October 2007 Archives
While you needn't post a full summary of the article, I do suggest that at the very least you post your whole half-page reflection, and that you consider writing a longer, deeper posting that demonstrates your ability to analyze and make use of your chosen article.
You may choose an offline article, or a book chapter, if you like.
I encourage you to think of this as advance work for Paper 2, but you needn't lock yourself into this topic.
You may choose an offline article, or a book chapter, if you like.
I encourage you to think of this as advance work for Paper 2, but you needn't lock yourself into this topic.
Assigned Text:
Kendrick, "Edward Rochester and the Margins of Masculinity in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea"
Kendrick, Robert. "Edward Rochester and the Margins of Masculinity in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea" Papers on Language and Literature: A Journal for
Scholars and Critics of Language and Literature: 30.1 (1994)
Assigned Text:
Mardorossian, "Double (De)Colonization and the Feminist Criticism of Wide Sargasso Sea
Mardorossian, Carine Melkom. "Mardorossian, "Double (De)Colonization and the Feminist Criticism of <i>Wide Sargasso Sea</i>" College Literature 26.2 (1999).
Topic:
Jane Eyre
Finish the novel.
Due Today:
Informal Portfolio 1
What is your portfolio?
(Rescheduled from Oct 9.)
It begins with a richly-linked blog entry that introduces your reader to blog entries that you have created, and discussions from your peers' blogs in which you have participated, as part of a reflective statement on your progress so far.
Examples of portfolios from previous classes have included a no-nonsense list and a more personal essay. Either format is fine, but however you present your work, it's important to me that you specify where each of your posts falls amongst the categories listed below. The same post can count for more than one category, but if you keep re-using the same handful of posts that's probably a sign you can do a little better next time.
It begins with a richly-linked blog entry that introduces your reader to blog entries that you have created, and discussions from your peers' blogs in which you have participated, as part of a reflective statement on your progress so far.
Examples of portfolios from previous classes have included a no-nonsense list and a more personal essay. Either format is fine, but however you present your work, it's important to me that you specify where each of your posts falls amongst the categories listed below. The same post can count for more than one category, but if you keep re-using the same handful of posts that's probably a sign you can do a little better next time.
Continue reading Informal Portfolio 1.
Due Today:
Paper 2 Presubmission
A presubmission report is more than detailed a proposal, but less than a rough draft.
My goal in asking you to write your presubmission report is to get you to commit to a thesis that you can actually investigate with the resources that are available to you.
Expect your peers and me to make suggestions for major revisions, and be open to the new thoughts that come with those new possibilities.
- Include a meaningful title and a full thesis paragraph. The thesis paragraph should include a reasoning blueprint. Your blueprint presents your main points, in the order that your paper will develop them, so it also serves as the outline for the whole paper.
- Include the direct quotations that you plan to use for one supporting point. For Paper 2, include both primary and secondary sources. Include quotations that both support and challenge the point you plan to make.
- Include a preliminary conclusion (showing the relationship between your title, your thesis paragraph, and your conclusion).
- Include a properly formatted MLA-style Works Cited list.
My goal in asking you to write your presubmission report is to get you to commit to a thesis that you can actually investigate with the resources that are available to you.
Expect your peers and me to make suggestions for major revisions, and be open to the new thoughts that come with those new possibilities.
Length: 4-6 pages.
In addition: a 1-page informal essay calling my attention to the major revisions that you made. (Include this essay after your Works Cited page.)
In addition: a 1-page informal essay calling my attention to the major revisions that you made. (Include this essay after your Works Cited page.)
Assigned Text:
Jane Eyre
Read through Chapter 23.
Topic:
Jane Eyre
Read through Chapter 16.
Assigned Text:
Roberts, Ch7
In class we will do a peer review of Paper 1, and you will write a brief reflection on each peer's paper.
Bring enough copies of your paper for everyone.
Bring enough copies of your paper for everyone.