10/31

Read: Margret Kantz "Helping Students Use Textual Sources Persuasively"
Write: 1 pg response

10/26

Read: "School As Inquiry" by Stevan Wolk
Write: 1 page response

NOTE: Late essay's will be deducted one letter grade each class period it's late.  You have until 12 midnight tonight 10/24/2017 to submit without penalty.  If not complete submit via email to: jreyna_4342@southtexascollege.edu (make sure class information is listed properly on your essay)

10/24

"Chasing Amy" Film Studies Essay Due: 10/24/17

Essay prompts can be found under Assigned Readings: Choose One Prompt

In case you missed the lesson on the film, watch the following:

YouTube Lesson

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10/19

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



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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"

Citation Lab Assignment Gillam

Alice M. Gillam Citation Assignment

Answer the following questions according the article:

Example: Show me a different way to cite the Peter Elbow citation in APA style.

Answer: Tutoring has taught her to see early drafts as “half full” instead of “half empty,” a perspective Peter Elbow (1973) calls the “believing game” (147-90).

1.       Show me a different way to cite the Karen Spear citation in APA style

2.       Add end citations to page numbers ending with (29). APA style

3.       Show me a different way to cite the Anne Ruggles Gere citation in APA style

4.       Change from MLA to APA style according to Gillam article:

“Cognitive psychologists call this phenomenon "metacognition," the ability to monitor one's own thinking processes. Current studies of cognitive development suggest that metacognition is "a major factor in mental ability because people who are aware of how they think perform better than those who are not" (Gere 95)

5.       Create Works Cited page using the following information:

Authors: Anne Ruggles Gere, and Robert D. Abbott

Year of publication: 1985

Title: Talking about Writing: The Language of Writing Groups

Journal: Research in the Teaching of English

Issue: 19

Page numbers: 362-82.