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:
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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

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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"