Homework for Monday, Nov 14

Hi all -- No classes on Friday, for Veteran's Day! Thanks to our veterans!

For Monday, keep working on your draft and bring it to class. Make sure your introduction mentions the title and author (full name), and that this book is a memoir. Here are 2 sample ways to write a sentence with all this information combined (but you are welcome to write your own):

A Place to Stand is a memoir by Jimmy Santiago Baca.
In the memoir, A Place to Stand, Jimmy Santiago Baca discusses his childhood and how he ends up in prison.

Work on your topic sentences, too. Make sure they are focused on just one main idea.

Make sure quotes connect to your topic sentences, and make sure to introduce and cite them. Example: Baca writes, "..." (Baca 25).


AND -- as we discussed, FANBOYS are an important words that help you combine sentences. FANBOYS are 7 small words:

FOR
AND
NOR
BUT
OR
YET
SO

Go through your own paper and find 3 examples of those words. Underline the sentences. Look at the sentences and see if they are being used to connect sentences correctly. We'll look further at this on Monday.

I will return your draft to you on Monday as well.

Have a good weekend and see you in class!

Homework for Wednesday

Hi all -- For Wednesday, write your rough draft using the four main reasons you think most contribute to Baca going in prison.(I will post an essay format later; this was handed out in class).


As we discussed, your thesis goes in your introduction and should make a statement about what those reasons are: is it because of his family? because of his bad decisions? or a combination? Craft a "working" thesis for the introduction (this is like a "rough draft" thesis).


Please bring 2 copies to class.


If you didn't get the hand out in class, please review our text from earlier this semester, Read, Write, Connect; see thesis section. (I will post page numbers here later today.)


Good luck! I will be available before class on Weds between 12-12:30 if you would like to meet to discuss your paper.

Weekend homework

Hi all -- Sorry to miss you today! I will see you on Monday. Finish chapter 4 if you haven't already. Keep reading, too! Chapter 5 will be due a week from Monday. Please also bring Read, Write, Connect to class on Monday. 

For Monday, develop your outline further. You should already have 5 examples that support why you believe Jimmy lands in prison (that was today's homework). Choose 4 of those, and follow the steps below to grow your paragraphs. If you do this you will be well prepared for your draft next week! Good luck!

For each body paragraph, do the following:

Body Paragraph 1:

(P) Topic sentence: what is an event or experience that affects Jimmy Baca and, do you believe, most affects how he lands in prison? 

(E) Explain this idea a bit more; try adding 1-2 more sentences

(I) What quote from the book supports your idea? Don’t forget to include the page # from the book, and the author (Baca ___). 

(E) Explain what this quote means. What is being said and why?

Body Paragraph 2:

(P) Topic sentence: what is an event or experience that affects Jimmy Baca and, do you believe, most affects how he lands in prison? 

(E) Explain this idea a bit more; try adding 1-2 more sentences

(I) What quote from the book supports your idea? Don’t forget to include the page # from the book, and the author (Baca ___). 

 (E) Explain what this quote means. What is being said and why?

Body Paragraph 3:

(P) Topic sentence: what is an event or experience that affects Jimmy Baca and, do you believe, most affects how he lands in prison? 

(E) Explain this idea a bit more; try adding 1-2 more sentences

(I) What quote from the book supports your idea? Don’t forget to include the page # from the book, and the author (Baca ___). 

 (E) Explain what this quote means. What is being said and why?

Body Paragraph 4:

(P) Topic sentence: what is an event or experience that affects Jimmy Baca and, do you believe, most affects how he lands in prison? 

(E) Explain this idea a bit more; try adding 1-2 more sentences

(I) What quote from the book supports your idea? Don’t forget to include the page # from the book, and the author (Baca ___). 

(E) Explain what this quote means. What is being said and why?

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?

Homework for Wednesday

Hi all -- Good focus on paragraph-writing today! For Wednesday, keep it up, by finishing the paragraph we started in class. Here's what we have so far:

     Baca meets Marcos and is introduced to a new lifestyle selling drugs. Before this, he had a real job
and didn't want to end up on this new path. Baca explains, "I put my head down, ashamed, as they led us though the lobby.....(fill this part in)...honestly" ( Baca 54). Baca does not like this new path he is on.

Add 2 more (E) sentences to this paragraph. Remember that if you have trouble with what to write, refer to the packet's 2nd page where it says how to add more (E)xplanation to your paragraph.

Also, finish chapter 4. We'll have a quiz.

Have a happy Halloween and see you in class!

Weekend homework

Great insights and ideas today, everyone. For the weekend, keep reading through half of chapter 4 -- pages 71-81. (The chapter only goes to page 87, though, so feel free to finish it!)

Also, please write your "Educational autobiography" part 2. The assignment is below if you don't have it any more. It should be about 2 or 3 pages, double-spaced. Please refer to your completed essay #1 as well as your first Educational Autobiography before writing it.

Have a good Halloween weekend!!


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?

Homework for Friday

Hi all -- For Friday, finish reading chapter 3 of A Place to Stand. We'll have a short quiz and review the chapter; we'll also discuss a bit more of PIE paragraph development.

See you in class!