess. Overtime, African Americans have come to possess such empowerment by slowly rising higher in the social pyramid and become equals as whites.
Ka Wai Ng
Professor Sabir
Eng1A Summer 2012
07/02/2012
Free write: Freedom offer the chance
Freedom is the right that people should have. If the people live in a country which takes away their freedom, then they will rise up and protest for their right. Before the America became a country, the Americans were known as the British. They were sent by the England to look for the resources. At that time, they don't have any freedoms. All they can do is only to do what they had been told. Within the population grown in the colonies, more people were questioning the governments for their freedoms. Finally, the people in colonies raises up and against the government and then they successfully form their own country, America. In the America, the power of government decreased. People have their right to develop their abilities. It is also the reason why can the America become a strong nation. Properly freedoms offer people their chance to discover more newly resources.
Marisol Mora
Professor Sabir
English1A: Summer 2012
2 July 2012
Freewrite: Freedom
Freedom. When I think of freedom I think of rights. Rights as a human being to be free and do whatever he or she wants. The belief of being free is now doubted. How free are we? We still need money to do stuff we enjoy. An average American works a 9-5. In order to pay bills, bills that are charged by the government, who stress freedom and liberty for all. I see a job as something thats not a persona choice but a necessity. Without a job things are limited. Freedom is never free and neither is power.
Freedom , emancipation, independence: power/empower
As fourth of a July is coming up, I think about the real significance of Fourth of July. There’s is many people who take this day as a party day and a day to watch the fireworks. They forget about the real meaning and why this day is important to us. It is the day the US declared independence. When I think about freedom I think of independence. There is no way you can have freedom when you have no independence. I also thought about the power that we grant when we have freedom. We have no one dictating us. This Fourth of July I want to remind my parents the true meaning of this important holiday. My parents were not born here but they aware of the different holidays that are celebrated in the United States. At times they for get
Monica Contreras
Professor Sabir
English1A: Summer 2012
2 July 2012
Tiffany Chang
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
2 July 2012
Free Write: Freedom, Independence, and Emancipation
The first thing that comes to mind when I hear the word “freedom” is America. America is the land that people view as the land of opportunity. While America does have its fair share of rules and laws, it is generally a place where others can come to live a life of liberation. I’m glad that America gained its independence, and gradually got to become a land of its own. The country now has its own culture and laws, which have allowed people like us to lived life happily. Sometimes, I think that we, as Americans, take what we have for granted.
Our lives are filled with different forms of independence, unlike the women of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity, by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, has to face. The women in the collection of stories have created their own freedom and empowered other women to do the same. With their bold actions, the majority of women have more confidence to act bravely as well. For example, Usha Narayane from India, refuses to get raped by Akku Yadav, by blocking his entrance into her home. The women of the town saw this, and were empowered to give him what he deserves. Eventually, they got their revenge by having every woman stab him with a knife. Women like Usha break the cultural norms and fight for the freedom of the prostitutes in the brothels, the women suffering fistula, and much more. Although they do not completely gain their independence, the women gradually inch their ways towards success. They have emancipated many women with their strong desire for freedom from the gender restraints.
Donna Hang
Professor Sabir
English 1A
July 2, 2012
Freedom Freewrite
When I think of freedom, the first thing that pops into my mind would be the first amendment because the first amendment talks about the things that you can or cannot do, such as the freedom of speech. There are some words that cannot express in public such as saying fire in a theater. Another thought that pops up when I think of the word freedom would be rights, because everyone is obligated to rights in some way or another whether it be sitting anywhere you want on the bus to dressing however you want.
Chie Shan Chan
Professor Sabir
English1A: Summer 2012
2 July 2012
Library Research
There are definitely many different ways to research. Researching on a topic gives the writer a wider insight on the topic they write about. Your topic would also need to be narrowed down and specific so searching for evidence would be more easy to identify and helpful to you. It would be easier if you come up with a question that you want to answer in your paper, which usually helps further identify what you are trying to prove with your paper. Some questions that we should ask ourselves when we come across a source would be whether it is relevant and how it could help support your paper. To determine whether a publication is scholarly or not, it’s typically identified by the way of writing or the layout the writing is on. For example, a magazine would be an unscholarly, also classified as popular. A journal would be considered scholarly depending on their citing, vocabulary use, and the length of the writing.
The College of Alameda library provides many organized and different categories of sources that could be searched under. Unless you have a specific source that you want, you could always choose ‘Expanded Academic ASAP’ where it searches sources combined with articles, news, journals, and so on. I used the expanded academic search and typed in trafficking, there were immediately a variety of results showing. Since my topic is very general, I looked over all the results to see which one would seem the most interesting and most relevant to Half the Sky. I came across an article posted by the FBI stating the issue of sex trafficking still continues to exist in the United States and many other places. Even till this day, there is such thing as modern slavery existing and this articles states how the federal government has taken action to prevent this from continuing.
Saalihah Mays
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
July 2, 2012
Freewrite
Freedom, emancipation and independence all of these terms are positive and represent what people have been fighting for for years. Freedom is what we all want or need to be who we are I personally don't like to feel like I am restricted and many other people don't either that's why we fight for it to some what be treated equally emancipation I think of emancipation as starting something new being able to go on your own and accomplishing things a new beginning. Independence is like becoming set free almost like a combination of freedom and emancipation. Being independent is showing people that you are able to handle things on your own which has a lot to do with being responsible.
Mohammad Anwar
professor wanda sabir
english 1A
Power.
Power can be defined in different ways. I defined power as a fire. It can burn but also warm up. It burn when people abuse it and it can warm up when people use it in the right way. Last year I took a math class in one of the peralta community colleges. We start the class with an easy syllabus. In that syllabus everything looked really easy and the grade system look satisfactory. During the class we solved really simple questions but in the first midterm we got the most hardest questions. almost everyone got “F” in the class. We all went to talk with him but he kicked all of us out of his office by saying I don’t have time to talk. He hasn’t thought us on how to solve the problems, but he had hard exams. By the end of the semester, we all dropped the class. As a teacher, he abused his power and hurt all of us in terms of getting bad grades and also wasting our time for being in the class. I got a lesson from this teacher that no matter how much power we got. We all always should use them in a right way. We should use them to give benefit for people.
Josefina Belloso
Wanda Sabir
English Summer 2012
2 June 2012
Free write
We might not value our freedom now a day; we might not know the importance of our freedom. Because we see it as something normal, something we have lived with for years. But, unfortunately not everyone had the luck to be free, to be independent. Freedom and independence to me is, to know our voice counts. That out country is build up by our decisions, that our voice is being heard.
Yizhe Liu
Professor Sabir
English 1A
2 July 2012
Free write: Freedom, Emancipation, and Independence.
In my dictionary, the definition for freedom is: power or right to act, speak, or think freely. The definition for emancipation is: free from legal, social, or political restrictions. The definition for independence is: the state of being free from outside control or influence; self-governing; not connect with someone or some thing.
The Independent Day is the day that Americans declared independence from the British Empire 232 years ago. It is not only a day of milestone for freedom but it is also a moment for everyone to appreciate living independently, having the power to act, speaking and thinking freely from legal, social, and political restrictions.
Slavery is the opposite of freedom. The slavery emancipation is to fight for the right of independent; to be free from owners and finally won as the Emancipation Proclamation abolished slavery in the United States. People here celebrate with fireworks, parties and especially happiness.
I think that every country in the world should celebrate their Independent Day, although some countries’ leaders have the total power over its people by taking their authorities. One can celebrate and remind people about the history as well as appreciate the peaceful life while the other one could encourage more potential emancipators to fight for its rights of being free and independent.
Freedom, Emancipation, and Independence
Freedom is the ability to do what you want, when you want to. It is borderline anarchy, which is why there is so little freedom in the world. Freedom allows a person to open their minds to new ideas, but as the same time that same freedom allows a person to suppress the minds of others. Freedom has many definitions, and all of them in a way are correct. But it raises questions that may or may not be answerable. Can we kill in the name of freedom? Can we take from another and blame it on others? Morally, these are wrong, which is why we have boundaries and rules to restrict one's freedoms, and punishments for those who cross that line.
Freedom, emancipation, independence; all these words essentially thesame thing, just used in different ways. But with the coming of the 4th of July, the day the United States of America declared its independence from Britian, we have to ask ourselves: What is freedom, and how is it any different from anarchy? This question may have an answer, and maybe it won't.
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Raymond Hui
Professor Sabir
English 1A
4 July 2012
Freedom is the ability to do what you want, when you want to. It is borderline anarchy, which is why there is so little freedom in the world. Freedom allows a person to open their minds to new ideas, but as the same time that same freedom allows a person to suppress the minds of others. Freedom has many definitions, and all of them in a way are correct. But it raises questions that may or may not be answerable. Can we kill in the name of freedom? Can we take from another and blame it on others? Morally, these are wrong, which is why we have boundaries and rules to restrict one's freedoms, and punishments for those who cross that line.
Freedom, emancipation, independence; all these words essentially thesame thing, just used in different ways. But with the coming of the 4th of July, the day the United States of America declared its independence from Britian, we have to ask ourselves: What is freedom, and how is it any different from anarchy? This question may have an answer, and maybe it won't.
Donna Hang
Professor Sabir
English 1A
July 3,2012
The wonders of the library
The key points that I took away from the library orientation about research is that there is a difference between a scholarly journal and a popular periodical, for the research portion, I learned that there are websites that are reliable and those that are not. One can be certain that an article is a publication of a scholar by skimming through the article to see whether or not the article is written by an expert, and the article is usually not “flashy” as magazines. One of the databases that the library has would be Ebsco, which is a good database for articles.
LIBRARY ORIENTATION RESPONSE
Tiffany Chang
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
2 July 2012
Library Orientation Review
From today’s library orientation, hosted by Professor Gerstle, I learned that research can be quite easy, if you know where to look. The librarian helped us get familiar with the College of Alameda online databases, such as the Literature Resource Center and Academic Search Premier, and showed us how to search for more specific items. The Literature Resource Center is used for finding author biographies, essays, and book reviews. The Academic Search Premier is useful when looking for book review articles from popular magazines or scholarly journals. We learned that not all online sources are credible too, seeing how just about anyone can put information on a website. That is why it is important to look for the credibility of the author before deciding whether the information presented is reliable.
An article that I found using the Academic Search Premier is a scholarly article titled “The Better Half”, written by Isobel Coleman and can be found in the Foreign Affairs Journal. Her article focuses on the idea of girl power and abolitionists. Girl power is a theme that we have been discussing in class, so I thought this would be a useful source to reference. Another review I chose was found using the same search engine. “Half the Sky Coauthor Nicholas Kristof Responds” prepared by Paige Austin, is in the Women’s Policy Journal of Harvard, is detailed in describing Kristof’s views on women’s rights, education, and poverty while going through the experience. The article includes interviews with the authors, as well as other valuable sources. Searching for these articles was fairly easy, since Professor Gerstle showed us exactly how to narrow a search. I knew exactly where to go, and all I needed to do was type in the title of the book, then specify the results.
Professor Gerstle explains the difference between a scholarly essay, which includes the length, references, location. He stated that scholarly reviews and publications are usually of longer length, while articles that are found in popular magazines tend to be short. A scholarly article will also have many sources, referring to plenty of other works that were looked at when writing the review. He gave us examples of the two different locations where articles may be found. The popular magazine was filled with ads, and a glossy, attractive cover. The scholarly journal had a more sophisticated, bland cover, with “dry-looking” material. Although it may look boring, the academic journals are where you will find the scholar articles.
Professor Wanda Sabir
English1A
2 July 2012
Freedom, emancipation, independence, Empowerment
I view my independence day as the day I left home and went off to begin my college career; attending Sacramento State University. The experience of leaving home was not very thrilling. I thought it would be great to live alone in a dorm room, no more following parents’ house rules or worry about sharing bathroom space. It was empowering to making my own school schedule and knowing I would have my own space. It was not as I expected when I arrived. I never experienced having no money, starving some days, living with a total stranger I could not relate to and not having supply to do my school work. My time at Sacramento State was cut short after only a semester do to various issues, but I do not regret the opportunity.
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