Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Essay 1: Virgin Soul Essay Assignment
Reading Assignments for Virgin Soul Recap
The book is to be completed by Monday, October 21, 2013.
1. Monday, October 21, 2013, we will develop an Initial Planning Sheet (IPS) and a working thesis. Students will then have time in class (1 hour) to write a fast draft. No Pidd assignments today.
2. Wednesday, October 23, 1st polished draft due for a peer review. Again, no Pidd assignments.
3. Monday, October 28, 2013, students will bring in another draft with a Revision Goals Plan attached.
4. Final Draft due Wednesday, October 30, 2013. Students will bring in a final draft of the essay to submit in class via email. We will assemble the essay portfolio in class. Bring everything electronically: all freewrites connected to Virgin Soul, the IPS, outline, Reading Logs for the book, and any other writing.
Reading Schedule:
For October 14 prepare chapters 19-28 (pages 116-170).
For Wednesday, October 16, prepare chapters 29-39 (pages 171-212).
For Monday, October 21, complete the book chapters 41-58, (pages 213-306).
Students are to keep reading and vocabulary logs for each chapter. Here is a link to how I'd like the logs written: http://professorwandasposse.blogspot.com/2012_08_01_archive.html
This a recap of what the authors state in Reading to Write, chapter 1 under Reading Logs.
Also next week, Wednesday, October 30, 2013 bring in a copy(s) of a book you're considering for Essay 2. See below. I need to approve the book before you begin to read it Nov. 4-6.
Nov. 4-6, I will be away again, this time complete your independent reading. Catch up on Pidd
Essay 2: Selecting the book
On Wednesday, October 30, bring the book to class you'd like to read for your second essay. Choose a book about a person or character who is a change agent, a leader, not a follower. You decide if the person is a good influence or a bad influence on his or her constituency. If you'd like to stay in the world of the movements popular in the 1960s, you might want to read biographies or autobiographies of people like Huey P. Newton, Kathleen Cleaver, Angela Y. Davis who is the subject of a new film (2013) Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners, Mumia Abu Jamal, who is also the subject in a new film, Long Distance Revolutionary.
Book Report Essay due dates:
Planning due: Monday, November 11.
Fast Draft due: Monday, November 18.
Final Draft due: Wednesday, November 20.
Essay with Revision plan due by Friday, November 22.
Presentations week of November 23-25. All presentations include an abstract. Make copies for each of your classmates. If you want me to make copies, print one copy for me.I have a handout for students instructing you on how to develop an abstract.
Abstract
The presentation is weighted heavily here, so prepare well, and please include an abstract which includes the title of the book, the key points you plan to make and any arguments you’d like us to consider. Bring in copies for each student. If a student does not have an abstract, he or she will not present. There are no make ups.
Respond to all my points listed above and you will be fine. If you want to more information see: http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/essays/abstract.html
The book is to be completed by Monday, October 21, 2013.
1. Monday, October 21, 2013, we will develop an Initial Planning Sheet (IPS) and a working thesis. Students will then have time in class (1 hour) to write a fast draft. No Pidd assignments today.
2. Wednesday, October 23, 1st polished draft due for a peer review. Again, no Pidd assignments.
3. Monday, October 28, 2013, students will bring in another draft with a Revision Goals Plan attached.
4. Final Draft due Wednesday, October 30, 2013. Students will bring in a final draft of the essay to submit in class via email. We will assemble the essay portfolio in class. Bring everything electronically: all freewrites connected to Virgin Soul, the IPS, outline, Reading Logs for the book, and any other writing.
Reading Schedule:
For October 14 prepare chapters 19-28 (pages 116-170).
For Wednesday, October 16, prepare chapters 29-39 (pages 171-212).
For Monday, October 21, complete the book chapters 41-58, (pages 213-306).
Students are to keep reading and vocabulary logs for each chapter. Here is a link to how I'd like the logs written: http://professorwandasposse.blogspot.com/2012_08_01_archive.html
This a recap of what the authors state in Reading to Write, chapter 1 under Reading Logs.
Also next week, Wednesday, October 30, 2013 bring in a copy(s) of a book you're considering for Essay 2. See below. I need to approve the book before you begin to read it Nov. 4-6.
Nov. 4-6, I will be away again, this time complete your independent reading. Catch up on Pidd
Essay 2: Selecting the book
On Wednesday, October 30, bring the book to class you'd like to read for your second essay. Choose a book about a person or character who is a change agent, a leader, not a follower. You decide if the person is a good influence or a bad influence on his or her constituency. If you'd like to stay in the world of the movements popular in the 1960s, you might want to read biographies or autobiographies of people like Huey P. Newton, Kathleen Cleaver, Angela Y. Davis who is the subject of a new film (2013) Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners, Mumia Abu Jamal, who is also the subject in a new film, Long Distance Revolutionary.
Book Report Essay due dates:
Planning due: Monday, November 11.
Fast Draft due: Monday, November 18.
Final Draft due: Wednesday, November 20.
Essay with Revision plan due by Friday, November 22.
Presentations week of November 23-25. All presentations include an abstract. Make copies for each of your classmates. If you want me to make copies, print one copy for me.I have a handout for students instructing you on how to develop an abstract.
Abstract
The presentation is weighted heavily here, so prepare well, and please include an abstract which includes the title of the book, the key points you plan to make and any arguments you’d like us to consider. Bring in copies for each student. If a student does not have an abstract, he or she will not present. There are no make ups.
Respond to all my points listed above and you will be fine. If you want to more information see: http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/essays/abstract.html
