Revisions
Today in class we worked on revisions of essays. Tomorrow I will give students time to work on presentations.
Presentations
In the presentations, students need to use an example from Indivisible. We will write an essay on poetry Thursday. It will be a short essay: 2 pages. Think about two poems from Indivisible you'd like to analyze.
Homework
We were going to watch this video of a poetry event at UC Berkeley celebrating the release of Indivisible November 30, 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8faRwFvqLHU
We have instead spent the time revising essays, so now it is homework.
Write a response to the video by Thursday, May 10, 2012. Post here.
Grades
Today I also spoke to students about how they were doing in the class. Today is the last day I can drop students with a W. If you have questions, call me this afternoon or text me.
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Marie Heide
08 May 2012
Prof. Sabir
English 1B
I had the pleasure this evening of watching the video that Prof. Sabir posted on the blog in regards to the book Indivisible. It was basically some of the poets that participated and had their poems published in the book. After watching the video, I had a feeling of a love/hate for it.
I loved the way the editors, who also had poems published in the book, explained the reasoning as to why they published the book and why it consisted of South Asian poets. It was a great insight as to why and how these poets have come to write their poems, and the deep, deep meanings associated with most of them. As mentioned in the video, I really liked the brief bio that is given to each of the poets before you start reading their poems. Gives you that insight to understanding the poem.
I hated watching the video, except for the reading by Tanuja Mehrotra, because I just was not able to understand most of their poems. After watching the video in its entirety, I felt stupid for not understanding the poems. Maybe I am stupid or just ignorant for not being able to connect with the poet's message or just unable to tap into their psyche to be able to understand what they were talking about. I don't know what happened, but I did enjoy the food analogies that Mehrotra presented, and I was able to understand and had a few laughs.
Marie Heide
08 May 2012
Prof. Sabir
English 1B
I had the pleasure this evening of watching the video that Prof. Sabir posted on the blog in regards to the book Indivisible. It was basically some of the poets that participated and had their poems published in the book. After watching the video, I had a feeling of a love/hate for it.
I loved the way the editors, who also had poems published in the book, explained the reasoning as to why they published the book and why it consisted of South Asian poets. It was a great insight as to why and how these poets have come to write their poems, and the deep, deep meanings associated with most of them. As mentioned in the video, I really liked the brief bio that is given to each of the poets before you start reading their poems. Gives you that insight to understanding the poem.
I hated watching the video, except for the reading by Tanuja Mehrotra, because I just was not able to understand most of their poems. After watching the video in its entirety, I felt stupid for not understanding the poems. Maybe I am stupid or just ignorant for not being able to connect with the poet's message or just unable to tap into their psyche to be able to understand what they were talking about. I don't know what happened, but I did enjoy the food analogies that Mehrotra presented, and I was able to understand and had a few laughs.
Sherrlyne Apostol
Professor Sabir
English 1B
9 may 2012
Today I watched a video on indivisible, I found the video a bit long, but contained a lot of background information on the book. Because the book was still new to me, watching the video helped me create a better understanding of the book.
One of the things that caught my attention was when the individual author’s described and gave their own autobiographies and explanations of what each poems core emphasis.
This enables the reader to form a connection with some history behind the poem.
One of the authors states that the main question the book raises was, “Can we be from many different ethnic backgrounds and still come together in collective thinking?”. It makes me wonder whether this can be achieved without the authors isolating and segregating themselves, and still be relevant to the rest of society.
Another part of the movie that sparked my interest was the part when the man read his slam poetry. It was interesting to hear how food (i.e. oreo banana, coconut) was used for racial slurs.
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