Journal Assignments for ENC 1101:

 

 

Journal #1:

 

After conducting an interview with your partner, free-write for five minutes about what you learned regarding him or her.  Seek out an understanding of what this person wants (or wanted) to find in their life.  As you free-write, you might also try to come up with additional questions you would like to ask him or her.

 

After free-writing, use any one of the other techniques (like looping or clustering) described on pages 199-204 to come up with more ideas regarding your interview.

 

After writing this journal, e-mail your partner a message that

·       Describes some of the ideas you came up with through freewriting and

·       Additional questions you would like him or her to answer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Journal #2

 

Part I: (Answer the following question by free-writing for five minutes.)  What is the angle of “Johnny Deep:  Unlikely Superstar” by Sean Smith?  What concrete details from the essay make this angle clear?

 

Part II:  Quote a line of dialogue from your interview with your partner.  How might that line of dialogue help you demonstrate the angle of your own essay? (Free-write for five more minutes)

 

 

 

 

 

JOURNAL #3:  On what criteria does Craig Outhier seem to base his judgment of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban?  Does he seem to judge it fairly?  If you have seen the movie (or read any of the Harry Potter books), do you agree with his assessment?  If you haven’t seen the movie or read the books, what is your own criteria for judging a movie?

 

 

 

 

 

JOURNAL #4:  Now that we have finished watching O Brother, Where Art Thou?, review what you said about your own criteria for a film at the top of the note sheet.  Now, in your journal, write for five minutes about how you felt about the movie.  Did it meet the criteria you set?  Why or why not?

 

 

JOURNAL #5:   Analyze the picture I assign you and discuss whether or not it fits into how you imagine poverty.  Are there stereotypes concerning people who live in poverty?  What are the stereotypes?  Does the picture reflect the stereotypes you imagine, or does it show something different from you would expect?  Do you think Diana George would describe it as an effective representation of poverty in America?  Use her essay to support your reasons.

 

 

JOURNAL 6:  Having heard the class presentations, which ones stood out the most?  Why?

 

 

Journal 7:  If you could choose any career, what would it be?  What would be your ideal job?  Describe three aspects of your personality that would make you suited for this career.  How does your personal character make you suited for this profession?

 

JOURNALS WILL BE COLLECTED ON OCT. 15th

 

 

 

Journal 8:  View this PowerPoint.  Write two sentences for each bumper sticker.  Is there a clear and arguable position for each one?  Write one sentence for the argument that the bumper sticker is making.  Then, write another sentence for the opposite argument.  Use your own words for each.

 

For homework, add more to your journal by creating a series of lists for yourself.  Use pages 95-96 as guides.  After listing, determine one issue to write about.  Determine whether or not it’s a good issue by finding an article from either Issues and Controversies or Opposing Viewpoints.  (An Internet article will NOT be acceptable).  To find the databases, do the following:

·       Go to the virtual library: http://www.mccfl.edu/pages/109.asp

·       Click on “Databases”

·       Enter your borrower i.d. (this is your G00 number—remember that the 0’s are zeroes)

·       Enter your PIN number (this is the last four digits of your G00 #)

·       Click “Log On”

·       Select “Social Sciences”

·       Click on either “Issues and Controversies” or “Opposing Viewpoints.”

·       Click on “Connect to Database”

·        Find an article about your topic.

·       Print out the article and bring it to class.  (I will use this article for attendance!)

 

 

 

Journal 9:  Choose one or two sentences from “Just Be Nice” that you either strongly agree with or strongly disagree with.  Then in a sentence using a signal phrase, quote the lines you’ve chosen.  Be sure to include parenthetical citation at the end of the sentence.  Then describe your reaction to the “Just Be Nice.”  Can you think of other actions that you or others might find offensive?

 

More thought:  http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20071019/NEWS/71019009

 

 

 

JOURNAL 10:  First, review the standards for good paraphrasing on pages 363-366.  Then, test your own ability by with the following passage:  “Americans live in a culture of abundance.  They have always had a sense that great opportunities lie just over the horizon, in the next valley, with the next job or the next big thing.  None of us is really poor, we’re just pre-rich” (Brooks 626).

 

·       Read it three times

·       Then I’m turning off the screen—when I do, I’ll ask you to paraphrase this passage with a signal phrase and a parenthetical citation.

·       Then, I’m going to ask you to write about what you think of the Brooks’ point.  What is the meaning of his title?  What seems to be his stance toward his topic?

 

 

 

 

JOURNAL 11:  In one or two sentences, summarize Maggie Cutler’s argument.  Mention the “rule of the real” in your summary, and include a parenthetical citation.  Once done, continue the journal by expressing your viewpoint.  Did you find her argument convincing?  Why or why not?

 

 

JOURNAL 12:  To brainstorm for the I-Search paper, freewrite about one of the following:

•       A profession or career you want to enter

•       An aspect of your cultural background that interests you.

•       An issue or problem that might affect you at some point in the future.

•       A figure from history or popular culture you’re interested in.

•       Or, a topic that you know something about and would like to learn more.

 

 

JOURNAL 13:  Do some preliminary research on a subject you think you might want to research.  What did you find?  Write a paragraph about the type of sources that would be available and how “researchable” the subject seems.

 

 

 

JOURNAL 14: 

Watch this video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5497481364029463422

 

Part I:  Read this statement, which I’ve “borrowed” from page 564.  Is it plagiarism?  Why or why not?  If it IS plagiarism, how might you fix it?

 

In some instances, students become homeless when they get away from an abuser.  Others end up without housing because they can’t pay for it as a result of losing a job, having their unemployment benefits dropped, getting ill, having their child support benefits stopped, or getting into substance abuse.

 

Part II:  Bader quotes quite a few people.  Which quotation stood out to you the most?  Quote the statement in a sentence of your own, using a signal phrase and a parenthetical citation.  Then, explain why the quotation stood out to you.

 

 

 

JOURNAL 15:  Write an annotated bibliography listing for Stanley Fish’s “Who’s In Charge Here?” (Your description should consist of at least three complete sentences.)

 

After doing this, write a response to Fish’s argument by assessing who he sees as the audience of his essay?  Does he seem to write with students in mind?  Why or why not?  What do YOU see as a problem in higher education?

 

 

 

 

JOURNAL 16:  On page 580, someone writes, “We are really breaking the silence about women’s health issues.”  Quote this statement in a sentence of your own, using a signal phrase and a parenthetical citation.  Then, explain what this person means. 

 

Also, think about your own culture.  What issues aren’t discussed openly?

 

 

 

JOURNAL 17:  Now that you’ve learned about blogs in “Meet Joe Blog,” take a few minutes to imagine the kind of blog that YOU would choose to write.  Would it be about music? Politics?  Something else?  (Hint:  If you can’t think of anything, why not use your iSearch topic?) Decide what it would be, then write your first blog entry.  Since this is imaginary, feel free to invent material.  Have fun!

 

Real blogs to visit:  http://www.bookslut.com/blog/

http://finalgirl.blogspot.com/

A list of blogs:  http://blogs.botw.org/

 

 

JOURNALS WILL BE COLLECTED ON DECEMBER 5th.  Have EVERYTHING COMPLETED if you want to earn a passing grade.