Stephens books are mostly terror and suspense and the way he writes and creates the story is just really fascinating. The way that they adapt his books to movies are interesting.
Stephen King and his books
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Queen and Slim
This movie is really amazing. The various cinematic techniques that were utilized in the movie makes it satisfying to watch. For example, the camera angles and music that was used. The cast pick was really thought through and the plot makes you sit at the edge of your seat.The movie emphasizes loyalty, leaving a legacy, and finding your ride or die.
Can I get the check, please?
This is a post on Instagram @antifascismappare that I found it very funny. “Immigrants make America Great. They also cooked your food, and served you today”. The restaurant tries to educate its customers about the immigration issue in the United States.
An emotionally moving, powerful, and informative video
I watched this video a while back. At first, the title threw me off because I wondered why somebody would admit to thinking about committing a school shooting. It made me angry because at the time my best friend had recently been a victim in a school shooting and was lucky enough to make it out alive. However, once I passed the initial bias Aaron’s story touched me. It made me realize that we should be focusing on mental health and properly deal with the warning signs of a person who is planning to commit a mass shooting. I believe this video allows you to see things from a different perspective and really think about the ways we can easily prevent a tragedy. By the end of the video, you begin to be glad that Aaron admitted to his past demons because his speech helps us realize what these potential shooters are thinking about before they commit the crime.
Code Geass: By Jonathon and Fabian
We believe that Code Geass has the best writing ending of any written fictional piece of work. If you want to debate about it, then we can š
February Writing Center Workshops
Here is a list of all of the workshops the Writing Center is holding in February, sorted by type of workshop. Remember, attending writing center workshops is one of the Ways to Earn Participation Points for our class.
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Wednesday (2/5): WordPress Training + Beginning Portfolios
Writing Into the Day (15 min):
Please analyze this ad rhetorically, using whatever previous rhetorical knowledge you have, plus what we have read about together. If you donāt have any previous rhetorical knowledge, thatās okay!
Some guiding questions:
What argument(s) is the ad making?
Who seems to be the intended audience?
What strategies are they using to convince the audience?
Do you think the data presented is reliable? Why or why not?
Do you think the ad is effective? Why or why not?
How does this compare to the Brooklinen ad from Monday?
Discussion
Agenda:
- Making Commons accounts + joining Course Group/Site
- Signing up for Spring Start Workshops
- Discussing portfolio + looking at examples
- Creating own portfolio skeletons
- Our first posts! (Group work + WordPress Practice)
Links for Commons:
Register for an Account
Course Group
Links for Spring Start:
Descriptions of Workshops
Sign-Up Link
Portfolio Instructions and Examples:
I haven’t revised my full portfolio instructions from last year yet, but there areĀ 8 required assignments that the English department mandates you include in your portfolios.
I will also ask you to write a few other short reflections on your work in the course and include them in your portfolio. If you do not complete any of the required assignments, you will receive a 0 for that assignmentĀ AND not earn those points on the portfolio rubric, so the Big 8 are especially important!!
You will be making your own CUNY Commons sites for your portfolios, which will give you experience using WordPress– the platform that powers almost a third of the entire Internet!
Here are some examples of student portfolios from last semester:
America’s Portfolio
Elidhet’s Portfolio
Lised’s Portfolio
Each student designed and organized their portfolio in different ways, but all of them did a great job!
Instructions for First Posts:
As a group, choose a piece of media (written, visual, video, music, some combination) that you think is particularly powerful, emotionally moving, or intellectually persuasive. Then write a post together (using any one group member’s Commons account) on our site summarizing the piece of media and explaining what specific features help make it so effective. (This can just be a paragraph)
As you write your post, make sure you:
- Title the post
- Credit all group members in the post
- Select appropriateĀ Categories for your post (“Posts” and “Student Posts”)
- Add any appropriateĀ Tags to your post (your choice)
- Add any relevantĀ Links (if any)
- If your chosen piece of media is something you canĀ Embed (in addition to providing a link), use theĀ Add Media and/orĀ Add Document feature. If it is a YouTube video, find and paste inĀ YouTube’s Embed HTML Code.
- Use the “Preview” feature to double check your post looks how you want it to look
- Click the blue “publish” button when you’re done!
Looking Ahead:
Monday: Beginning Paper 1 (Creative Nonfiction– This I No Longer Believe)
Readings Due:
“Weapons of Math Destruction Chapter 1” (PDF)
“The Data Driven Life” (link)
Assignments Due: None!
Monday 2/3: Principles of Academic Writing
Writing Into the Day (15 min):
Please analyze this ad rhetorically, using whatever previous rhetorical knowledge you have, plus what we have read about together. If you donāt have any previous rhetorical knowledge, thatās okay!
Some guiding questions:
What argument(s) is Brooklinen making?
Who seems to be the intended audience?
What strategies are they using to convince the audience?
Do you think the data presented is reliable? Why or why not?
Do you think the ad is effective? Why or why not?
Discussion
Ā Outline:
- Bandwagon + Namecalling
- The Academic Rhetorical Situation
- How to sound professional
- Formal
- Scientific
- “Opposite of how you speak” — no slang
- Speech is casual, we don’t want to sound that way
- We won’t be taken seriously
- Job interviews, business professionals
- You want your point to be trusted/well-received
- Professors!!!
- Students + colleagues
- General Rules for Formal Academic Writing
- Use citations
- No contractions
- Structure– clear, ordering your ideas in an intentional way
- Introduction, Conclusion
- Formal tone, no slang
- An academic formatting style (MLA, APA, etc.)
- Third person (no first person, no second person)
- Works cited/bibliography
- Grammar + punctuation— “appropriate”
- adding too many commas
- Run on sentence (don’t)
- Passive voice
I added 8 ml of water to the beaker
The researcher added 8ml of water to the beaker
One should add 8ml of water to the beaker
Ā Looking Ahead:
**Meet in Computer Lab 7.68 for WordPress Training + Portfolio Discussion**
Readings Due Wednesday: None!
Assignments Due Wednesday: Bandwagon and Namecalling Examples (comment on blog post)
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Rhetorical Devices: Bandwagon and Namecalling
Please post your rhetorical devices homework for Bandwagon and Namecalling as comments on this post. Make sure your comments include all parts of the assignment.Ā
For the readings on these devices, please refer to the Course Schedule for links.
This is due by Wednesday, February 5th at 4:30 pm, but you are welcome to post late for partial credit.
Marissa-Anne Reader and Writer
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