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.

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

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.

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

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