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Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Arts for Healing and Social Change
Monday we typed the first Pidd essay. Sentence Punctuation. Today in class, students corrected their essays. For the most part, all students did really well. Student corrected small errors in class for a passing grade.
Other students need to revise their essays by Monday next week. Students can bring in the new draft, stapled to the revision. I know, I told students to email me. I changed my mind.
For students who are catching up, don't worry. Complete the exercises and do as much of the essay that makes sense. I have the writing workshop tomorrow in A-205 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Drop by with questions.
If Thursdays do not work, we can figure out another time, I am here M-Th. On Mondays and Wednesdays, I am here all day 8-3:30 p.m. and I can stay later. It's not a problem when I plan it in advance, but I hardly ever get out of here before 5. I am pushing myself today (smile).
Homework
Homework for the weekend is to do the next set of exercises in Pidd. We are looking at phrases and pronoun agreement in these next two sections. We will write the new essay on Monday. Come to class with the exercises completed. According to our schedule, we are a little behind. Again, we meet in the library on Wednesday, Sept. 18. For Essay 2, you can email me on Wednesday, Sept. 18 by 1:30 p.m. Remember to paste and attach.
If you are behind or having trouble, see me in my office hour or come to the workshop the following day, Sept. 19, 12:30 to 2 p.m.
Guest Speaker
We had a visitor this afternoon: Mr. Jamar Mears, counselor in the EOPS Department here at COA. He is also an instructor in the psychology department: Student Success. His talk about his time here at the college as a student and how he matriculated was enlightening and inspiring. After the talk, students were encouraged to reflect on their lives and jot down notes of points Mr. Mears made which could improve their chances of academic success here at COA and in the future. He gave specific pointers and for any students who might not have jotted them down, I taped his talk and I can email it to anyone who is interested in listening to it again (smile).
I wanted to videotape him, but I didn't have myself together. We have a library orientation next Wednesday; however, the following week, a former student of mine, Manuel Flores will come in and share his story. He graduated this Spring with a 4.0 GPA. He is a great writer, really great (smile). He took my English 201 and English 1A classes.
Event
I told students about an author talk at the de Young Museum in San Francisco this weekend. I am going, so if you want to go, call me so we can meet up and go together. I might not come straight back home. My brother lives in the City and the newspaper I write for is also in San Francisco, so I might run errands, but maybe not (smile).
Here is a link to the event: http://deyoung.famsf.org/deyoung/calendar/conversation-authors-luis-rodriguez-and-michael-warr
Here is a description:
A conversation with authors Luis Rodriguez and Michael Warr: Tia Chucha Press in the House: Arts for Healing and Social Change, presented in partnership with the Red Poppy Art House
How can the arts transform neighborhoods? Rushing Waters, Rising Dreams: How the Arts Are Transforming a Community, coedited by Luis Rodriguez, answers this question through essays, interviews, poems, photographs, and paintings that document the rise of the arts as a powerful healing and regenerative force in the poor, working-class, and largely Mexican/Central American community of northeast San Fernando Valley.
Michael Warr’s most recent book of poems, The Armageddon of Funk, is his third to be published by Rodriguez’s cross-cultural, socially engaged Tia Chucha Press (founded 1989). The two authors have collaborated in the integration of the arts and social change for more than two decades, including through the creation of the Guild Literary Complex in Chicago, for which Warr was the founding director. Rodriguez drew on that experience in forming Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural and Bookstore, based in Sylmar, California.
Rodriguez will talk about Rushing Water, Rising Dreams, and Warr will recite from The Armageddon of Funk. Both books were published in 2012 by Tia Chucha Press and will be available for purchase in the Museum Stores for the authors to sign.
Other students need to revise their essays by Monday next week. Students can bring in the new draft, stapled to the revision. I know, I told students to email me. I changed my mind.
For students who are catching up, don't worry. Complete the exercises and do as much of the essay that makes sense. I have the writing workshop tomorrow in A-205 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Drop by with questions.
If Thursdays do not work, we can figure out another time, I am here M-Th. On Mondays and Wednesdays, I am here all day 8-3:30 p.m. and I can stay later. It's not a problem when I plan it in advance, but I hardly ever get out of here before 5. I am pushing myself today (smile).
Homework
Homework for the weekend is to do the next set of exercises in Pidd. We are looking at phrases and pronoun agreement in these next two sections. We will write the new essay on Monday. Come to class with the exercises completed. According to our schedule, we are a little behind. Again, we meet in the library on Wednesday, Sept. 18. For Essay 2, you can email me on Wednesday, Sept. 18 by 1:30 p.m. Remember to paste and attach.
If you are behind or having trouble, see me in my office hour or come to the workshop the following day, Sept. 19, 12:30 to 2 p.m.
Guest Speaker
We had a visitor this afternoon: Mr. Jamar Mears, counselor in the EOPS Department here at COA. He is also an instructor in the psychology department: Student Success. His talk about his time here at the college as a student and how he matriculated was enlightening and inspiring. After the talk, students were encouraged to reflect on their lives and jot down notes of points Mr. Mears made which could improve their chances of academic success here at COA and in the future. He gave specific pointers and for any students who might not have jotted them down, I taped his talk and I can email it to anyone who is interested in listening to it again (smile).
I wanted to videotape him, but I didn't have myself together. We have a library orientation next Wednesday; however, the following week, a former student of mine, Manuel Flores will come in and share his story. He graduated this Spring with a 4.0 GPA. He is a great writer, really great (smile). He took my English 201 and English 1A classes.
Event
I told students about an author talk at the de Young Museum in San Francisco this weekend. I am going, so if you want to go, call me so we can meet up and go together. I might not come straight back home. My brother lives in the City and the newspaper I write for is also in San Francisco, so I might run errands, but maybe not (smile).
Here is a link to the event: http://deyoung.famsf.org/deyoung/calendar/conversation-authors-luis-rodriguez-and-michael-warr
Here is a description:
Conversation with Authors Luis Rodriguez and Michael Warr, Sat., September 14, 2013 - 3:00pm
Koret Auditorium
How can the arts transform neighborhoods? Rushing Waters, Rising Dreams: How the Arts Are Transforming a Community, coedited by Luis Rodriguez, answers this question through essays, interviews, poems, photographs, and paintings that document the rise of the arts as a powerful healing and regenerative force in the poor, working-class, and largely Mexican/Central American community of northeast San Fernando Valley.
Michael Warr’s most recent book of poems, The Armageddon of Funk, is his third to be published by Rodriguez’s cross-cultural, socially engaged Tia Chucha Press (founded 1989). The two authors have collaborated in the integration of the arts and social change for more than two decades, including through the creation of the Guild Literary Complex in Chicago, for which Warr was the founding director. Rodriguez drew on that experience in forming Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural and Bookstore, based in Sylmar, California.
Rodriguez will talk about Rushing Water, Rising Dreams, and Warr will recite from The Armageddon of Funk. Both books were published in 2012 by Tia Chucha Press and will be available for purchase in the Museum Stores for the authors to sign.
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