FINAL WEEK

Portfolio Due: 5/7/18

• Collect all of your work during the semester
• Put it in a binder/folder
• Include the Index (INRW) that we printed during class
• Do reflective essay (1pg.)

FINAL DATE FOR REVISIONS & SUBMISSIONS: 5/10/18

GRADES DUE: 5/14/18

5/3

Bring Scantron
Bring Pencil

• We will take departmental final

Bring any revised essays so that we can workshop them as well.

4/26 No Class

I am still not done grading your essays
We will meet next Tuesday.
No class today

ESSAY's DUE TODAY

You have until 12AM to submit your finished essay's.
jreyna_4342@southtexascollege.edu

4/24

Final Essay Due

• 5 pgs. 
• APA style
• 1 source from JSTOR or EBSCO
• Reference/Works Cited page
• Make sure your have your introduction done correctly
• Make sure that you citations are done correctly also
• NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS!!

4/19

Not a mandatory meeting

• I will be available in case you have questions on your essay or need help researching

Final Essay Options

Final Research Paper Options

1. Write a 5 page paper on any subject related to PEDAGOGY. The essay can be off an academic
article you find on JSTOR or EBSCOhost. Subjects can be related to the following:

• Education
• ESL
• Critical Pedagogy
• Art

2. Write a 5 page paper on one short story, or essay that we have read this semester. Don’t just
summarize; Provide your own insight and response to each work. Choose from the following:

• Never Marry A Mexican – Sandra Cisneros
• Indian Camp – Earnest Hemingway
• Movimientos de rebeldía y las culturas que traicionan – Gloria Anzaldúa

3. Using a film studies approach, write a 5 page feminist critique on The Little Mermaid.
Essay Instructions:
- 5 pages
- Argumentative Essay
- APA Style
- Works Cited
- 12 pt. font
- Times Roman
- 1 Sources (Must be from JSTOR or EBSCOhost)

4/5

Mandatory Meeting

Agenda:

1.  Discuss final essay requirements 

2.  A review of film studies essay #2 (grading criteria, evaluation, issues, and revision consideration)

3.  Meet individually to discuss student performance (attendance, grades, issues etc..)

Assignment:

• Write short abstract: Tell me what option you will be choosing for your final essay.  What kind of argument will you be making?     
• See Final Essay Options blog post 

APA & MLA Lab Assignment

Answer the following questions: CITE in APA & MLA
Quote borrowed from:
Article: “Dangerous Families” and “Intimate Harm” in Hemingway ”Indian Camp”
Author: Lisa Tyler
Source: Texas Studies in Literature & Language, Spring2006, Vol. 48
Issue 1, p37-53.
p. 38

1. “The story thus presents Nick with two alternatives for responding to women’s suffering—and the
suffering in this story is once again clearly gendered suffering”

Citing More Than Three Authors:
 Authors: Kalay, Johnston , Emerson , Allison , Diaz
Year of Publication: 2013
Pg. 120

2.  “The name given to her is another stimulating situation reflected by Cisneros. While it means‘complication’ or ‘chaos’ in Spanish, it means ‘faith’ and ‘desire’ in English language”

3.  Kalay et al. mentions that Cisneros uses code switching to give us double meanings in Spanish and in English.

4.  The author mentions that Cisneros uses code switching to give us double meanings in Spanish and in English

Attendance

FYI: 

• You will now be accountable for absences (three unexcused absences will warrant being dropped from the course)
• Late assignments will no longer be accepted

3/27

Answer the following questions:  MLA & APA assignment

Question 1:
JSTOR
Key Word: film studies
Find: Introducing Film Studies
p. 94
Cite the following APA & MLA:

“They get an introduction to film history from a point of view reflective of and grounded in my published
research”

Question 2:
EBSCOhost
Key Word: film studies an introduction
Find: Irish Film and Media Studies Publication. Introduction
Cite the following in APA & MLA:

“Irish cinema has tended to be read this way too – as reflecting and reflecting on national and social
concerns”

Question 3:
Book, pg. 81
Borderland / La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldúa
Cite the following in APA & MLA:

“Until I can take pride in my language, I cannot take pride in myself. Until I can accept as legitimate
Chicano Texas Spanish, Tex-Mex and all the other languages I speak, I cannot accept the legitimacy of
myself”

In the above passage, Anzaldúa questions her legitimacy as a person through her language and culture.

In the above passage, the author questions her legitimacy as a person through her language and culture.

JSTOR & EBSCO Lab

JSTOR & EBSCO Lab

Answer the following questions:

1. Using JSTOR advanced search look up keywords: Americo Paredes, Corridos
 How many search results appear?

2. Using JSTOR advanced search look up keywords: Pedagogy, critical theory, Freire
 Who Wrote “Classroom Authority and Critical Pedagogy”?
 What journal does it appear on?
 What is the volume number?
 What year was it published?

3. Using EBSCOhost advanced search look keywords: Americo Paredes, Corridos
 How many search results appear?

4. Using EBSCOhost advanced search look up keywords: Pedagogy, Critical Theory, Freire
 Who wrote “Critical Pedagogy and the Praxis of Worldly
Philosophy.”?
 What journal does it appear on?
 What is the volume number?
 What year was it published?

3/22

Mandatory meeting

• We will be discussing research methods
• If you are absent you will be lost

ESSAY: 

• You have until 12 midnight tonight to electronically submit essay (email: jreyna_4342@southtexascollege.edu)
• Otherwise you will  incur a penalty 
• Late Penalty: 1 letter grade off each day that it is late
• This will be the last assignment I will accept as being late 

3/20

Film Studies Essay: Chasing Amy

Answer One of the following questions in short answer form (2-3 pages).  You will be evaluated
on the following criteria: (1) quality of writing—clarity, organization of paper, good intro, good
closing, well developed body paragraphs; (2) meaningful integration of lecture and film
discussion.

1.      Hooper X is probably the most eccentric character in the film. How does knowing the
CONTEXT of his character reinforce social issues of today?

2.      Throughout the film, Holden seems to be on a path of self-discovery.  Give examples of his
view of BINARY relationships and how they clash with Alyssa’s point of views. Is he a dynamic
character? Does he mature or grow as a person?

3.      One of the themes in the film is the issue of sex.  Do you agree with any of the characters in
their views, or do you have a completely different idea? Use examples in the film to
compare/contrast with your own.

Click Here For Lecture

Click Here For Film Minutes

3/6

We will discuss the film next time we meet. 

Please make sure to attend lecture. 

Second essay will be based on the film.

Watch the film: Chasing Amy

Click Here For Movie

Click Here For Link

Do Scavenger Hunt before you watch the FILM:

Scavenger Hunt Assignment

Film Studies: Chasing Amy

Search for the following terms and items on google and give me a short answer to each:

·         Lando Calrissian

·         Star Wars

·         Return of the Jedi

·         Anakin Skywalker

·         Darth Vader

·         Hee Haw

·         Larry Flint

·         Cheech and Chong

·         Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

·         Spanish Fly

·         Sega Genesis

·         Dyke

·         Magic 8 Ball

·         Angela Lansbury (most famous role)

·         "Fight The Power"

·         Jay & Silent Bob

·         Ostracized

·         Cathartic
- Holden Caufield
- "Uncle Tom"

2/27

Read:

• "Never Marry A Mexican" by Sanda Cisneros
• Movimientos de rebeldia y las culturas que traicionan by Gloria Anzaldúa

Write: 1 page response (half/half)

Extra Credit Reading: "Woman Hollering Creek" by Sandra Cisneros

Write: 1 page response

Define the following:

• Patriarch
• Feminist Theory
• Sexism
• Misogyny
• Double Standard 

2/22

Mandatory Class Meeting

• We will be discussing your midterm grades

Group Project Extension UPDATE

No Class Meeting 2/13

• I have decided to give an extension on the Presentation/Essay assignment 

New Due Date: 2/15

• Presentation & Essay Due

Poem

A Rooster Crows en Iowa y en Texas by Tomas Rivera
Click Here For Poem

2/13

Group Assignment:  Read "School As Inquiry" - Seven Wolk

Presentation: 5-8 min 

Begin to critically analyze the text (construct/build meaning). 

You are not summarizing the essay to present. 

Pick something specific within the article that you wish to discuss as a group.  

You have the autonomy of presenting anyway you want

Medium:

• If you are using multi-media, please bring device to use in class that can be used with projector(ex. laptop computer)
• If using power point, save in USB drive
• If using YouTube, keep to minimal (1-2 min tops)
• If handing out material, please make sufficient copies

Rubric:

• Everyone must participate
• I will be providing FEEDBACK for each individual group
• ORIGINALITY of presentation will be taken into account
• Style and effective rhetorical  and oral presentation will be taken into account.
• Use your grammar and vocabulary skills effectively. Don't be embarrassed to sound smart!
• Looking for thoughtful ANALYSIS and interpretations of the TEXT (Article)   

Essay: 

• 3 pages /  You can split this up between group members
• I don't want three separate response papers
• I want a unified paper / cohesive / organized essay
• Construct meaning, use your writing experience, use discussions in class to guide your paper
• Use academic related information that we have used in class if you want (Pedagogy/Meta-cognition//Standardized Testing/Rhetorical Reading/Content/Context) 

2/8

Read: Haas & Flowers (Up to pg. 170)
Write: 1 pg response

HAAS & FLOWERS

Haas & Flowers (Lab Outline)
Post Outline Below

2/1

No Class Meeting Today

• We will finish the Downs & Wardle Discussion next week
• Keep your response papers.  I will collect them next week.

Begin reading: Haas & Flowers article

1/30

Finish Reading: Downs & Wardle (Skip: The Writing About Writing Course)
Write: 1 page response and answer the following questions:

• As a student and a person how do you use writing in your life?
• According to Downs and Wardle, does writing easily transfer to other academic situations (courses)?
• Is it important to know for who (audience) you're writing for? Why or why not?

1/25

Read: Downs & Wardle

• Article found under assigned readings

1/23

If you missed 1st day:

• Tell me about your reading and writing experience 
• Do you enjoy reading/ writing? Why why not?
• Write one page.

1/23
Read : Lammot & Díaz articles under Assigned Readings
Write: 1 pg response

Welcome

I want to take this opportunity to welcome everyone to our class forum. I will be integrating our readings, announcements, workshops, assignments, and discussions on here, so it would be wise if you begin to familiarize yourselves with the page. I look forward to meeting everyone. Look for more updates soon!!