Day 3
Today in class we reviewed summaries of the MX essay (both the handout and the essay in 50 Essays, a longer version of the same essay.) In the 11-11:50 class we welcomed a few new students. In the 9-9:50 class, we had a cozy number of students (9-10). Perhaps there was a chore which kept the other students away. Only one student completed his assignment (Joan Didion's Why I Write.)
Homework in all classes is to respond to the syllabus (on the blog, if you know how). I was able to demonstrate how to post a comment using a gmail address to 3 of the 4 classes. tomorrow I will show the 9-9:50 class how to comment on the blog.If a student does not have a gmail account, create one before class tomorrow. Use your first and last name.
Homework for the 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. classes is to read the Helen Keller essay. Annotate it and write a summary. See Hacker page 76. It gives precise and specific detailed instructions on how to write a summary. You can also visit this link for assistance: http://www.ucwv.edu/uploadedFiles/University_of_Charleston/Communications_Resources_Center_%28CRC%29/Summarizing.pdf
I apologize for the quick pace this week. We will review everything in depth subsequent weeks. I do not know what you know. However, I will try to respond if not in class, here and subsequently in office hours and in follow-up class sessions.
Many students did not hear me when I suggestions students cite Malcolm X's book instead of the section from an anthology, just because you do not know where the essay was published. Here is a link to a cite which will help you cite a book: http://dianahacker.com/pdfs/Hacker-Cit-MLA-Book-RD4.pdf
Here are the details for the book: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/autobiography-of-malcolm-x-malcolm-x/1002064844?ean=9780345350688
I am not going to give you this kind of support all the time, so enjoy it (smile).
For the Helen Keller essay use the following to write the citation: http://www.neiu.edu/~circill/sreenan/ling120/daylancam.pdf
(NEIU is Northeastern Illinois University). This is what I found on their cite:
The Keller summary should be between 100-250 words. Include one citation. Also include a works cited page. Bring to class tomorrow.
Weekend homework for everyone is to locate the essays we will be reading next week and get a copy of Theoharis so that you can do the reading for Monday, August 26, 2013. We will have a Grammar Exam next week. We will also write a compare and contrast essay in class utilizing one the the four essays read on literacy: MX, Helen Keller, F. Douglass and Sherman Alexie.
Note:
We will practice in-text and works cited in class next week as well. If you do not have your materials you will not be able to participate in class next week. If you are having difficulty, I suggest you find a person in class to share books with. Students can rent the textbooks from the bookstore (Cohen and perhaps Hacker and Graff/Birkenstein.) I already mentioned that Theoharis is probably at a local public library and maybe at Laney where the author teaches.
There is not enough time left to order on-line. If you haven't already done so, buy the books from the bookstore. You do not have a week, unless you can share with someone else.
Homework in all classes is to respond to the syllabus (on the blog, if you know how). I was able to demonstrate how to post a comment using a gmail address to 3 of the 4 classes. tomorrow I will show the 9-9:50 class how to comment on the blog.If a student does not have a gmail account, create one before class tomorrow. Use your first and last name.
Homework for the 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. classes is to read the Helen Keller essay. Annotate it and write a summary. See Hacker page 76. It gives precise and specific detailed instructions on how to write a summary. You can also visit this link for assistance: http://www.ucwv.edu/uploadedFiles/University_of_Charleston/Communications_Resources_Center_%28CRC%29/Summarizing.pdf
I apologize for the quick pace this week. We will review everything in depth subsequent weeks. I do not know what you know. However, I will try to respond if not in class, here and subsequently in office hours and in follow-up class sessions.
Many students did not hear me when I suggestions students cite Malcolm X's book instead of the section from an anthology, just because you do not know where the essay was published. Here is a link to a cite which will help you cite a book: http://dianahacker.com/pdfs/Hacker-Cit-MLA-Book-RD4.pdf
Here are the details for the book: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/autobiography-of-malcolm-x-malcolm-x/1002064844?ean=9780345350688
I am not going to give you this kind of support all the time, so enjoy it (smile).
For the Helen Keller essay use the following to write the citation: http://www.neiu.edu/~circill/sreenan/ling120/daylancam.pdf
(NEIU is Northeastern Illinois University). This is what I found on their cite:
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
Helen Keller
(1880-1968) became blind and deaf at the age of eighteen months as a
result of a disease. As a child, then, Keller be- came accustomed to
her ...
www.neiu.edu/~circill/sreenan/ling120/daylancam.pdf
Assignment for English 1A classes that meet 10 and 11. For the other two classes, read for Monday. I will give you the Keller essay in the morning. It is not in 50 Essays. These two classes will not write summaries.
Weekend homework for everyone is to locate the essays we will be reading next week and get a copy of Theoharis so that you can do the reading for Monday, August 26, 2013. We will have a Grammar Exam next week. We will also write a compare and contrast essay in class utilizing one the the four essays read on literacy: MX, Helen Keller, F. Douglass and Sherman Alexie.
Note:
We will practice in-text and works cited in class next week as well. If you do not have your materials you will not be able to participate in class next week. If you are having difficulty, I suggest you find a person in class to share books with. Students can rent the textbooks from the bookstore (Cohen and perhaps Hacker and Graff/Birkenstein.) I already mentioned that Theoharis is probably at a local public library and maybe at Laney where the author teaches.
There is not enough time left to order on-line. If you haven't already done so, buy the books from the bookstore. You do not have a week, unless you can share with someone else.
posted by Professor Wanda's Posse at 1:12 PM
1 Comments:
Hun Kim
Professor Sabir
English 1A 10-10:50
21 August 2013
Syllabus Response
The syllabus is well organized and tells me what literary materials I need for the class. It also goes over the subjects we will go over and how we will be graded.
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