Monday, November 17, 2008
Holler If You Hear Me: I Got Your Name Tatted on My Arm
Today in the early class we worked on the planning and document search for the research essay. It's due tomorrow morning. Don't forget, we meet in L-202E until further notice. You can post your plans and research below if complete before class.
Read or at least skim chapter 8. We will go through the chapter and pull definitions, analogies, consequences from the text, as well as, arguments we agree with and those we don't agree with. I'd like students to post 3 of each.
What do you think about the premise stated and implied by the title: "I Got Your Name Tatted on My Body: Reading the Black Body"?
Do any of you inhabit this physical space or have been affected by the space such bodies occupy? Explain.
I'll see if I can find it. It was a part of the Bill Moyers' series on poets and poetry aired on pbs.org Listen here: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/2007/07/remembering_sekou_sundiata.html
Read or at least skim chapter 8. We will go through the chapter and pull definitions, analogies, consequences from the text, as well as, arguments we agree with and those we don't agree with. I'd like students to post 3 of each.
What do you think about the premise stated and implied by the title: "I Got Your Name Tatted on My Body: Reading the Black Body"?
Do any of you inhabit this physical space or have been affected by the space such bodies occupy? Explain.
I'll see if I can find it. It was a part of the Bill Moyers' series on poets and poetry aired on pbs.org Listen here: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/2007/07/remembering_sekou_sundiata.html
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Dion Cade
Eng 201b
Frontline World assignment planning sheet
What is the subject of your paper?
The subject of my paper is Lena Tam, who is part of the Alameda City Council.
2. Why do you want to write about this subject?
I want to write about this subject because she is an entrepreneur who lives in the same city as I. My purpose is to talk about her and what she does.
3. What audience will you write for?
My primary audience is other people who reside in Alameda because this women wants to make a difference for the better in our community.
4. What question do you want your essay to answer?
The question I want my essay to answer is, who is known in Alameda for making a difference in the community.
5. What is the main writing strategy you think you will use?
The main writing strategy that I will use in my essay is casual analysis and explaining what she does in detail.
Eng 201b
Frontline World assignment planning sheet
What is the subject of your paper?
The subject of my paper is Lena Tam, who is part of the Alameda City Council.
2. Why do you want to write about this subject?
I want to write about this subject because she is an entrepreneur who lives in the same city as I. My purpose is to talk about her and what she does.
3. What audience will you write for?
My primary audience is other people who reside in Alameda because this women wants to make a difference for the better in our community.
4. What question do you want your essay to answer?
The question I want my essay to answer is, who is known in Alameda for making a difference in the community.
5. What is the main writing strategy you think you will use?
The main writing strategy that I will use in my essay is casual analysis and explaining what she does in detail.
This is in the wrong place. Secondly, you did not read the assignment. The main writing strategy is problem/solution. Have you completed the Frontline World Assignments?
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: 5:08 PM
Andrew Nguyen
English 201
8-8:50AM
From what I've skimmed through in the chapter, it's about Tupac and the way he uses his body throughout his life, whether it's in a positive or negative manner.
There was a section of the book (pg. 243) that interested me. It was about Tupac's Tattoo, "50 Niggaz" which explained that anyone against Tupac is like going against 50 people.
I actually had an interest of tattoos awhile back, but after thinking about the management with it, especially in the future...nope, not interested anymore haha.
English 201
8-8:50AM
From what I've skimmed through in the chapter, it's about Tupac and the way he uses his body throughout his life, whether it's in a positive or negative manner.
There was a section of the book (pg. 243) that interested me. It was about Tupac's Tattoo, "50 Niggaz" which explained that anyone against Tupac is like going against 50 people.
I actually had an interest of tattoos awhile back, but after thinking about the management with it, especially in the future...nope, not interested anymore haha.
Treana Penn
English 201A
1:00-2:50
In chapter eight, "Holler If You Hear Me: I Got Your Name Tatted on My Arm" of Holler if You Hear Me talked a lot about the view of Tupac's tattoos and tattoos in general. Tupac's tattoos are a symbol of the journey of his life. I feel that he was on his own portrait of what he wanted to be. I don't think that when he was getting his tattoos, his point was not to make himself look like a thug. He was only being him and as one of his tattoos says "Only God Can Judge Me."
I always wanted a tattoo of a sun to represent how much I shine as a younger girl. As I grew older, I thought it was silly, it was just an excuse for me to write on something. Now today the only tattoo, I ever thought of is getting one in memory of my beautiful grandmother.
Arguments:
Disagree
1)"Beyond his natural gifts, Tupac fashioned his persona-particularly as homeboy and thug-through symbolic accessories: nose studs, earrings, head rags, low-sagging jeans... (232-3)."
2)" And thousands, perhaps millions, of young black males believed his body was their body (233)."
3)" Tupac was almost universally adored for his vibrant sensuality and his striking good looks (234)."
Agree
1)" If Tupac was in the position to sacrifice his body, especially for young black men, it was in large part because of the love he got from women (234)."
2)" But his breathing and walking body, his living and loving body, his rapping and acting body, his angry and defiant body, is the body that matters most, because without it, we would have no record of his spirit in our lives...(244)."
3)" Tupac never bragged about his good looks, never seemed to believe that he was all that special and therefore deserved someone special(242)."
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English 201A
1:00-2:50
In chapter eight, "Holler If You Hear Me: I Got Your Name Tatted on My Arm" of Holler if You Hear Me talked a lot about the view of Tupac's tattoos and tattoos in general. Tupac's tattoos are a symbol of the journey of his life. I feel that he was on his own portrait of what he wanted to be. I don't think that when he was getting his tattoos, his point was not to make himself look like a thug. He was only being him and as one of his tattoos says "Only God Can Judge Me."
I always wanted a tattoo of a sun to represent how much I shine as a younger girl. As I grew older, I thought it was silly, it was just an excuse for me to write on something. Now today the only tattoo, I ever thought of is getting one in memory of my beautiful grandmother.
Arguments:
Disagree
1)"Beyond his natural gifts, Tupac fashioned his persona-particularly as homeboy and thug-through symbolic accessories: nose studs, earrings, head rags, low-sagging jeans... (232-3)."
2)" And thousands, perhaps millions, of young black males believed his body was their body (233)."
3)" Tupac was almost universally adored for his vibrant sensuality and his striking good looks (234)."
Agree
1)" If Tupac was in the position to sacrifice his body, especially for young black men, it was in large part because of the love he got from women (234)."
2)" But his breathing and walking body, his living and loving body, his rapping and acting body, his angry and defiant body, is the body that matters most, because without it, we would have no record of his spirit in our lives...(244)."
3)" Tupac never bragged about his good looks, never seemed to believe that he was all that special and therefore deserved someone special(242)."
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