Wednesday 2 November 2016

Homework for Friday

Hi all -- Good examples from Chapter 3! Now, work on reading Chapter 4! Please work on finishing this chapter -- it's an important one!!


For homework, use our chart to find the 5 most important events or experiences that affect Jimmy and, according to you, have the biggest affect on him landing in prison. This can be an event early in his life, or later -- it's really up to you. Please list your reasons (typed!) with your supporting evidence, like this:


Reason 1: ___________
Supporting evidence: Please type out the entire quote, and cite it with author and page number, like we have done in class. Sample:  "Quotes go in quotations" (Baca 22).


Reason 2:....


Do this for all 5 examples.


For those who have not turned in the Educational Autobiography, please complete this as well.


Please note that I will not have office hours this Friday, but can meet with you next week instead.


Good luck and see you in class!


Here is the Educational Autobiography assignment, below. (If you didn't write this at the beginning of the semester, please do that assignment instead. Email me if you need that assignment.)


Educational autobiography assignment, Part 2:

Post-essay Self-Reflection

The purpose of this reflection is for you to reflect on your learning right now in the semester.  You can organize it however you like, but here are some questions I’d like you to consider:

·      Re-read the “Educational Autobiography” you wrote at the beginning of the semester.  Where are you now on the things you discussed in that essay?

·      How are you doing at developing mastery as an academic reader?  What do you see as your strengths?Your areas for improvement?  What has helped you develop your mastery this semester?  Are you reading differently than you did in the past?

·      How are you doing at developing mastery as a critical thinker?  What do you see as your strengths?  Your areas for improvement?  What has helped you develop your mastery so far this semester?  Are you thinking differently than you did in the past?

·      How’s your mastery of academic writing coming along?  What do you see as your strengths?  Your areas for improvement?  What has helped you develop your mastery so far this semester?  Are you writing differently than you did in the past?

·      Describe your motivation this semester.  What is motivating you to do the work of the class?  How much was based on your personal motivation, and how much was rewards and avoiding punishments?  Have there been there moments when your motivation dropped—if so, what was going on?  Have there been moments when your motivation was especially high—if so, what was going on?

·      Describe 1-2 moments from the class that stand out in your mind as positive experiences.

·      If you were going to sum up 2-3 major things you’d like to work on, what are they?



·      If you were going to sum up the 2-3 major things you’re learning, what are they?

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