Apr
21
Final Portfolio
April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Due: Monday, 4/28
Please compile your end-of-the-year portfolio in the following order. Each individual draft should be stapled separately. The entirety of all the drafts and reflections and writing prompts (aka your portfolio) should be bound with a large binder clip (please no folders, binders, envelopes, rubber bands, etc. — one simple binder [...]
Apr
21
Presentation
April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment
due: Monday 4/28 and Wednesday 4/30
5 – 7 minutes
Next week you will be presenting one of your three papers to the class in the form of an oral presentation. You can choose any of the three papers. You won’t be reading word-for-word, but rather presenting the class with a summary of [...]
Apr
7
essay assignment #3
April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Essay #3: Cultural Criticism/Commentary/Academic Essay
3-5pp.
due: Wednesday 4/16
(E.g. Nickel and Dimed, “Virtual Gangstas Coming to a Suburban House Near You”, “The Empire of Images in Our World of Bodies”, “Essential Play”)
Your topic (taken from the blogging you’ve done this semester) must be a “thorny” one–one that is complex and for which there is no easy [...]
Mar
19
Conference week activity
March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment
due: Wednesday 3/26 in class
Your final paper (essay #3) is going to be a researched essay which develops its thesis out of the thinking you’ve been doing on the theme of your blog throughout this semester. This paper should represent the culmination of that writing and thinking and represent an argument that has begun [...]
Feb
20
essay assignment #2
February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This film is (*really*) about…
That is your prompt for this essay.
Find (at least) one source (a “they say”) that has something to say about this film (or something to say about film in general that you can apply to a reading of this film). Introduce what your source says into your essay. [...]
Feb
18
Components of mid-term portfolio
February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Please compile your mid-term portfolio in the following order. Each individual draft should be stapled separately. The entirety of all the drafts, writing prompts, and any brainstorming (aka your portfolio) should be bound with a large binder clip (please no folders, binders, envelopes, rubber bands, etc. — one simple binder clip will suffice). [...]
Feb
17
Draft #2 of essay #1
February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Your second draft of your personal narrative essay will be the same idea, topic, story, event, etc., but it will use all new language! In other words, I don’t want to recognize the second draft immediately upon seeing it; I don’t want to be reading the same draft that I did the first time [...]
Feb
13
Digital assignment #7: Search Engines and RSS
February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Complete this assignment by Monday 2/18, and I can answer any questions you have in class.
1. Open up your Google Reader. In a separate tab to go blogpulse’s advanced search option.
2. In the “search for” line choose “exact phrase” and enter in the theme of your blog.
3. Click go.
4. [...]
Feb
3
Wiki and workshop information
February 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The class wiki for ENG105 section 01 can be found here.
The class wiki for ENG105 section 18 can be found here.
1. Follow the link to the wiki for your class section and use your invite key to log in. Use your first and last name (and e-mail). Find your group and click [...]
Jan
28
RSS application for Myspace and Facebook users
January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment
For Facebook users:
1. Browse applications in Facebook for “simply RSS” (you can do a search for this). If you don’t know how to do this, click on edit next to Applications in your profile. Next, click browse more applications. Do a search for simply RSS.
2. Click on “simply [...]
