5/8

Portfolio Due

• Collect all of your work during the semester
• Put it in a binder/folder
• Include the Index that we printed during class
• Do reflective essay (1pg.)

BRING A SCANTRON AND PENCIL

5/3 UPDATE

I will have your final essays graded.
Bring any essays that you need to finish so that we can workshop them.

BRING A SCANTRON & PENCIL

• We will be taking a dept. exam
• It doesn't count against you but be sure you are here and again don't forget your scantron & pencil

Class Evaluations

Click Here For Evaluations

Due by MAY 4th

Please complete ASAP

5/1

Final Essay Due

4/26 No Class

Not a mandatory meeting
Final Essay Due: 5/1/2018

4/24

• Begin working on your introduction paragraph (Assigned Readings/Files/How to write the introduction)
• Take Dev. English Pre-Test located under Assigned Readings
• Write answers on a sheet of paper, try your best.
• Make sure to attend next class period, we will study for the TSI exam.

4/19

ATTENDANCE MANDATORY

• I will be covering your final essay instructions

4/5

Mandatory Meeting

Agenda:

1.  Discuss final essay requirements 

2.  A review of gender studies essay #2 (grading criteria, evaluation, issues, and revision consideration)

3.  Meet individually to discuss student performance (attendance, grades, issues etc..)

Assignment:

• Write short abstract: Tell me what your thinking about writing for your final essay.  What subject would you like to discuss? Keep in mind that this last essay is an argument essay.  Think about a subject that is interesting to you. What kind of argument would you be making? What kind of subjects would you be discussing etc...       
• Write half a page abstract 

4/3

Read: Sommers ”Revision strategies..” (Assigned readings/articles)
Write: 1pg response

APA & MLA Lab Assignment

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,
p.38

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

3/27

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.

JSTOR & EBSCO Lab

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?

3/22

No class on Tuesday 3/20
Gender Studies Essay Due: 3/22
- 3-4 pgs
- Write a three to four page essay on any subject related to gender.
- This is a compare and contrast essay. You can compare it to an article that you read. You can compare with your own views or the views illustrated in an article that you read.
- You can use articles that you have read on NPR, The Atlantic, New York Times, Vice, or any other site of your choice.
- if you have any questions email me: jreyna_4342@southtexascollege.edu
- use terms or discussions used in class

3/6

Write abstract: 1 page on something you'd like to write about dealing with gender.

You can use the following websites in order to think about it:

VICE
The Atlantic

• The New Yorker
  New York Times

2/27

Midterm Grade Conferences

• Please do not be absent

We will begin our Gender Studies Lesson Next week

Read:

• "Never Marry A Mexican" by Sanda Cisneros
• Movimientos de rebeldia y las culturas que traicionan by Gloria Anzaldúa

Write: 1 page response (half/half)

Extra Credit Reading: "Woman Hollering Creek" by Sandra Cisneros

Write: 1 page response

Define the following:

• Patriarch
• Feminist Theory
• Sexism
• Misogyny
• Double Standard 

2/22

Mandatory Meeting

• I will be discussing your midterm grades
• Don't be absent

2/20

1. Answer the following and turn in as "Haberman Response"

2. What’s the first thing you thought about when you read the title "Pedagogy of Poverty Versus Good Teaching?

3. Define: SOCIOECONOMIC & SOCIOCULTURAL

4. What is Pedagogy of Poverty according to Haberman?

5. Elaborate on: Authoritarian and directive nature of the pedagogy of poverty is deceptive about who really is in charge READ 3^rd Column on page 292

- Interpret reading and provide analysis

Group Project Extension UPDATE

No Class Meeting 2/13

• I have decided to give an extension on the Presentation/Essay assignment 

New Due Date: 2/15

• Presentation & Essay Due

Poem

A Rooster Crows en Iowa y en Texas by Tomas Rivera
Click Here For Poem

2/13

Group Assignment:  Read "Pedagogy of Poverty Versus Good Teaching" - Martin Haberman

Presentation: 5-8 min 

Begin to critically analyze the text (construct/build meaning). 

You are not summarizing the essay to present. 

Pick something specific within the article that you wish to discuss as a group.  

You have the autonomy of presenting anyway you want

Medium:

• If you are using multi-media, please bring device to use in class that can be used with projector(ex. laptop computer)
• If using power point, save in USB drive
• If using YouTube, keep to minimal (1-2 min tops)
• If handing out material, please make sufficient copies

Rubric:

• Everyone must participate
• I will be providing FEEDBACK for each individual group
• ORIGINALITY of presentation will be taken into account
• Style and effective rhetorical  and oral presentation will be taken into account.
• Use your grammar and vocabulary skills effectively. Don't be embarrassed to sound smart!
• Looking for thoughtful ANALYSIS and interpretations of the TEXT (Article)   

Essay: 

• 3 pages /  You can split this up between group members
• I don't want three separate response papers
• I want a unified paper / cohesive / organized essay
• Construct meaning, use your writing experience, use discussions in class to guide your paper
• Use academic related information that we have used in class if you want (Pedagogy/Meta-cognition//Standardized Testing/Rhetorical Reading) 

2/8

Read: Haas & Flowers (until pg. 170)
Write: 1 page response on reading

HAAS & FLOWERS Lab

Haas & Flowers Lab Discussion
(Post Outline Below)

2/1

No Class Meeting Today

• We will finish the Downs & Wardle Discussion next week
• Keep your response papers.  I will collect them next week.

Begin reading: Haas & Flowers article

1/30

Finish Reading: Downs & Wardle (Skip: The Writing About Writing Course)
Write: 1 page response and answer the following questions:

• As a student and a person how do you use writing in your life?
• According to Downs and Wardle, does writing easily transfer to other academic situations (courses)?
• Is it important to know for who (audience) you're writing for? Why or why not?

1/25

Read: Downs & Wardle article

1/23

If you missed 1st day of class:

• Tell me about your reading / writing experience
• Do you enjoy reading or writing? Why, why not?
• Did you have a good teacher, maybe a bad one? Explain
• Write 1 pg.

Read: Diaz & Lamott article

• Found under Assigned Readings / Articles

Write 1 pg. response on both articles

Welcome

I want to take this opportunity to welcome everyone to our class forum. I will be integrating our readings, announcements, workshops, assignments, and discussions on here, so it would be wise if you begin to familiarize yourselves with the page. I look forward to meeting everyone. Look for more updates soon!!