Greetings...
Below you will find quiz 5, our last quiz of the semester. Please complete it out of class, typed. It is due on Friday, Dec. 3rd.
Quiz 5 (50 points)
In a brief but well supported and concise response, address the following question:
WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THE MEMOIR, THE UNWANTED, TO A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER? WHY OR WHY NOT? YOUR RESPONSE, OBVIOUSLY, WILL DEPEND ON WHETHER YOU FOUND THE BOOK OF ANY VALUE TO READ.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Wednesday, November 17
Greetings.
As you know, there will be our second in class essay happening on Friday.
Remember to bring a blue book and any notes you wish.
You will have the full 50 minutes to complete the essay.
Review your notes on how to write an in class essay that we discussed before our Daughter from Danang in class essay.
You will have three prompts to select from--and you will write on ONE.
The prompts will focus on these three things:
1. how would you complete the sentence...The film, Frozen River, is less about_______________and more about___________.
Explain thoroughly and specifically why you would fill in the blanks in that way.
2. is the film, Frozen River, a genuine, authentic film? Do Lila and Ray, the main characters, strike you as real and believable? Why or why not? Explain specifically.
3. write about a few of the symbols that appear in the film and seem to represent some of the possible themes in the film. One example might be the frozen St. Lawrence River. Another might be Lila's eye glasses. And...?
Also, if you wish to submit a rough draft for essay 3, I will accept them via email until 9 pm tomorrow evening.
As you know, there will be our second in class essay happening on Friday.
Remember to bring a blue book and any notes you wish.
You will have the full 50 minutes to complete the essay.
Review your notes on how to write an in class essay that we discussed before our Daughter from Danang in class essay.
You will have three prompts to select from--and you will write on ONE.
The prompts will focus on these three things:
1. how would you complete the sentence...The film, Frozen River, is less about_______________and more about___________.
Explain thoroughly and specifically why you would fill in the blanks in that way.
2. is the film, Frozen River, a genuine, authentic film? Do Lila and Ray, the main characters, strike you as real and believable? Why or why not? Explain specifically.
3. write about a few of the symbols that appear in the film and seem to represent some of the possible themes in the film. One example might be the frozen St. Lawrence River. Another might be Lila's eye glasses. And...?
Also, if you wish to submit a rough draft for essay 3, I will accept them via email until 9 pm tomorrow evening.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Wednesday, November 10
Greetings!
Below is a copy of the out of class essay 3 assignment distributed today in class.
English 1A, Fall 2010
C. Fraga, Instructor
Course Theme: The Significance of Home
Out of Class Essay Assignment #3
Assigned: Wednesday November 10
Rough Draft due (optional) no later than Wednesday, Nov. 17
{please note: if you choose to submit a rough draft, it is due by next Wednesday. That allows you one week only. This is due to the Thanksgiving week holiday)
Due: Wednesday, Dec. 1
TOPIC: What are the ‘ingredients’ for a successful marriage?
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. (Mignon Mclaughlin)
Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash. (Joyce Brothers)
To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong admit it; Whenever you're right shut up. (Ogden Nash)
Assignment: Even with the current high divorce rate in the United States, couples continue to choose marriage as a way of life. Most couples marry with the intention and confidence that their marriage will be successful and will last forever.
Write an essay in which you explore the ingredients (or elements) required for a marriage to be successful and long lasting. Focus on a minimum of four ingredients/elements.
Conduct research and talk/interview those who you feel might have some helpful, interesting and relevant opinions and experience with this topic.
The most important thing to remember about this essay is that you will need to be very SPECIFIC. Avoid rambling and using mostly vague terms. Your essay will benefit from specific examples from professionals as well as interviewees.
Suggestions for people to interview: your parents; your grandparents; relatives; siblings; teachers; neighbors; marriage counselors, etc.
Information/opinions about what constitutes a successful marriage is quite simple to locate. I spent only 20 minutes doing a cursory search on the Internet and found many intriguing articles.
Your Game Plan:
1. Research and read read read as much as you can about the topic.
2. Interview at least three people about this topic.
3. From your research, reading and interviews select the four elements YOU feel are the MOST ideal and necessary ingredients for a successful, lasting marriage.
4. Write your thesis statement—an assertion based on your findings.
5. Plan the organization of your essay.
6. Write your essay.
7. Proofread and edit very carefully and thoroughly.
Reminders:
• Follow MLA format.
• Double space entire essay.
• Must have in text citations and a Works Cited page.
• Use 12 pt., Times New Roman
• Use at LEAST three outside resources and at LEAST information from three interviews. In other words, these six minimum resources will be found on your Works Cited page as well as cited within your essay.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Wednesday, November 3--2nd posting for today
Hello,
Here is the assignment for Reading Packet #5, due to be completed on Friday.
Remember, there is a Q and C due for this assignment.
The following is a short short story titled "The Wig."
THE WIG
By Brady Udall
(First Prize: Story’s Short Short Competition)
My eight-year-old son found a wig in the garbage Dumpster this morning. I walked into the kitchen, highly irritated that I couldn’t make a respectable knot in my green paisley tie, and there he was at the table, eating cereal and reading the funnies, the wig pulled tightly over his head like a football helmet. The wig was a dirty bush of curly blond hair, the kind you might see on a prostitute or someone who is trying to imitate Marilyn Monroe.
I asked where he got the wig and he told me, his mouth full of cereal. When I advised him that we don’t wear things we find in the garbage, he simply continued eating and reading as if he didn’t hear me.
I wanted him to take that wig off but I couldn’t ask him to do it. I forgot all about my tie and going to work. I looked out the window where mist fell slowly on the street. I paced into the living room and back, trying not to look at my son. He ignored me. I could hear him munching cereal and rustling paper.
There was a picture, or a memory, real or imagined, that I couldn’t get out of my mind: Last fall, before the accident, my wife was sitting in the chair where now my son always sits. She was reading the paper to see how the Blackhawks did the night before, and her sleep-mussed hair was only slightly longer and darker than the hair of my son’s wig.
I wondered if my son had a similar picture in his head, or if he had a picture at all. I watched him and he finally looked up at me but his face was blank. He went back to his reading. I walked around the table, picked him up, and held him against my chest. I pressed my nose into that wig and it smelled not like the clean shampoo scent I might have been hoping for, but like old lettuce. I suppose it didn’t matter at that point. My son put his smooth arms around my neck and for maybe a few seconds we were together again, the three of us.
Here is the assignment for Reading Packet #5, due to be completed on Friday.
Remember, there is a Q and C due for this assignment.
The following is a short short story titled "The Wig."
THE WIG
By Brady Udall
(First Prize: Story’s Short Short Competition)
My eight-year-old son found a wig in the garbage Dumpster this morning. I walked into the kitchen, highly irritated that I couldn’t make a respectable knot in my green paisley tie, and there he was at the table, eating cereal and reading the funnies, the wig pulled tightly over his head like a football helmet. The wig was a dirty bush of curly blond hair, the kind you might see on a prostitute or someone who is trying to imitate Marilyn Monroe.
I asked where he got the wig and he told me, his mouth full of cereal. When I advised him that we don’t wear things we find in the garbage, he simply continued eating and reading as if he didn’t hear me.
I wanted him to take that wig off but I couldn’t ask him to do it. I forgot all about my tie and going to work. I looked out the window where mist fell slowly on the street. I paced into the living room and back, trying not to look at my son. He ignored me. I could hear him munching cereal and rustling paper.
There was a picture, or a memory, real or imagined, that I couldn’t get out of my mind: Last fall, before the accident, my wife was sitting in the chair where now my son always sits. She was reading the paper to see how the Blackhawks did the night before, and her sleep-mussed hair was only slightly longer and darker than the hair of my son’s wig.
I wondered if my son had a similar picture in his head, or if he had a picture at all. I watched him and he finally looked up at me but his face was blank. He went back to his reading. I walked around the table, picked him up, and held him against my chest. I pressed my nose into that wig and it smelled not like the clean shampoo scent I might have been hoping for, but like old lettuce. I suppose it didn’t matter at that point. My son put his smooth arms around my neck and for maybe a few seconds we were together again, the three of us.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Tuesday, November 2 -- around 530 pm
Greetings...
As you know, we are a bit behind due to my unforeseen absence from class last Friday.
So for tomorrow, Wednesday, November 3rd, we will be discussing Reading Packet #3 (which was assigned for Monday) and we will be discussing more of the handout about how to read an essay. Be sure to bring both items--Reading Packet #3 and the handout--to class tomorrow.
See you then!
As you know, we are a bit behind due to my unforeseen absence from class last Friday.
So for tomorrow, Wednesday, November 3rd, we will be discussing Reading Packet #3 (which was assigned for Monday) and we will be discussing more of the handout about how to read an essay. Be sure to bring both items--Reading Packet #3 and the handout--to class tomorrow.
See you then!
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