For Next Week

For Monday:
1.) Read handout from Galician, about The Bachelor
For Next WED
1.) The Kite Runner through CH 10

For Wed 3/30

For WEDNESDAY, read up to CH 6 in The Kite Runner (+ quiz, for old time's sake)

For next MONDAY, read "'Must Marry TV': The Role of the Heterosexual Imaginary in The Bachelor" handed out in class today.

Paper Stuff

Ok. Exploratory Essay 1 due to me Sunday by midnight. dmghunt at gmail dot com.

4 FULL pages (probably 5).
Use 5 sources.
Use the evalutation sheet I gave you
Consult the norming session essays
Use the OWL at Purdue for help with MLA format, in-text citations, and the works cited page.

You can email me questions, but do not wait until the last minute, I cannot promise to be available all weekend.

No reading for Monday.

For WEDNESDAY, read up to CH 6 in The Kite Runner

For Wed 3/23

CH “Measuring Bodies” p. 142 in Gould. Quiz.

Essays due this weekend. We’ll talk specifics on Wed.

Keep reading The Kite Runner. Blog assignments to begin next week. Yay!

Work for Monday 3.21

For Monday: p. 38 from “Rewriting” (in the “Forwarding” chapter)

"Conversing in Writing

Find a listserv or blog whose topics interest you. Spend a few days following the exchanges on it. Note down those moments at which the members of the list or board really seem to be 'conversing in writing' with each other, and also note points where they seem to be doing something else (forwarding, flaming digressing, whatever). How useful is the metaphor of conversation in describing the exchanges you've observed? What does the metaphor distort or fail to describe?"

Be sure to write a paragraph to turn in answering these questions, and be ready to show and discuss your online discussion in class.

Also, start reading The Kite Runner

For Wed. 3/16

For Wed: Ch 2 in Gould, or on e-reserve. Woot. Instructions for e-reserve are in previous posts.

Keep researching for your exploratory essay. These are my brilliant notes to think about:

Exploratory Essays: thesis-seeking.

They move:
Question to Question
Idea to Idea
Quote to Quote (source to source)

Keep at it! :)

Library Session on Wed! OMG.

Library session on Wed room L-304

Controversy in your chosen field:
For example, in education: NCLB, standardized tests, student-teacher relationships.

Google profession + controversy
Keep a running log (or use your blog!) to bring on Wed.

For example:
• Searched google for “nursing + controversial topics”
• Found a list of controversial topics, chose “Restraints and Nursing Homes”
• Searched Restraints and Nursing homes, found http://www.rehabnurse.org/pdf/GeriatricsRestraints.pdf Told me: restraints agitate patients and increase bad behavior

Make sure your topic has 2 sides.

etc. Have a topic TO research on Wed.

Please be prepared.

Your Blog Post #1

Hi, Class!

For your first blog post, I want you to introduce yourself to me as a writer. Please complete this assignment by Monday morning.

How do you feel about writing? Do you consider yourself a writer? Why or why not? Tell me more about your relationship with writing in the past, and how you hope this class helps you become a better writer. Tell me anything else you want me to know, as well, like your favorite color, or how you're obsessed with roller coasters.

For help with things like spelling and grammar, I encourage you to type this blog post into a Microsoft Word Document, and then paste it in the fancy text box provided to you by the wonderful people at blogger.

Be sure you're entering this information on YOUR blog, not mine, and not email.

Readings for Monday

On eReserve: http://eres.kingsborough.edu:8080/eres/default.aspx

Or here

Remember to use the guidelines from "Rewriting", Projects "Translating a Text into Your Own Terms." p.24

You're going to want to have a good half-page to a page of these notes, and I will collect them on Monday.

Email me with questions! Have a good weekend!