Thursday 2 June 2011
NEXT CLASS MEETING
Remember we will meet again on Thursday 9 June at 9:15 SHARP. This will be only a short meeting to get your grades. If you are not in class at 9:15 you will not be able to see me. I won't be in my office later.
Tuesday 31 May 2011
Blog 20: Final Version of Major Research Essay
Post your final version of the Major Research Essay by midnight of Tuesday 5/31/2011. Do include the works cited page. This essay counts for 20% of ENG 101 and 60% of ENG 103.
Blog 19: Reflection on Archives Essay
Discuss the archives essay--how did working with the archives help you learn about the topic of planned shrinkage? How useful was the introduction by the archives project? Was the archives project essay easier or more difficult than the major research essay? Discuss why
Tuesday 24 May 2011
Blog 18: Report on major research paper
For this blog write a report on the process of drafting your major research paper and the difficulties you faced. Discuss how you went about in finding the research, what research you wanted to have access to but could not (and why) and then discuss how you have incorporated the class lessons about topic sentences, introductions and conclusions, downshifting, and sentence variety into the draft you produced for today.
Wednesday 18 May 2011
Upcoming weeks
T 31: Revision of blogs. Reflection blog on archives project. MLA quiz.MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECT FINAL DRAFT DUE (POST ON YOUR BLOG) BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
W 1: Prepare for final exam.
TH 2:In-class essay.
TH 9: 9:15-9:20 ONLY. MEETING TO GET GRADES IN MY OFFICE. MANDATORY
WEDNESDAY 25
10:50 VAZQUEZ, CHASIDY
12:00 ESTRELLA, JHANI -
12:20 JOYA, JOSHUA
W 1: Prepare for final exam.
TH 2:In-class essay.
TH 9: 9:15-9:20 ONLY. MEETING TO GET GRADES IN MY OFFICE. MANDATORY
WEDNESDAY 25
10:50 VAZQUEZ, CHASIDY
12:00 ESTRELLA, JHANI -
12:20 JOYA, JOSHUA
Tuesday 17 May 2011
Blog 17: Minority Report, Oedipus, and free will
The movie Minority Report and the play Oedipus the King deal with the issues of free will and determinism and how much control humans have over their lives. The article “Free Will and Determinism in the World of Minority Report” expands on this issue, offering some working definitions of determinism as well. Using evidence from the two texts and the movie, argue for your position on the issue of how much control and free will humans have. While this is a philosophical topic, you will need to use textual evidence that make the topic’s development tangible and concrete for your readers. When using evidence from Minority Report, remember that you are not writing a movie review or mere plot summary.
Blog 16: Report on your selected movie
Write a report on the movie on which your research project is based, giving the following information:
1) the movie's basic plot 2) how it relates or is situated in NYC 3) how do we see NYC (outside shots, characters living in it etc) visually in the movie4) what does NYC look like in the movie
Minimum: 350 words
1) the movie's basic plot 2) how it relates or is situated in NYC 3) how do we see NYC (outside shots, characters living in it etc) visually in the movie4) what does NYC look like in the movie
Minimum: 350 words
Blog 15: Minority Report response
The movie Minority Report presents a future where concerns about crime and security have turned society to extremes such as punishing criminals before the crime is even committed and privacy no longer exists (think of the retina scans and the invading spiders). Do you think a society should care for security above all, or is violation of privacy too high a price to pay for security? Write a blog response arguing your position and also anticipating and addressing the arguments of the opposing side. You may also want to consider the article “Free Will and Determinism in the World of Minority Report” in your response.
Thursday 12 May 2011
Thursday 5 May 2011
Special Activity: MOMI
First, type up a list of all the different facts you remember learning from yesterday's MOMI visit. Then focus on 3 concepts or ideas the tour guides explained and discuss these in some detail. Title the blog "Special Activity: MOMI."
Monday 2 May 2011
Blog 13: Draft of Archives Project Essay
On Tuesday 5/3 by 9:00 AM post a full draft of your archives project essay for peer review. Post it as "Blog 13: Draft of Archives Project Essay"
Questions to answer in Peer Review of Archives Project Essay
Questions to answer in Peer Review of Archives Project Essay
1) 1. Does the paper use sources from the archives and is the use of sources evident?
2) 2. Does the paper discuss the social and economic context of the time?
3) 3. Does the paper explore the idea of “planned shrinkage?”
4) 4. Does the paper discuss the reactions to the idea of “planned shrinkage?”
5) 5. Does the paper discuss Starr’s personal philosophy?
6) 6. Does the paper use the oral history report as evidence about Starr’s personal philosophy?
7) 7. Does the paper connect Starr’s personal philosophy with the idea of “planned shrinkage?”
8) 8. Does the paper offer the writer’s conclusion on how appropriate the idea of “planned shrinkage” was at the time?
9) 9. Are there effective transitions between paragraphs?
1 10. Does each paragraph deal only with one idea?
Sunday 1 May 2011
Week of May 2-May 6
Tuesday May 3: Draft of Archives paper due by 9am.
In class: Peer review of Archives paper. Look at 1-2 papers as a class. Discuss Blog 12 posts. Last day to bring $4 for museum entrance
Wednesday May 4: Field trip--we do not meet in the C building. We meet at MOMI at 10:20am
Thursday May 5: Blog on MOMI and also discuss Major Research Essay for ENG 103.
Editing session for Blog series 2.
FINAL DRAFT OF ARCHIVES PAPER DUE TUESDAY 5/10 by 9 AM (POST ON BLOG)
In class: Peer review of Archives paper. Look at 1-2 papers as a class. Discuss Blog 12 posts. Last day to bring $4 for museum entrance
Wednesday May 4: Field trip--we do not meet in the C building. We meet at MOMI at 10:20am
Thursday May 5: Blog on MOMI and also discuss Major Research Essay for ENG 103.
Editing session for Blog series 2.
FINAL DRAFT OF ARCHIVES PAPER DUE TUESDAY 5/10 by 9 AM (POST ON BLOG)
Thursday 28 April 2011
Blog 12: Gattaca response
In the essay “The Man on the Moon” George J. Annas writes that “The new ideal human, the genetically engineered ‘superior’ human, will almost certainly come to represent ‘the other.’ If history is a guide, either the normal humans will view the ‘better’ humans as the other and seek to control or destroy them, or vice versa” (236). Write your response about this hypothesis, taking into consideration the movie Gattaca, the views Annas offers in his essay, our class discussion on the idea of "the other" and examples from human history as well as the present. More than one position is possible. This should be a substantial response, more than just a paragraph.
"The Man on The Moon" by George J. Annas
1. Discuss Annas' claims about holy wars from the era of the crusades to Columbus and labelling the enemy as "other." Why do you think religion is used in this way?
2. Discuss what was different about WW II and the process Nazis used to think of Jews as "other."
3. How could, according to Norman Mailer, the voyage of Apollo to the moon be either grandeur or madness? Discuss both possibilities.
4.Annas claims that our children, through genetic engineering, would become products subject to quality control and improvements, including destruction if they were defective. Discuss whether this is possible or far-fetched, and why
2. Discuss what was different about WW II and the process Nazis used to think of Jews as "other."
3. How could, according to Norman Mailer, the voyage of Apollo to the moon be either grandeur or madness? Discuss both possibilities.
4.Annas claims that our children, through genetic engineering, would become products subject to quality control and improvements, including destruction if they were defective. Discuss whether this is possible or far-fetched, and why
Tuesday 26 April 2011
Blog 11: The Concept of the Other
In our discussion we focused on Lacan's, Hegel's, and Hamermas' ideas of the other, and how through this process of understanding the world based on difference we privilege the category that we place ourselves in and create a negative definition of "the other." One easy example of such a process is sex (male female) and sexual orientation (gay, straight, bi), also race, ethnicity, social class, but also behaviors, tastes in music and fashion, as well as categories such as ability/disability and more apparent features such as body image etc. For this blog, I want you to examine some particular category which you define as "the other" for you--a category you cannot imagine having anything in common with and which in fact helps define you through the process of NOT being it. Write your thoughts on the following: a) give a description of your "other." b) explain what it is about it that makes you feel such opposition to it c) discuss what has happened or would happen in situations where you have to interact with someone who belongs to "the other" as you define it. You should make sure that you do not write something offensive to members of that group, but at the same time if you keep good manners you should express your ideas openly.
Wednesday 5/4: Museum of the Moving Image Visit
On Wednesday 5/4 we will meet at the Museum of the Moving Image. We will gather at 10:20AM on the 35th avenue side (however we will probably enter through the 36th streer entrance, the group entrance). Please make sure you are on time. We have to go inside as a group.If you come late they may or may not let you come and join the group. If you are late for whatever reason and you cannot join the group, you will be counted absent for ALL THREE HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. For this visit you must bring $4 before the day of the visit.
The museum tour will finish before by 12:30 pm, giving you enough time to return to school if you have a class at 2 o'clock.
Address:
36-01 35 Avenue
Astoria, NY 11106
TRAVEL DIRECTIONS FROM MUSEUM WEBSITE:
By Subway
FROM MANHATTAN:
• Take the R or M to Steinway Street. Use the 34 Avenue exit near end of train. Walk south along Steinway Street, turn right on 35 Avenue. Proceed 3 blocks to Museum entrance on 36 Street, near 35 Avenue.
• E to Queens Plaza. Change to R or M and proceed to Steinway Street. Follow the directions from the 34 Avenue exit as detailed above.
• N or Q to 36 Avenue (Astoria). Walk 1 block north to 35 Avenue. Turn right and walk to 36 Street.
FROM BROOKLYN:
• Take the G train to LIC-Court Square/45 Road. Transfer via underground tunnel to a M train at Court Square/23 Street-Ely Avenue to Steinway Street.
• N or Q to 36 Avenue (Astoria) or R to Steinway Street. Follow the directions from the 34 Avenue exit as detailed above.
FROM EASTERN QUEENS:
• 7 to 74 Street and Roosevelt Avenue. Walk downstairs to the E and R lines. Take the Manhattan or Brooklyn-bound R to Steinway Street.
Use the 34 Avenue exit near front of train. Walk south along Steinway Street, turn right on 35 Avenue, proceed 2 blocks to Museum entrance on 36 Street, near 35 Avenue.
By Bus
FROM MANHATTAN:
Queens Surface Transit Q101 (departs from 58th Street and Second Avenue round-the-clock every 15 to 30 minutes) to 35 Avenue in Astoria. Walk west on 35 Avenue to 36 Street.
FROM FLUSHING:
Queens Surface Transit Q66 "21st Street" to Steinway Street and 35 Avenue. Walk west on 35 Avenue and proceed to the Museum entrance on 36 Street, near 35 Avenue.
The museum tour will finish before by 12:30 pm, giving you enough time to return to school if you have a class at 2 o'clock.
Address:
36-01 35 Avenue
Astoria, NY 11106
TRAVEL DIRECTIONS FROM MUSEUM WEBSITE:
By Subway
FROM MANHATTAN:
• Take the R or M to Steinway Street. Use the 34 Avenue exit near end of train. Walk south along Steinway Street, turn right on 35 Avenue. Proceed 3 blocks to Museum entrance on 36 Street, near 35 Avenue.
• E to Queens Plaza. Change to R or M and proceed to Steinway Street. Follow the directions from the 34 Avenue exit as detailed above.
• N or Q to 36 Avenue (Astoria). Walk 1 block north to 35 Avenue. Turn right and walk to 36 Street.
FROM BROOKLYN:
• Take the G train to LIC-Court Square/45 Road. Transfer via underground tunnel to a M train at Court Square/23 Street-Ely Avenue to Steinway Street.
• N or Q to 36 Avenue (Astoria) or R to Steinway Street. Follow the directions from the 34 Avenue exit as detailed above.
FROM EASTERN QUEENS:
• 7 to 74 Street and Roosevelt Avenue. Walk downstairs to the E and R lines. Take the Manhattan or Brooklyn-bound R to Steinway Street.
Use the 34 Avenue exit near front of train. Walk south along Steinway Street, turn right on 35 Avenue, proceed 2 blocks to Museum entrance on 36 Street, near 35 Avenue.
By Bus
FROM MANHATTAN:
Queens Surface Transit Q101 (departs from 58th Street and Second Avenue round-the-clock every 15 to 30 minutes) to 35 Avenue in Astoria. Walk west on 35 Avenue to 36 Street.
FROM FLUSHING:
Queens Surface Transit Q66 "21st Street" to Steinway Street and 35 Avenue. Walk west on 35 Avenue and proceed to the Museum entrance on 36 Street, near 35 Avenue.
Thursday 14 April 2011
Blog 10: Reflection
For Blog 10 you will compose an entry of 300-500 words where you will 1) reflect on the content of the course and what has been more interesting for you to explore as well as what it is you would like to know more about (to help you, I am including a list of concepts) and 2) discuss yourself as a writer as seen in your blog. What do you see as your strengths and weaknesses and how has using a blog for most of your writing instead of papers helped you or did not help you to do the work? You should also talk about your strongest and weakest piece of writing in the blog, so you should spend some time reviewing your entries.
Thematic concepts: illusion and reality; the allegory of the cave; historical examples of illusions; destiny and free will; mythology in the Matrix; Ignorance, Bliss, and Knowledge in Oedipus the King.
Writing concepts: Summarizing. Invention techniques. Thesis and topic sentences. Incorporating text from a source into your own essay. Documenting sources and MLA documentation style. Annotating sources. Using primary sources such as the LaGuardia archives.Introductions and conclusions.
Thematic concepts: illusion and reality; the allegory of the cave; historical examples of illusions; destiny and free will; mythology in the Matrix; Ignorance, Bliss, and Knowledge in Oedipus the King.
Writing concepts: Summarizing. Invention techniques. Thesis and topic sentences. Incorporating text from a source into your own essay. Documenting sources and MLA documentation style. Annotating sources. Using primary sources such as the LaGuardia archives.Introductions and conclusions.
Tuesday 12 April 2011
Blog 9: Draft of Media Paper
For Blog 9 post a draft, as complete as you can, of your media midterm paper by Thursday at 9:00 am. We will conduct peer review in class (your peers will give you feedback) as well as look at general guidelines and possible pitfalls of the paper. Remember that your paper will be due the Monday after midterm so there will be no other day after Thursday when we will meet to discuss it.
Blog 8: Ignorance, Bliss, and Knowledge in Oedipus the King and The Matrix.
Discuss what ideas there are in the two texts (The Matrix and Oedipus the King) about the concepts of ignorance, bliss/happiness, and knowledge. Discuss both common elements you see and differences.
Wednesday 6 April 2011
Blog 7: Annotated Bibliography of Media Midterm Paper
Due Thursday April 7 by midnight
Post an outline and an annotated bibliography of your media midterm paper. An annotated bibliography is a list of the sources you plan to use, in MLA format and with a short paragraph after each source, where you spend a few lines explaining what useful material for your papers the source has. An outline will have the following:
1. Thesis
2. List of reasons to support the thesis (each reason will be fully developed and supported with evidence when you turn the outline into a paper)
(note: you should the class time tomorrow to research your bibliography; we will meet and peer review this assignment on Tuesday, but I will have commented on your thesis before that, so you must meet the midnight deadline or I may not have time to comment on your thesis.
PS:
A book that is not in our library but you can read its first chapters and some important studies mentioned here
Post an outline and an annotated bibliography of your media midterm paper. An annotated bibliography is a list of the sources you plan to use, in MLA format and with a short paragraph after each source, where you spend a few lines explaining what useful material for your papers the source has. An outline will have the following:
1. Thesis
2. List of reasons to support the thesis (each reason will be fully developed and supported with evidence when you turn the outline into a paper)
(note: you should the class time tomorrow to research your bibliography; we will meet and peer review this assignment on Tuesday, but I will have commented on your thesis before that, so you must meet the midnight deadline or I may not have time to comment on your thesis.
PS:
A book that is not in our library but you can read its first chapters and some important studies mentioned here
Monday 4 April 2011
This week, April 5-April 7
Tuesday 4 April: Library orientation the first hour in E-101 B; second hour: discuss blog 6. peer review of essay
peer review groups:
1) Chris-Anna-Chasidy
2) Melvin-Elena-David R
3) Eddy-Samantha-Lismilda
4) Shannon-Marlita-Josh
5) David S-Jayleen-Jared
6) Luisa-Okorie-Magaly
7) Carlos-Jhani-Victor
Wednesday 5 April: MLA documentation style.
http://faculty.laguardia.edu/lvasileiou/ENG101/MLA-style%20documentation.ppt
Annotating sources. (LIB 110) Discuss Oedipus assignment
Thursday 6 April: Blog 7 due at end of day: Work on outline and compile annotated bibliography for media midterm paper. Peer review of essays must also be complete by end of day.
peer review groups:
1) Chris-Anna-Chasidy
2) Melvin-Elena-David R
3) Eddy-Samantha-Lismilda
4) Shannon-Marlita-Josh
5) David S-Jayleen-Jared
6) Luisa-Okorie-Magaly
7) Carlos-Jhani-Victor
Wednesday 5 April: MLA documentation style.
http://faculty.laguardia.edu/lvasileiou/ENG101/MLA-style%20documentation.ppt
Annotating sources. (LIB 110) Discuss Oedipus assignment
Thursday 6 April: Blog 7 due at end of day: Work on outline and compile annotated bibliography for media midterm paper. Peer review of essays must also be complete by end of day.
Thursday 31 March 2011
Essay: Symbolism in The Matrix
You will start this essay in class but you will be allowed to continue editing and revising until midnight today 3/31. The essay should be your own product. If you use any sources about the myths, the sources must take up only a very short part ( no more than 2-3 sentences or about 30-40 words) and you must provide full links to your sources at the end of the essay. Do not present material as your own which you did not write. Give credit to ideas and sentences you found elsewhere.
Directions:
Focus on one set of mythological and/or cultural allusions in The Matrix from the many sets available (Greek mythology, Hebrew mythology, Alice in Wonderland references, Plato, etc.) and make an argument for the way in which the set of allusions you chose contributes/clarifies/complicates the plot and the movie's theme. You should make clear and explicit connections between the set of allusions you chose and the movie elements you see them in, and you should provide a basic explication of the mythological set of references on which you focus. This will be an essay you will post, not a blog. There should be 1) an engaging introduction, 2) body paragraphs with topic sentences, each body paragraph fully developing one topic sentence and sticking to that, 3) specific examples and evidence to support each topic sentence ,4) good transitions between paragraphs, and 5)an ending paragraph that provides closure. Avoid cliches (such as "in today's society," "in conclusion" for the last paragraph etc). There is a 600 word minimum. This essay will be the culmination of the first set of blogs evaluated this round.
Directions:
Focus on one set of mythological and/or cultural allusions in The Matrix from the many sets available (Greek mythology, Hebrew mythology, Alice in Wonderland references, Plato, etc.) and make an argument for the way in which the set of allusions you chose contributes/clarifies/complicates the plot and the movie's theme. You should make clear and explicit connections between the set of allusions you chose and the movie elements you see them in, and you should provide a basic explication of the mythological set of references on which you focus. This will be an essay you will post, not a blog. There should be 1) an engaging introduction, 2) body paragraphs with topic sentences, each body paragraph fully developing one topic sentence and sticking to that, 3) specific examples and evidence to support each topic sentence ,4) good transitions between paragraphs, and 5)an ending paragraph that provides closure. Avoid cliches (such as "in today's society," "in conclusion" for the last paragraph etc). There is a 600 word minimum. This essay will be the culmination of the first set of blogs evaluated this round.
Tuesday 29 March 2011
Interaction with ENG 101: Masculinities
DUE TODAY. YOU WILL NOT LEAVE THE LAB BEFORE YOU SHOW ME YOUR POSTED COMMENT ON THE WRITER'S BLOG
Last week we interacted and reviewed work by an ENG 99 class. Today we will review work by another ENG 101 class. The assignment involves analyzing a photo.
It is the following:
In this first formal assignment for this course, you’ll analyze a photograph of a male by reading specific gender markers in order to show how masculinity is, as Lorber puts it, socially constructed.
Analysis involves close examination of the parts to better understand the whole. Any assignment, which asks the writer to explain, interpret, describe, explore why, show how, explicate or discuss, essentially involves an analysis.
Task
Just like we practiced reading a photograph in class, you’ll read and interpret, or analyze, a photograph of a male (yourself/friend/relative) in a focused, well-organized essay of 600 words The objective of the analysis is to determine why or how when looking at your photograph you, and everyone else for that matter, are able to pronounce the person in the photograph to be a male.
The instructor for the class would like us to address these questions for each paper. Some papers are posted as links, others are on the blog themselves. Nonetheless, the comments should go on each person's blog. Please remember you are being graded for this. As before, introduce yourself and also remember to be courteous.
Josh will review: Steven Pappas http://supermansculinitys.blogspot.com
Shannon will review: Glenda Corzantes http://thoughtsofglenda.blogspot.com
Elena and Lismilda will review: Anthony Gomes http://bdmangomes.blogspot.com/
David R will review: Claudia Gomez http://claudiagee.blogspot.com
Victor will review: Natalie Torres http://sir-mannies.blogspot.com
Eddy will review: Sandro Navarro http://navarrostheory.blogspot.com
David S will review: YingYing Jiang http://bluesky-manshat.blogspot.com
Chasidy will review: Butovens Mede http://manonfireup.blogspot.com
Shannon will review: Nataly Camargo http://thewondrousmanlymind.blogspot.com/
Luisa will review: Natalia Manhertz http://amansworld101.blogspot.com
Jared and Jhani will review: Latanya Daley http://latanyadaley.blogspot.com
Last week we interacted and reviewed work by an ENG 99 class. Today we will review work by another ENG 101 class. The assignment involves analyzing a photo.
It is the following:
In this first formal assignment for this course, you’ll analyze a photograph of a male by reading specific gender markers in order to show how masculinity is, as Lorber puts it, socially constructed.
Analysis involves close examination of the parts to better understand the whole. Any assignment, which asks the writer to explain, interpret, describe, explore why, show how, explicate or discuss, essentially involves an analysis.
Task
Just like we practiced reading a photograph in class, you’ll read and interpret, or analyze, a photograph of a male (yourself/friend/relative) in a focused, well-organized essay of 600 words The objective of the analysis is to determine why or how when looking at your photograph you, and everyone else for that matter, are able to pronounce the person in the photograph to be a male.
The instructor for the class would like us to address these questions for each paper. Some papers are posted as links, others are on the blog themselves. Nonetheless, the comments should go on each person's blog. Please remember you are being graded for this. As before, introduce yourself and also remember to be courteous.
A.) Is the introduction clear and appropriate for the assignment? Is it engaging? Does it have a thesis?
B.) For each body paragraph, comment on whether or not the writer focuses on ONE aspect of the photo. Also, provide feedback regarding how effective is the analysis of each aspect.
C.) Is the conclusion, which should not introduce any new observations about the photo nor a repeat what was stated in the introduction, satisfying?
D.) What is the paper’s biggest strength?
E.) In your professional opinion, what do you think the writer should improve/add/change in the final draft?
B.) For each body paragraph, comment on whether or not the writer focuses on ONE aspect of the photo. Also, provide feedback regarding how effective is the analysis of each aspect.
C.) Is the conclusion, which should not introduce any new observations about the photo nor a repeat what was stated in the introduction, satisfying?
D.) What is the paper’s biggest strength?
E.) In your professional opinion, what do you think the writer should improve/add/change in the final draft?
Chris and Melvin will review: Deshawn Coy http://shawnbiggs.blogspot.com/
Carlos will review: Jonanthan Gomes http://theuniversalmen.blogspot.com/ Magaly will review: Alysia McDowell http://masculinityandmen.blogspot.com
Okorie will review: Masiel Lora http://masiel-allmale.blogspot.com Josh will review: Steven Pappas http://supermansculinitys.blogspot.com
Shannon will review: Glenda Corzantes http://thoughtsofglenda.blogspot.com
Elena and Lismilda will review: Anthony Gomes http://bdmangomes.blogspot.com/
David R will review: Claudia Gomez http://claudiagee.blogspot.com
Victor will review: Natalie Torres http://sir-mannies.blogspot.com
David S will review: YingYing Jiang http://bluesky-manshat.blogspot.com
Chasidy will review: Butovens Mede http://manonfireup.blogspot.com
Shannon will review: Nataly Camargo http://thewondrousmanlymind.blogspot.com/
Jared and Jhani will review: Latanya Daley http://latanyadaley.blogspot.com
Thursday 24 March 2011
Blog 6: The idea of the prison house of language
Due: Tuesday by 9:00 AM
In the allegory of the cave Socrates refers to the "prison-house of sight." More recent philosophers and thinkers have talked about the prison-house of language (most notably Jacques Lacan and Fredric Jameson). This week you did some preliminary research on the concept. Write a short essay explaining the concept in your own words and give some examples for your readers. Possible audiences would be your classmates and students in other LaGuardia classes (for example my ENG 99 students)
In the allegory of the cave Socrates refers to the "prison-house of sight." More recent philosophers and thinkers have talked about the prison-house of language (most notably Jacques Lacan and Fredric Jameson). This week you did some preliminary research on the concept. Write a short essay explaining the concept in your own words and give some examples for your readers. Possible audiences would be your classmates and students in other LaGuardia classes (for example my ENG 99 students)
Special Project: Interaction with ENG 099
First, find from the following list the ENG 99 students you will be giving feedback to in this interaction (you each have two). ENG 99 names are on the left of the list, the ENG 101 editors are on the right of the list.
ENG 99 student and ENG 101 Editors
Akbarova Feruza : Josh and Jared
Almonte Gabriel : Samantha and Anna
Casimir Tina : Chris and Jayleen
Cruz Stephany: Carlos and Chasidy
Delgado Cindy : Magaly and Melvin
Flores Ana Karen: Jhani and Elena
Hernandez Diana : Shannon and David R
Hossain Lipi: Okorie and Marlita
Ibrahim Hanan: Jared and Lismilda
Jiang Boyang : Anna and Luisa
Karim Stephan : Victor and David S
Lai, Siu Ming : Eddy and Victor
Lopez Felix: David S and Marlita
Martinez Franklin: Jayleen and Okorie
Mauricio Richelle : Chasidy and Shannon
MD Mohammed: Melvin and Jhanu
Patel Harsh : Elena and Magaly
Ramirez Elvin: Carlos and Eddy
Vargas Maria : David R and Chris
Yoo Joon Kil : Lismilda and Samantha
Zhang Ting Shi : Luisa and Josh
Then go to http://heroicchoices.blogspot.com and from the "blog roll" to the right click on the student for whom you are an editor. The assignment you are looking at is blog #4. They had to write a summary of the allegory of the cave using the following guidelines:
Write a couple of paragraphs giving your feedback to the other student. Introduce yourself, tell them what you think works in their essay, and then make suggestions for editing. Talk about content first, then grammar. Finish by inviting them to look at your blog, and give them your blog address as a link. Post the paragraphs as a comment to their blog post, and you are done. Please remember to be courteous to the other students.
ENG 99 student and ENG 101 Editors
Akbarova Feruza : Josh and Jared
Almonte Gabriel : Samantha and Anna
Casimir Tina : Chris and Jayleen
Cruz Stephany: Carlos and Chasidy
Delgado Cindy : Magaly and Melvin
Flores Ana Karen: Jhani and Elena
Hernandez Diana : Shannon and David R
Hossain Lipi: Okorie and Marlita
Ibrahim Hanan: Jared and Lismilda
Jiang Boyang : Anna and Luisa
Karim Stephan : Victor and David S
Lai, Siu Ming : Eddy and Victor
Lopez Felix: David S and Marlita
Martinez Franklin: Jayleen and Okorie
Mauricio Richelle : Chasidy and Shannon
MD Mohammed: Melvin and Jhanu
Patel Harsh : Elena and Magaly
Ramirez Elvin: Carlos and Eddy
Vargas Maria : David R and Chris
Yoo Joon Kil : Lismilda and Samantha
Zhang Ting Shi : Luisa and Josh
Then go to http://heroicchoices.blogspot.com and from the "blog roll" to the right click on the student for whom you are an editor. The assignment you are looking at is blog #4. They had to write a summary of the allegory of the cave using the following guidelines:
State the main idea (thesis) of the text accurately and clearly
State the supporting ideas accurately and clearly
Omit secondary details (all or almost all)
Follow the order of the original
Be written in your own words--no plagiarism but without opinion
Written in Standard Edited EnglishState the supporting ideas accurately and clearly
Omit secondary details (all or almost all)
Follow the order of the original
Be written in your own words--no plagiarism but without opinion
Write a couple of paragraphs giving your feedback to the other student. Introduce yourself, tell them what you think works in their essay, and then make suggestions for editing. Talk about content first, then grammar. Finish by inviting them to look at your blog, and give them your blog address as a link. Post the paragraphs as a comment to their blog post, and you are done. Please remember to be courteous to the other students.
Wednesday 23 March 2011
Change of room today
ENG 103 will meet in E-238 today. We will have an orientation to the archives from the LaGuardia Wagner staff.
Tuesday 22 March 2011
Prison-house Metaphor
In the allegory of the cave Socrates refers to the "prison-house of sight." More recent philosophers and thinkers have talked about the prison-house of language (most notably Jacques Lacan and Fredric Jameson). Do some preliminary research on these two and the ideas they have expressed on this concept. We will use this research in a later post. To get you thinking on the concept, after the research consider this example: someone asks you "are you religious?" You reply. What are all the possible replies, and is there a reply you will give that will not have been defined by the question you were asked?
Sunday 20 March 2011
Blog 4: The Allegory of the Cave through History
(in-class on Tuesday)
Plato uses the allegory of the cave to discuss the situations in life where people live in an illusion or refuse to accept the truth. Discuss such a situation from human history and explain what the illusion was; you can use internet resources but do not simply copy/paste them. Also, do include the full website where you found your information.
Plato uses the allegory of the cave to discuss the situations in life where people live in an illusion or refuse to accept the truth. Discuss such a situation from human history and explain what the illusion was; you can use internet resources but do not simply copy/paste them. Also, do include the full website where you found your information.
Thursday 17 March 2011
Blog 3: “How do we know what is real?”
For the third blog, we will explore how we have come to form the reality in which we believe. First, make a list of ideas and facts you thought were true at some point in the past but you no longer do; account for the change in your beliefs. Once you do that we will proceed to the next step in this exploration.
Blog 2: Response to “The Allegory of The Cave.”
For your second blog respond to the ideas of "The Allegory of The Cave.” Discuss your reaction to them, and what implications you think they have as well as to what they refer. Post by 3/17
Tuesday 8 March 2011
As a comment post your blog
copy the web address of your blog and post it as a comment to this blog entry along with your name
Add a link on your blog back to this one by clicking "design" on your blog and then "Add a gadget" and then "Blog List" then "Add". Copy and paste http://medialives.blogspot.com/”into the window and save
Add a link on your blog back to this one by clicking "design" on your blog and then "Add a gadget" and then "Blog List" then "Add". Copy and paste http://medialives.blogspot.com/”into the window and save
Diagnostic (Blog 1)
For your first essay, post to your blog an essay developing the following prompt (we will discuss it in class self and brainstorm about it):
Discuss the differences between your private self and your public self (or selves), account for the differences explaining why they exist, and argue as to whether you consider the differences problematic or not.
Discuss the differences between your private self and your public self (or selves), account for the differences explaining why they exist, and argue as to whether you consider the differences problematic or not.
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