Feb.29th, 2008

• TKAM introductory "shoe" activity
• Brainstorming in writing portfolios about your 'shoe'
• Copied questions for shoe activity -- worked on them
• We will look at this later during our unit on short stories -- you will be asked to write a short story about your shoe & its owner.
• Handed back Essay in-class assignments (corrected most of the assignment together).

Have a great weekend!

Feb.28th

• Free Writing (Writing Portfolio)
• Answered questions (homework) -- discussion
• Passed out To Kill A Mockingbird
• Sex in the Media assignment -- due tomorrow!
• Passed out reading schedule& questions

Tue. Feb 26th, 2008

• Homework check : outline
• Discussed "My Body is My Own Business"
• Answered questions for above
• Handed out rubric for "Sex in the Media" assignment (now due Friday)
• Read 5 paragraph essay -- constructed outline
• Assigned more questions for above essay pg.51 Sightlines

Monday, Feb.25

• Ind. Reading
• Passed back "All About Me" Autobiography
• Passed out 5 paragraph essay & outline "Commercialization of Christmas"
• Passed out 5 paragraph essay on "movies" complete outline for homework.
• "Sex in the Media" assignment due: Thursday, Feb.28th

Friday, Feb.22

• Reading
• Read "My Body is My Own Business" aloud
• Discussed the Islamic religion
• Copied and worked on questions (homework)
• Copied notes "Non-fiction"
• New assignment: "Using Sex as a Selling Tool in advertisments" due: Thursday, Feb.28th

Feb.21, 2008

• Reading
• Corrected both sheets
• discussion

Feb.20th, 2008

• Free Write (Writing Portfolio)
• Notes on "Thesis Statements"
• Passed out sheets (2) topic sentences/supporting sentences (homework)
• Passed in "Thank-you letters"

Tue.Feb.19th

I was out at a workshop yesterday (the 19th); I hope everything went well in class.

• In-class assignment "Characteristics of Essays"
• Good copy of thank-you letter is due Wed.

Mon. Feb. 18th

• Pre-reading questions in notebooks
• Intro to "Rick Hansen: Man in Motion"
• Read above memoir aloud
• Copied and worked on questions (overhead) & journal entry
• Checked rough copy draft for "Thank-you letter" -- Good copy due: Wednesday

Friday, Feb.15th

• Reading (newspaper)
• Reading Response
• Thank-you letter to influential person in your life. Rough copy is due Monday. Do not worry about the format for the rough copy. Must be in proper format for the good copy.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope everyone has the chance to spend some time with their loved ones this evening!

• Finished watching the movie "My Left Foot"


• Writing Portfolio: "My Left Foot" chart -- challenges & how Christy overcame them
• Journal Entry #1 -- "My Left Foot"

For a bank mark

• Research the history behind Valentine's Day. Write me a few lines explaining how "Valentine's Day" came about. Pass into me at the beginning of class tomorrow for a bank mark.

Feb.13, 2008

• 45 minute class due to weather
• Continued watching "My Left Foot"

Tue. Feb 12

• Passed in "All About Me Autobiography"
• Homework check "My Left Foot"
• Corrected questions together -- "My Left Foot"
• Began to watch movie "My Left Foot"

Welcome Eng 421A 2008!

Hello all,

As this is my first post of the semester, I will have to post a brief update of what we have accomplished thus far. I hope everyone is enjoying their "storm day"!

Wednesday, Feb. 6th

• Icebreaker activity
• Course outline
• Expectations/rules
• Types of Essays notes
• "All About Me" assignment due: Monday (now Tuesday, Feb. 12)

Thursday, Feb.7th (shortened class due to exam review)

• Went over last days notes
• Passed out textbooks Sightlines (unfortunately not everyone has their own text...yet!)

Friday, Feb.8th

• Pre-reading activity (overhead) "memoir"
• Talked about our preconceptions about "intelligence" -- judging people on first impressions/physical disabilities.
• Read aloud "My Left Foot" Sightlines pg.71
• Discussion
• Copied questions from overhead -- worked on for the rest of class -- due Monday.