B”H

Many of our classes were interrupted by the bomb threat at Morehouse college this morning.  At the time of the bomb threat, I cancelled the remaining classes for the day.  I consider your safety to be the most important issue, secondary to my class schedule–of course!

Because I cancelled class, many of you from my 11 a.m. classes and my 1 p.m. classes do not know what we are doing on Friday.

Friday will be an in-class writing day.  We will be completing the rough draft of your reflection paper at that time.  Please come to class prepared to write (bring paper or a laptop, please).

Stay safe!

Dr. K

English 105WS should be working on the rough draft of your Academic Movie Review.

The reviews are to be “academic movie reviews,” meaning that they are not to be promotions, evaluations, plain summaries of the story line, and/or a collection of unsupported personal opinions. Instead, you are to analyze an aspect of the movie.

World Literature 202

Read Edgar Allen Poe “The Raven.” (Think spooky thoughts!)

Here’s a great reading via YouTube:

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXU3RfB7308&w=420&h=315]

ENGLISH 105WS

The rough draft for your movie review is not due until Monday, October 31st.  I will be adjusting the syllabus for the rest of the semester to accomodate this change.

ENGLISH 202, World Literature II

I have posted the FINAL PROJECT BLOG assignment and rubric on this blog and on the WIKI.  Please review the requirements before proceeding with your final project blog.  We will be reviewing them in class on Wednesday.

Dr. K is done with Jewish holidays until next Spring.

This will be a week of catch-up for me, and I will be issuing midterm grades this week.  (Last day for posting to Banner is October 28th).

If there are things you need to catch up on, you should be paying close attention to doing that as we move into the last part of the semester.  November will be upon us next week, and that leaves only one more month of school!

I will try to send out lists of what you are due to me at the beginning of next week.

Dr. K

The 202 Midterm has been posted on the WIKI.  I will also bring printed copies to class.  Please complete the midterm and return in class on Monday, October 17th.

ENGLISH 202

Please try to catch up with work you still need to do. The assignments for the Group Project Paper and Paper #1 are on the WIKI.  Any quizzes and/or discussions you need to do are on Engrade.

I will try my best to catch up with my grading before next week, so you should have an idea of what you grade is looking like before you head into the midterm test.

The Midterm will be a take-home test.  I will give it to you on Wednesday, and you need upload it to Engrade by Sunday morning so I can enter you Midterm grades into Banner.  Please don’t turn it in late!!

ENGLISH 105WS

Make sure you are working on the rough draft of your Cultural Analysis paper so that I can conference with you on it during Midterm week.

Remember, you MUST sign up for a conference time on the WIKI.  Right now the WIKI is marked “private” because I don’t want anyone to be able to find your phone numbers and full names (as those are posted on the conference sign-in sheet).  So, if you haven’t joined the WIKI, you will need to do so in order to sign up for your conference.

There will be no regular class meetings during Midterm week to allow time for individual conferences.

Rememember, the Cultural Analysis has been built through a series of assignments:

1.  Prospectus Paragraph (turn in to Insite)
2.  Annotated Bibliography (rough draft 5 sources, final draft 10 sources)

• Prospectus + 10 Sources with annotation in CMS Style
• Two scholarly journal articles from two different  fields (e.g., history, gender studies, sociology, geography, philosophy, religion, art, anthropology, to name a few).
• One encyclopedia entry.
• One scholarly book.
• One Web site.
• + 5 more sources (your choice).

3.  Cultural Analysis Paper (rough draft due at midterm conference)

• 1-2 pages Introduction
• 1-2 pages Research
• 1-2 pages Analysis (What did it all mean?)

B”H

OK, I am back from the three days of religious holidays I celebrated on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.  I will be online most of today catching up with mail, grading, and trying my best to answer all your questions.

If you asked me any questions since Wednesday, I should get back to you today.

Sincerely,

Dr. K

Write the annotated bibliography:

1. List the source in correct CMS format for sources.  Sources should be double-spaced with a hanging indent.  Sources should be organized in alphabetical order. Try an online bibliographic citation system if you’d like.
2. Immediately following the source information, include two short paragraphs:
   • 1-2 sentences that summarize the information available in the source material, and
   • a second paragraph with a 1-2 sentence explanation about how you will use that source to answer your research question.

Continue reading →

B”H

The Pretest has been long in coming, but it is finally out.  If you have not received the pre-test in your e-mail, please let Dr. Flowers know immediately.

Other than telling you that it is due, and reminding you that you need to turn it in both to InSite and to the g-mail address in the letter, I can’t discuss it with you.

Here is the letter from Dr. Flowers: Continue reading →

These the step-by-step instructions for beginning your Cultural Analysis Essay with your prospectus paragraph.

1.  Decide upon a research question:

1. Think of a civilization (Before 1500 C.E.) which has had an effect, in some way, upon the modern world.  Now, do some preliminary research by finding out how much information is available. Sources you might use for this purpose include your history texts, history Web sites, Internet search engines, and online encyclopedias.
2. After you have some idea of the quality and quantity of research materials available, and the significant issues within that topic area, create a research question that will guide your search for information on your culture or civilization.  Think of a question that is narrow enough to answer in the length allotted for your research paper.

2.   Write a prospectus paragraph (typically about a 1/2 page):  

The prospectus is the plan for your research project that you submit before actually writing the essay or completing the research. It should contain the following elements:

1. State the research topic and your research question: “In my research I want to examine the Mayan culture. How has the Mayan Culture influenced modern cultures?”
2. Delineate the main areas of your proposed research: “In order to answer this question, I will look at the building techniques of the Ancient Mayans by reading archeological journals to pinpoint some specific techniques they used, and see how knowledge of those techniques might have influenced modern archetectural design.”