Tuesday 10/6/09 - What you should be doing now...

Post the 10 questions and the interview answers from today in class (if you didn't come to class today, e-mail me and I'll send you an overview of what we did).

Post your letter to your friend (see the commentary assignment #3 - it was due today but I extended the assignment till Thursday). The purpose of this letter is to inform someone who doesn't go to UCF about your issue so that you get a chance to articulate it to an outside party. This helps you think about the issue from someone else's perspective. It doesn't have to be typed and double spaced - that was only for turning the assignment in in class and I decided to have you turn it in on your blog instead.

Read the two articles listed below the commentary assignment (The Hypocrisy Bowl and Metrosexual Matrimony) and think about how they are arranged and how the authors got the background information to write them. We'll talk about them in class on Thursday.

Your assignment for Thursday, October 1

Remember that you are supposed to post three ideas for your commentary that relate to issues here at UCF.

Then I would like you to take one of those issues and develop it a bit. Write about 250 words about that issue - Following prompt #2 from your assignment. Think about your issue, and observe the atmosphere around the issue. Think about the context of the issue - how did we get to this point?

As you observe, record the sensory details of the phenomenon/trend, as well as the spatial/contextual perimeters. How does it look and feel to you? Consider what it reminds you of, literally and figuratively. How is it like or unlike other things you’ve experienced? Note how others react to it. Are there differences between your response and others’ responses? What significance does it have for you? What significance does it seem to have for them?

Commentary Assignment

Link to Commentary Assignment

Link to Commentary Rubric

The Hypocrisy Bowl

Metrosexual Matrimony

What you need to turn in for Commentary:
Folder with your name on it, commentary rubric, commentary in MLA format (double spaced, name, class (including section), date, title, page number on each page except first), works cited page)

For those of you who missed the assignment

Here are the questions for the peer review so that you can complete the peer review and the draft.
1. Does the intro engage the reader?
2. Indicate where the main point of the story is located.
3. What does the reader learn or gain from reading this memoir?
4. Indicate where a sentence or paragraph uses dialog effectively.
5. Name a part of the excerpt where the author uses exposition. How is it effective?
6. What particular event or sentence do you like about this paragraph?
7. Are there particular words or phrases that are redundant?
8. Where should the writer describe in more detail? Where is the writer showing/creating a visual scene for the reader to walk into?
9. If you had one suggestion for improvement, what would it be?

My suggestion would be to e-maiil a friend this list of questions and a link to your blog, and request that they give you feedback. That will help you complete the memo assignment and draft.
If you missed the assignment, you won't get credit for the review, but you will proably find it difficult to do the memo otherwise.

Memoir Rubric Link

Here is a link to the memoir rubric:
Memoir rubric

Memo Assignment

Your next post assignment:

Post a memo to me (on your blog) about how you are going to implement the feedback from the peer review. Where are you going to go from here, and what are you going to do with this feedback? This memo should be at least 300-500 words and should deal with not only revising this paragraph, but with finishing the memoir in a way that incorporates strong visuals and insightful significance (see your memoir assignment and rubric for specific assignment criteria).

This should be in memo format, written in academic tone, and should be done no later than Thursday, September 17, 2009.

Updated Links to other blogs

There were some errors, so use this list.
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If you don't see your blog on here, that means I haven't received it via e-mail and you need to send it to me. Please do so ASAP or you will not receive credit for future assignments!
J Moody