Final Week

Final Date for Revised Submissions Due: 5/11/18
EMAIL: jreyna_4342@southtexascollege.edu

5/7

Portfolio Due

• Collect all of your work during the semester
• Put it in a binder/folder
• Include the Index that we printed during class
• Do reflective essay (1pg.)

Dept. Final

5/2

Bring Scantron & Pencil

• Bring any drafts that you need to revise or turn in so that I can grade them.
• Make sure you are tracking your assignments and grades so that you end up with the grade you want.

Evaluations

Click Here for Evaluation Link

Due by MAY 4
Make sure you complete before deadline

4/26

Some of you need to pick up your essay's.
I will be available in class for those that need help with your revisions

4/18

Using EasyBib create Works Cited Page for the following:

JSTOR
Key Words: Sandra Cisneros, Never Marry A Mexican
Articles to cite:

• Sandra Cisneros: Border Crossings and beyond by Robin Ganz
• Sandra Cisneros and Her Trade of the Free Word by Gabriella Gutierrez y Muhs
• Chicana "Belonging" in Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street by Regina M. Betz
• Narrative Coyotes: Migration and Narrative Voice in Sandra Cisneros's Caramelo by Heather Alumbaugh

4/16

Final Essay Due: 4/16

• See Final Essay Options blog post for specific information on essay topics
• No class 4/11
• NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS will be accepted

4/9

Assignment:

• I want the first paragraph of your final essay done by next time we meet
• Follow directions listed on "How to Write Intro" ( Assigned Readings / Files )
• Find 1 or 2 Sources on EBSCOhost or JSTOR that you will be using on your final paper

Note: Even if you have finished the first paragraph, start organizing your paper and even begin working on a first draft.  The sooner your start the better for you.

Final Essay Options

Final Research Paper Options

1. Write a 5 page paper on any subject related to PEDAGOGY. The essay can be off an academic
article you find on JSTOR or EBSCOhost. Subjects can be related to the following:

• Education
• ESL
• Critical Pedagogy
• Art

2. Write a 5 page paper on one short story, or essay that we have read this semester. Don’t just
summarize; Provide your own insight and response to each work. Choose from the following:

• Never Marry A Mexican – Sandra Cisneros
• Indian Camp – Earnest Hemingway
• Movimientos de rebeldía y las culturas que traicionan – Gloria Anzaldúa

3. Using a film studies approach, write a 5 page feminist critique on The Little Mermaid.
Essay Instructions:
- 5 pages
- Argumentative Essay
- APA Style
- Works Cited
- 12 pt. font
- Times Roman
- 1 Sources (Must be from JSTOR or EBSCOhost)

4/4

Mandatory Meeting

Agenda:

1.  Discuss final essay requirements 

2.  A review of film studies essay #2 (grading criteria, evaluation, issues, and revision consideration)

3.  Meet individually to discuss student performance (attendance, grades, issues etc..)

Assignment:

• Write short abstract: Tell me what option you will be choosing for your final essay.  What kind of argument will you be making?     
• See Final Essay Options blog post 

No Class Tomorrow 3/28

I have a personal matter to attend to.
Make sure to read Sommers article and write response paper.
We will meet next week.

Lab: APA/MLA Lab Assignment

Answer the following questions: Cite in APA & MLA

Quote borrowed from:
Article: “Dangerous Families” and “Intimate Harm” in Hemingway ”Indian Camp”
Author: Lisa Tyler
Source: Texas Studies in Literature & Language, Spring2006, Vol. 48
Issue 1, p37-53.

1.  “The story thus presents Nick with two alternatives for responding to women’s suffering—and the suffering in this story is once again clearly gendered suffering”

Citing More Than Three Authors:
 Authors: Kalay, Johnston , Emerson , Allison , Diaz
Year of Publication: 2013
Pg. 120

2.  “The name given to her is another stimulating situation reflected by Cisneros. While it means
‘complication’ or ‘chaos’ in Spanish, it means ‘faith’ and ‘desire’ in English language”

3.  Kalay et al. mentions that Cisneros uses code switching to give us double meanings in Spanish and in English.

4.  The author mentions that Cisneros uses code switching to give us double meanings in Spanish and in English

3/28

Read: Revision Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers by Nancy Sommers
Write: 1 pg. response


NOTE: Second draft of group paper due

Attendance

FYI: 

• You will now be accountable for absences (three unexcused absences will warrant being dropped from the course)
• Late assignments will no longer be accepted

3/26

CITE THE FOLLOWING IN APA & MLA


Answer the following questions:  MLA & APA assignment


Question 1:
JSTOR
Key Word: film studies
Find: Introducing Film Studies
p. 94
Cite the following APA & MLA:

“They get an introduction to film history from a point of view reflective of and grounded in my published
research”

Question 2:
EBSCOhost
Key Word: film studies an introduction
Find: Irish Film and Media Studies Publication. Introduction
Cite the following in APA & MLA:

“Irish cinema has tended to be read this way too – as reflecting and reflecting on national and social
concerns”

Question 3:
Book, pg. 81
Borderland / La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldúa
Cite the following in APA & MLA:

“Until I can take pride in my language, I cannot take pride in myself. Until I can accept as legitimate
Chicano Texas Spanish, Tex-Mex and all the other languages I speak, I cannot accept the legitimacy of
myself”

In the above passage, Anzaldúa questions her legitimacy as a person through her language and culture.

In the above passage, the author questions her legitimacy as a person through her language and culture.

Late Film Studies Essay

If you did not submit your essay on time the following will apply:

• Submit essay electronically (email: jreyna_4342@southtexascollege.edu)
• Late Penalty: 1 letter grade off each day that it is late
• This will be the last assignment I will accept as being late 

3/21

MANDATORY MEETING

• We will be discussing research methods
• If you're not here, you will be lost.

Assignment: EBSCO & JSTOR Scavenger Hunt

• Use EBSCOhost & JSTOR to answer the following questions

1. Using JSTOR advanced search look up keywords: Americo Paredes, Corridos

 How many search results appear?

2. Using JSTOR advanced search look up keywords: Pedagogy, critical theory, Freire

 Who Wrote “Classroom Authority and Critical Pedagogy”?

 What journal does it appear on?

 What is the volume number?

 What year was it published?

3. Using EBSCOhost advanced search look keywords: Americo Paredes, Corridos

 How many search results appear?

4. Using EBSCOhost advanced search look up keywords: Pedagogy, Critical Theory, Freire

 Who wrote “Critical Pedagogy and the Praxis of Worldly

Philosophy.”?

 What journal does it appear on?

 What is the volume number?

 What year was it published?

3/19

Film Studies Essay: Chasing Amy

Answer One of the following questions in short answer form (2-3 pages).  You will be evaluated
on the following criteria: (1) quality of writing—clarity, organization of paper, good intro, good
closing, well developed body paragraphs; (2) meaningful integration of lecture and film
discussion.

1.      Hooper X is probably the most eccentric character in the film. How does knowing the
CONTEXT of his character reinforce social issues of today?

2.      Throughout the film, Holden seems to be on a path of self-discovery.  Give examples of his
view of BINARY relationships and how they clash with Alyssa’s point of views. Is he a dynamic
character? Does he mature or grow as a person?

3.      One of the themes in the film is the issue of sex.  Do you agree with any of the characters in
their views, or do you have a completely different idea? Use examples in the film to
compare/contrast with your own.


Those of you that didn't watch the film:
Click Here For Lecture

Click Here For Film Minutes

3/5/18

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

Click Here For Movie

Click Here For Link

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"

Class Cancelled 2/26

I've got a minor case of food poisoning.  Not feeling well at all.  Class is cancelled for today. 

• Make sure that you have readings available next time
• Make sure that you've READ them 
• Zuleima, you will present first thing next Wed.

2/26

Read:

• "Never Marry A Mexican" by Sanda Cisneros
• Movimientos de rebeldia y las culturas que traicionan by Gloria Anzaldúa

Write: 1 page response (half/half)

Extra Credit Reading: "Woman Hollering Creek" by Sandra Cisneros

Write: 1 page response

Define the following:

• Patriarch
• Feminist Theory
• Sexism
• Misogyny
• Double Standard 

2/21

Read:

• Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros (Short Stories)
• Movimentios de rebeldia y las culturas que tracionan by Gloria Anzaldua (Essays/Nonfiction)

Write:

• 1 pg response (Half/Half)

2/19

Group Assignment:  Read "School As Inquiry" - Seven Wolk

Presentation: 5-8 min 

Begin to critically analyze the text (construct/build meaning). 

You are not summarizing the essay to present. 

Pick something specific within the article that you wish to discuss as a group.  

You have the autonomy of presenting anyway you want

Medium:

• If you are using multi-media, please bring device to use in class that can be used with projector(ex. laptop computer)
• If using power point, save in USB drive
• If using YouTube, keep to minimal (1-2 min tops)
• If handing out material, please make sufficient copies

Rubric:

• Everyone must participate
• I will be providing FEEDBACK for each individual group
• ORIGINALITY of presentation will be taken into account
• Style and effective rhetorical  and oral presentation will be taken into account.
• Use your grammar and vocabulary skills effectively. Don't be embarrassed to sound smart!
• Looking for thoughtful ANALYSIS and interpretations of the TEXT (Article)   

Essay: 

• 3 pages /  You can split this up between group members
• I don't want three separate response papers
• I want a unified paper / cohesive / organized essay
• Construct meaning, use your writing experience, use discussions in class to guide your paper
• Use academic related information that we have used in class if you want (Pedagogy/Meta-cognition//Standardized Testing/Rhetorical Reading/Content/Context) 

Poem: Tomas Rivera

Click Here For Poem

2/12

MANDATORY MEETING

• I will be assigning your first major assignment of the semester
• Make sure that you are here otherwise you will be lost

Make sure that you have read the Haas & Flowers Article

• I will be discussing the article next time we meet 
• Turn in your response papers then

HAAS & FLOWERS Lab

Post Outline Below

2/2

Read: Haas & Flowers

• Read until the end of "What is Good Reading" p. 170

Write: 1 pg response

• Type out homework
• Written homework will not be accepted 

2/5

Read Downs & Wardle:  Finish take home exam on article

Be ready to discuss

1/31

Read: Downs & Wardle (Read up to pg. 563)

• take notes on each section
• 10 question exam next time we meet.

1/24

Day 1:  Tell me about your reading/writing experience.

• Do you enjoy reading or writing?
• Why or why not?
• What turned you on or off about reading and writing? 

1/24

Read: Diaz & Lamott articles found under Assigned Readings

Write: 1 page response

Welcome

I want to take this opportunity to welcome everyone to our class forum. I will be integrating our Readings, announcements, workshops, assignments, and discussions on here, so it would be wise if you begin to familiarize yourselves with the page. I look forward to meeting everyone. Look for more updates soon!!