The end of the first week...
With the closing of this first week, hopefully everyone is settling into the class and is ready to start working. We begin our first full writing project this next Monday.
Aside from a few business items (a journal check that included write #1 and quote #1) and some more class overview issues, we addressed the topic of annotation. On Monday we will be looking at the short story we will focus on for our character analysis paper, and having those annotation skills will come in handy.
-As a way to practice, we annotated a snippet by Alain De Bottom...
Friday, January 30, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Jan 29th
Shifting gears...
Making the transition from one project to another, we finished our thougths on the Personal Insight paper with some revisions on a poorly created Introduction (Mine!)- Character Analysis, here we come...
Character Analysis beginnings:
To close out the class we began looking at the types of questions we, as readers, need to ask when looking into the make-up of a character... to be continued tomorrow...
Making the transition from one project to another, we finished our thougths on the Personal Insight paper with some revisions on a poorly created Introduction (Mine!)- Character Analysis, here we come...
Character Analysis beginnings:
To close out the class we began looking at the types of questions we, as readers, need to ask when looking into the make-up of a character... to be continued tomorrow...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Jan 28th
Something is scary in Essay Land...
In an effort to link the previous day's classes to the two writing projects we completed our first quote journal write (Quote #1). I thought that the quote selection raises questions of who we are as individuals, linking to our Personal Insight writing, in addition to extending thoughts on how we perceive others, which moves into our next write which requires character analysis. I'm curious to see what connections were made in class...
"We live in our own souls as in an unmapped region, a few acres of which we have cleared for our own habitation; while of the nature of those nearest us we know but the boundaries that march with ours."
-Edith Wharton (The Touchstone)
Onwards!
The basics of an essay format were recorded into our journal. This was done withe the aid of a couple examples:
hmmmm... go figure.
We finished the class with some examples of Introductions... good ones... and bad ones...
DUE MONDAY: Personal Insight INTRODUCTION
In an effort to link the previous day's classes to the two writing projects we completed our first quote journal write (Quote #1). I thought that the quote selection raises questions of who we are as individuals, linking to our Personal Insight writing, in addition to extending thoughts on how we perceive others, which moves into our next write which requires character analysis. I'm curious to see what connections were made in class...
"We live in our own souls as in an unmapped region, a few acres of which we have cleared for our own habitation; while of the nature of those nearest us we know but the boundaries that march with ours."
-Edith Wharton (The Touchstone)
Onwards!
The basics of an essay format were recorded into our journal. This was done withe the aid of a couple examples:
hmmmm... go figure.We finished the class with some examples of Introductions... good ones... and bad ones...
DUE MONDAY: Personal Insight INTRODUCTION
Jan 27th
Today we flew past some business items- addressing any issues with the syllabus and signing them, briefly talking about the previous day's journal write, taking a look at the on-line resources, and then completing a student survey (that will help me focus in on areas of concern for this class).
Onwards from there...
The second half of the class dealt with the format of an essay.
-Students brainstormed essay elements in small groups
-As a class we listed the different elements and briefly talked about them
-At the end of the exercise there was a cursory mention of RUBRICS
DUE IN CLASS: Student Survey
Onwards from there...
The second half of the class dealt with the format of an essay.
-Students brainstormed essay elements in small groups
-As a class we listed the different elements and briefly talked about them
-At the end of the exercise there was a cursory mention of RUBRICS
DUE IN CLASS: Student Survey
Monday, January 26, 2009
The first day...
Jan 26th:
Introductions were made...
The basics of the Syllabus were addressed and opened up for comments to the class. By the next class students are to read the syllabus and make note of anything they want to adjust. Tomorrow, if no issues prevent the occurrence, students will agree to the classroom policies by signing the form.
An overview of the portfolio requirements were addressed:
-4 multi-draft papers
-2 pressure compositions
To close off the class there was a journal write (JW #1) that was turned into Mr.Chan:
Write about a personal interest or passion and explain how it gives some insight into you as an individual and your future ambitions.
Homework: Obtain a composition notebook (journal) by Wednesday
Introductions were made...
The basics of the Syllabus were addressed and opened up for comments to the class. By the next class students are to read the syllabus and make note of anything they want to adjust. Tomorrow, if no issues prevent the occurrence, students will agree to the classroom policies by signing the form.
An overview of the portfolio requirements were addressed:
-4 multi-draft papers
-2 pressure compositions
To close off the class there was a journal write (JW #1) that was turned into Mr.Chan:
Write about a personal interest or passion and explain how it gives some insight into you as an individual and your future ambitions.
Homework: Obtain a composition notebook (journal) by Wednesday
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Hello
Welcome to the Comp II English Blog! This site will be an on-line supplement to class activities. I look forward to our semester together- see you in class...
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