Today we began developing the scripts for the short scenes students will perform next week. The themes are taken from Evolution of a Revolutionary. Students worked alone and in pairs. Students who worked together will receive the same grade for the writing. The scene is equal to an essay. Please type it and include a copy in the portfolio. We used the Elephant Man as a model for writing. Please send me any essays I haven't read yet, such as the review. I'd like to limit the essays I read for the first time Tuesday, December 18. If you need the projector, plan to present your research paper between 8-9. We will retire to L-235 afterwards for the improvazational theatre.
I handed out portfolio checklists. Here is an electronic version. Please fill out with grades where possible and turn in a paper copy to me with the portfolio. If you are behind, look at the comment section of this post for an alternative assigment. Students who choose this option can earn a C grade. OH, PLEASE PLAN TO SHOW UP AT THE FINAL AND PRESENT YOUR PAPER. IT WILL HELP YOUR GRADE.
For everyone else, I have edited the narrative post. Look at it again.
Portfolio Check-list
Major Assignments: All classes
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Name______________________________________________
Section___________________________________________
Mailing Address___________________________________
Phone number______________________________________
Email address _______________________
Put the grade next to the assignment. Your average is your course grade so far. Remember, your grade is based on writing passing essays – C and above. A C- is not a passing grade. Fill this out and give to me with your CD or disk on or before the day of the final completed. I will add your course grade.
The major essays are the ones based on texts we are reading, plus the final essay on a social entrepreneur. If you missed the earlier essays you can still pass the course. You do not have a chance at an A though. Check this against the blog. The more detailed description of the narrative essays is attached.
Assignments
Artifacts
Hip Hop (include a brief narrative explaining your selection)______
American Culture (include a brief narrative explaining your selection)_____
Essays
Jeff Chang __________
Too $hort ___________
Hip Hop Beyond Beats and Rhymes_________
A Rose Grew From Concrete writing __________
Tupac Songbook writing ___________
(Some of it is collaborative, some is on the website)__________
Cyber Essays such as: such as Propaganda Techniques, Evolution of a Revolutionary…
List them:
Midterm__________
Reading Logs from Dyson ______________
Dyson thematic outlines ________________
Jena 6 ___________
PLIES/Jena 6 (English 1A)________________
Jason Young and Brenda’s Got a Baby (English 201 8-9) _____________
Reading to Write freewrites (2) ______________
Outlining and Clustering Chapter 7 from Dyson (English 201 1-3) due 10/17 _____________
Research Cyber Assignments: Social Entrepreneurs (3) _____________
Planning sheets, vocabulary and questions ______________
Library Assignments________________
Evaluating a Website____________________
English 1A Library assignments for three-session workshop on information literacy _____________
Research Essay Planning Sheet ______________
Research Essay Outline _____________________
Research Essay Peer comments _________________
Research Essay Grade_______________
Research Essay Abstract for day of presentation ________________
Bring an outline or short summary of your research paper for classmates to have as a guideline to comment on about your paper and give you feedback.
Research Essay presentation grade _____________________
Cyber Essays for Evolution of a Revolutionary (3-5)________________
Play (English 1B)_______________
Elephant Man (English 1B) Cyber assignment _______________
Blood Beats Assignment (English 1B)________________
Portfolio Grade__________
Course Grade____________
Narrative: I will email it to you.
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Portfolio Checklist, Fall 2007
Name__________________________________________________________________
Class______________________________________________________________________________________
Phone number and email address_________________________________________________________
In your portfolio include three-four essays that reflect the range of your writing. These essays should include the revisions, essay planning sheets, and peer comments. Do not give me original work Make a photocopy for me. One of the essays can be an academic essay from another course.
Essay 1
The introduction to the portfolio asks students to think about the semester and what skills and/or knowledge have they gained which they plan to use in their lifelong pursuit of knowledge and education.
Essay 2 has students look at the writing process and discuss their own writing process: the topics chosen, the information used, revision strategies, writing as a process. This should include a definition of the difference between editing and revising and a value statement on the place for both in composition.
I am really interested in discourse about audience and how that shapes or determines how the writer approaches her topic.
I am also interested in discussion of the revision process, and whether or not seeing writing as a work in progress or a draft, liberates or stagnates the creative process. (Students are to use examples from their writing to illustrate these points.)
I'd also like students to think about and give at three specific ways how they have grown as writers and thinkers this semester. Each essay should be minimally 1-2 pages (250-500 words).
Grade
What grade do you think you earned in the course______________________________________________
Your essay and the attached copy of a completed grading sheet are the evidence.
Do you have any questions about writing or anything else? ______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
Teacher Research
Can I use you writing in teacher research projects? I will give you full credit and inform you of its use. Indicate Yes or No. Please circle one.
Evaluation
In a third response evaluate the semester: teacher, textbooks, assignments, methodology, etc. Please be frank and feel free to offer suggestions.
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