Intro to Folktales

Prezi on Folktales
Prezi on Creation Myths

And song bombs!

Utopia Day 4

Discuss C & E 2.3 (due on Turnitin.com)
Discuss Utopias - Groups and Topics
Thanksgiving Day Research
Assignment:
3.2 - Complete sentences and complete paragraphs
Create a holiday/ritual for your utopia.
Include the event being celebrated as well as foods, customs, celebrations (as any ancillary problems or benefits caused by the celebration.)

Project Analysis: Day 1

Let's pause our work on Cause and Effect for a moment. I'd like you to read the film "An Inconvenient Truth," which is a document about global warming, explaining the causes of global warming as well as the effects.
Please list causes and effects on Bb.

I introduce Project 3: the Process-Analysis Essay. Your assignment is to complete a detailed outline (post to Bb).

Here is an example of a formal outline.

Vocabulary Term: panopticon

Process-Analysis Day 1

Vocabulary words: Panopticon

Utopia Day 2

Michael Green's TED Talk

Today's Meet

Useful quote from Green's talk: "The Social Progress Index basically asks three fundamental questions about a society. First of all, does everyone have the basic needs of survival: food, water, shelter, safety? Secondly, does everyone have the building blocks of a better life: education, information, health and a sustainable environment? And does everyone have the opportunity to improve their lives, through rights, freedom of choice, freedom from discrimination, and access to the world's most advanced knowledge?"

For Monday:

Group Project 2.2 

Cause and Effect: Why is this the worst problem? Why does it deserve attention?

Use 4 steps of Academic Writing

Use quotes as examples

- 3 different sources (1 quote from each source)

Write as a sharable Google Doc. Post your link below as a comment.

Make Up Class: Monday Nov 30 7pm

Introducing Utopias

Today we discussed your mid-term essays. Some common issues were:
Assumptions
 example: "As we all know..."
 Don't assume your reader has the information/perspective that you have. In academic writing, it is your job to convince the skeptical reader.

Qualifying you Opinion
example: "I think..."
The entire paper is your idea/thought. Don't remind the reader of this.

The topic of your sentence is not the topic of your essay.
example: I like this book. (the subject of this sentence is you, not the book.)

Errors in translatioin:
"Nowadays" change to currently
"more and more" change to increasingly or more frequently
"less and less"  change to more infrequently or decline
cliched words to never use again:
vivid
colorful
phenomenon


Your assignment:
Review your mid-term essay.
1) identify what is working well
2) identify what is not working
3) describe what you would do to fix it.
You may use the feedback I have given you, but you must also have your own words and thoughts.

After the break, I introduced the concept of utopia Utopia and introduced our semester-long project (please see assignment sheet at right).

Utopia Spreadsheet

Thursday, 10/29

We began with our usual "Would You Rather" exercise. And today I added a new rule: refer to another of your colleagues' arguments and agree/disagree/build with it.

You did a great job.

Talking points today were:
- your Project 1 papers
- plagiarism
- quotation and summary
-- Google Doc: Summary and Quotation Exercicse
- specificity (the peanut butter and jelly demonstration)

The following points will be discussed on Monday:
- introducing sources
- in-text citation
- OWL of Purdue

Assignment: Repeat the Summary and Quotation Exerccise individually (on Bb)
Please don't use the same paragraph as used here.

Cause and Effect: Project 2

Today we reviewed

the 4 Steps of Academic Writing

and 3 Types of Evidence

I also introduced Project 2 (see link to the right). Our mid-term exam will be next Monday (Nov 2) and in this exam, you will write the first draft of Project 2.

We have had to examples of Cause and Effect essays: Awuah and Bulosan.

Rather than look at a third essay, you opted to brainstorm ideas about social issues. You began doing that here: Google Doc: Brainstorming for Project 2

You will present your findings to the class on Thursday

Cause and Effect: Bulosan's Essay

Today we talked about types of evidence or ways to support your claims.

1) Numbers/ Data/ Statistics:
Use numbers to establish a pattern that supports your claim.
Example: The rainforest used to cover 14% of the earth's surface, now it only covers 6%.

2) Expert
Using the findings or opinions of someone with a lot of training/experience in this field.
Example: Maria, the famous biologist and author of Dying Earth, believes that the earth is in peril. She says, "Humans are killing the earth slowly."

3) Anecdotal Evidence
Using a short story or experience to illustrate your point.
Example: The neighborhood where I grew up used to have many trees, but now most of those trees have been replaced by new homes and parking lots.

I also introduced the 4 Steps of Academic Writing:
1) Identify the Topic
2) Define Key Terms
3) Explain
4) Give Examples

These steps are useful because they create a formula that every academic essay follows. It can help you to understand a difficult essay. This formula can also help to provide structure when you are writing your own essay.

We then applied these steps to Bulosan's essay.
1) the topic
how capitalists exploit laborers
the thesis statement (thesis = subject + claim) is "wealth is produced and privately appropriated" (342)

2) key terms/ideas
Bulosan defines "private appropriation" as "wealth of the United States is produced by the people...and distributed by the industrialists"

3) Explain & Example
A. Bulosan explains how industrialists neglect/ignore/take advantage of laborers
Example: a rich girl wasting money on a dog
(while laborers have no money to waste)
B. He claims that capitalism depends on competition, which results in the inevitable failure of certain groups, creating futher exploitation.

In the Google Doc (below), we identified the topic sentence of every paragraph in the essay.
The topic sentence will introduce the subject of that paragraph (and it will always relate to the thesis).
Now it is your turn to identify how each topic sentence is supported. Make sure you use your own words.

Bulosan Google Doc

We will continue reading the Bulosan essay on Monday. (Though, if you would like to get ahead in the reading, you may begin the McGuire essay "Growing Up with Two Moms")

Cause and Effect Day 1

Cause and Effect Essays examine relationships between two things. They either ask:
1) Why did this thing happen?/What caused it?/Why is it the way that it is?
2) What happened next? What is the effect of this event?

Today we will watch Patrick Awuah's TED Talk on leadership.

You can follow along on the transcript here.
I would also like you to use TodaysMeet to participate in the discussion.

For group discussion, please use this Google Doc.

Comparison and Contrast Draft 2

Please view Brata's Comparison and Contrast essay Slide. Pay special attention to the words/sentence structures used in comparison and the words/sentence structures used for contrast.

Comparison Contrast (point-by-point) Organization: Draft 1.3 > 500 words

1)      The introduction should provide the following:

a)      The names and authors of the texts being examined Refer to authors by their last name (Example: Angela Carter is not Angela or Ms. Carter. Just Carter.)

b)      A generalization of the “larger truth” that emerges

c)      (optional) Generalization of similarities/differences

2)      Paragraph 2: Introduce Criteria 1

a.       (define this criteria)

b.      How does this criteria work in Text 1

c.       How does this criteria work in Text 2

d.      Closing sentence: Point out similarities and contrasts.

3)      Paragraph 3: Introduce Criteria 2

a.       (define this criteria)

b.      How does this criteria work in Text 1

c.       How does this criteria work in Text 2

d.      Closing sentence: Point out similarities and contrasts.

4)      Paragraph 4: Introduce Criteria 3

a.       (define this criteria)

b.      How does this criteria work in Text 1

c.       How does this criteria work in Text 2

d.      Closing sentence: Point out similarities and contrasts.

5)      Conclusion: the larger truth

-          Which text is “better”? (Example: While Text 1 is more _____, Text 2 is ultimately the better text because it ______.)

-          More rewarding as a reader? (Example: While Text 1 is a more challenging read than Text 2, it is also more enjoyable because _________.)

-          Do you learn anything about what the author is trying to do? What readers want? The way audiences change over time?

Vocabulary Words (from class):

1. individual
2. ambitious
3. self-reliant
4. traditionalist
5. identity
6. hack
7. authority
8. default
9. internal (external)
10. perceive/perception

Rhetorical Situation and Comparison & Contraast

We discussed
The Rhetorical Situation (please see slide show to the right).
The important elements that you need to know are:

• Audience
• Purpose
• Genre
• Stance
• Media/Design

We applied these ideas to the various versions of Little Red Riding Hood that you have read for this class (see table: "LLRH & RS" to the right)

We then talked about Project 1: Comparison and Contrast, in which you compare and contrast 2 of the 3 different LLRH stories. The main question to answer here is: Which one is better? (I encourage you to complicate this question.)

The steps of comparison and contrast are
1) establishing criteria
2) evaluation

We practiced establishing criteria using several short clips in which people eat tarantulas: 1) the BBC documentary of Piora children, 2) the clip from a show titled "Bizarre Foods" and 3) "Food for Louis" Each of the films involved eating tarantulas, but in different ways.

You identified that the films had different purposes: 1 informed the audience about a culture and their lifestyle, 2) informed about the way to prepare tarantulas, while 3 entertained.
You also identified that the characters in the films had different purposes for eating them; the kids in the jungle ate in order to survive, while the woman cooking in Thailand cooked in order to earn money. Conversely, Louis ate as a performance to entertain. We identified several more criteria before I asked you to evaluate. "Which method of eating would you choose?"

Now I would like you to apply this knowledge to the LLRH texts.
Assignment (on Bb)
Draft 1 (due Thursday, Oct 1) - determine the text and criteria you will use. Make a detailed/specific table of the way each criteria works in the two texts
Draft 2 - (due Monday, Oct 12) Create a detailed outline of your paper. Use the link within the assignment page for more information/examples of outlines.

Vocabulary Terms used in Class: individual, ambitious, self-reliance, traditionalist, identity, hack, authority, default

Discussion for Carter

In Carter's story, what does it mean to be human? Who is the most human character in "In the Company of Wolves" and why?

Day 3: Little Red Riding Hood (part 1)

Today we had a discussion about participation and communication using Amy Cuddy's TEDTalk about body language.

We brainstormed a few ways to be more powerful in class [and your college career], even if you feel that you don't have the answer including non- verbal communications such as making eye contact and raising your hand, or verbal communications such as "I don't know, but I'm going to find out" or asking a clarifying question. I'd you to practice this in class.

Discussion of Little Red Riding Hood Tales & The Morality Tale*
The pattern of the Little Red Riding Hood story is:
1. Little Red Riding Hood is given a rule (Stay away from the Unknown)
2. Alone in the woods she meets the wolf, who convinces her to break her rule
3. Because she breaks the rule, she is in danger
    A. Sometimes she is punished (by being eaten by the wolf)
         i. everybody dies. The end.
         ii. She is rescued by the huntsman
    B. Sometimes she becomes aware of the danger and is able to escape
4. Ends with a moral lesson.

* The morality tale is a story that instructs behavior, or that establishes rules for the audience.

We talked about the different characters:

Red Riding Hood
- ignorant and innocent
- lacks critical thought
- is sometimes sexualized

Wolf (villain)
- dangerous
- manipulative
- charming
- foreign/unknown

Huntsman (the sometimes hero)
- authority figure
- familiar

We looked at other versions of LLRH throughout history, including television and film. You pointed out that she was often sexualized and that the wolf often represented different cultural fears.

Homework:
Read & Respond on Bb: Angela Carter's "In the Company of Wolves" (link to the right)
Use the Google Doc to collaborate
As you read, think about the roles of characters and themes in Little Red Riding Hood stories. I'd also like you to think about what kind of story this is. Is it a morality tale? Or something else

Day 2: 9/17

We will be watching a TED Talk today. If you would like to view the transcript, you can click here: Amy Cuddy TED Talk Transcript

Using Figment

• Please go to figment.com
• Sign-up using a name that I will recognize (either your English nickname or your Chinese name in pinyin is fine).
• Find our group "Marquardt ENG 1300"
• Prepare and post your work!

Day 1: Diagnostic Essay

Write an essay on one of the topics below. Write at least 500 words. Post your essay to our group on figment.com

Time limit: 2 hours

A. Describe a person who has had a great influence on your life. Give some reasons why you have chosen this person and how this has influenced your own life.

B. Describe the most memorable day of your life. Explain what made it memorable and in what ways the events have influenced your life.