For Tuesday 4/20

Be ready to discuss the Dillard and Leopold readings.

I hope you all enjoyed Linda Hasselstrom's talk!

Remember

Meet in Large Group on Thursday for a guest speaker.

Group Conferences on Tuesday (LA 005). Bring your journal to turn in.

Read Aldo Leopold (American Earth 266-294) and Annie Dillard (American Earth 531-549) for the next time we meet in a classroom (next Thursday).

Use this extra time to work on your projects!

Homework for Thursday

One 50-word snapshot about your Casey Property experience. Focus on one thing that struck you or stood out to you.

One 100-word blog discussing the way in which O'Brien uses his land, and how this might be relevant to Casey Property land management,.

Continue reading O'Brien. The book should be finished by 4/6.


Remember, we're in large group on Thursday.


Enjoy the weather today!

Casey Property Trip This Saturday

We'll meet at 10am at the transportation hub in the parking lot behind Jack Trice Stadium:
http://www.fpm.iastate.edu/maps/
Look for the big,white vans.

Free parking all day. You MUST ride with us. Because it is private property you cannot be there without an English Department faculty member.

Feel free to bring food and water, but make sure not to take food past the parking lot.

Wear old jeans, a long-sleeved shirt, and shoes you won't mind getting muddy. Come prepared for rain, as we'll be out there rain or shine.

At least one person in each group should bring and camera and a field guide (you can find these at the library).

Comment on this post with questions.

Tomorrow We Talk Trip Details

Things you might see at the Casey Property on Saturday (photos courtesy of Rachael Button):










Here is information on the property itself.

Article Relevant to Carson and Steingraber Readings

Birth Control Pills Poison Everyone?

Blog/Journal

Here is a list of what should be on your blog/in your journal (since the last journal check):

As of 3/4:

Thoreau/McCandless response
In-class Momaday response and response to partner's post
5 song analysis entries
Roosevelt response
Abbey response
John Muir response
Steingraber response



If you have questions, please comment on this post.

I hope you're all enjoying your weekend!

Citations

Examples of in-text citations:

When introducing a text for the first time (and quoting from it): In Christopher Manes' 1996 article, "Nature and Silence," he proposes that "nature is silent in our culture...in the sense that the status of being a speaking subject is jealously guarded as an exclusively human prerogative" (15).

As a rule, if you refer to the author in the sentence itself, then you don't need to put the author's last name in parentheses.

Integrating a quote into your own statement (quoting from two different pages in the same book): Joe Starks' " desire to be a big voice" manifests itself in his "buildin' up" Eatonville, and in this respect the environment reflects his personality (Hurston 28, 43).

For more examples, and for how to correctly set up a works cited page, please refer to the Penguin Guide. It's under a tab near the back. If you have questions, come see me in office hours (Email me to let me know you're coming, so I can make sure not to run and make copies when you're planning on being there.).

For Tuesday 3/9

Complete imitation assignment:

Imitation often helps a writer understand how and why a piece works.

Use the class reading you've chosen for your rhetorical analysis paper as a model for your own writing. Write a one-page (or one poem) imitation using your own experiences. Utilize the same rhetorical strategies that the original writer does and apply them to your own. Then write one paragraph explaining which rhetorical strategies were used in the original piece and how they were used in your own. Bring a printed copy to class on Tuesday.

News Article Relevant to This Week's Readings

(University of Florida)


Article

John Muir Video

http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/people/historical/muir/

Rhetorical Analysis Basics Link

Link

Momaday Post

Post by 8 PM Tonight

Who is the audience?

What is the purpose?

Answer one Reading Like a Writer question

Then:

Turn to your neighbor, go to his/her blog (linked on the class blog) and respond to his/her post:

Do you agree? Disagree? Why? Support your claim with evidence from the text.

Photo-a-Day Project

Begin: 2/18
End: 4/15

This excludes weekends and Spring Break.

*No more than two photos should be inside of your home.
*At least twelve of the pictures should be taken outside.


Use this as an opportunity to connect with your surroundings. Think about how you would like to visually represent your experience. At the end of the project you will present a slide show of your photos, and submit one printed and mounted photo.

Scene Groups: Into the Wild

Emory University
Ariana

On the Road
Caitlin
Jay
Daniel

Beach
Darriane
Rachel
Elizabeth
Brandon

South Dakota
Sarah
Matthew

City/Shelter
Ben
Jordan

Magic Bus: Week 7
Kyle
Mel

Mountains
Ted
Chris
Maddie
Connor
Lacey

Magic Bus: Week 9
Jack
Sam
Jake
Bryce

Homework for Tuesday 2/16

-Read Thoreau (American Earth pages 9-25). While reading, consider how Thoreau's environmental ideals, and relationship with nature, might compare to McCandless's. Are there similarities? Differences? Blog about this.

-Write a thesis statement for your paper and bring it to class.

Remember, we're meeting in our Hoover classroom again.

Elements of Visual Analysis

ENG 150: General Visual Elements
-Pattern
-Contrast
-Direction
-Chunking
-Color

(Student Guide 43-45)

Things To Consider When Analyzing a Film Text:
-Layering
-Framing
-Transforming
-Looping


(Student Guide 47-48)


Consider the Big Questions:
-What is being framed?
---What is the director choosing to show or not show? Why?
-Where does the scene fall in the film?
-How does the setting contribute to the film’s overall narrative?

Consider the Following:
-Use of visuals (people, places, objects, etc.)
-Use of audio (narration, music, etc.)
-Pace and Tone of film
-Types of emotional appeals meant to persuade reader
-The way the character interacts with his environment

Pilot Section Survey

If you haven't already, please register for Moodle: http://courses.isucomm.iastate.edu/ (We are ENG250 section FR) and complete the survey by clicking on the link on the left hand side.. The enrollment key is: dixon

This is extremely important.

Campus Map

If you select "power plant" in the drop-down menu, the map will highlight its location. The power plant is located near the rec center. Follow the smoke--you can't miss it. Use the west entrance.

http://www.fpm.iastate.edu/maps/

Power Plant Tour (Tuesday)

You must be signed up for one of these tours. If you're not--sign up for an open spot using the comment function.

11:00

1-Wesley Boyer
2-Thomas Baldwin
3-Jay Brummel
4-Kyle Litchenberg
5-Kyle Bradwell
6-Thomas Yung
7-Elizabeth Jacobs
8-Erica Miller
9-Brandon Wilson
10-Matthew Harvey
11-Troy Lue Ttjohanne
12-Chris Ryrd
13-Lauren Halbert
14-Ted Beem
15-Sarah Craig
16-Danielle De Bruin
17-Caitlin Stewart
18-Maddie Norelius
19-Michael Gloss
20-James Capello
21-Chris Cozzi
22-Jake McDonough
23-Sara Hill
24-Sara Adelman
25-Yasmine Sepehri
26-Carrie Fick
27-Benjamin Juhke
28-Emma Broadnax
29-Jessanuy Dahlberg
30-Lacey James

12:00

1-Jordan Julson
2-Ramsay Ah Sam
3-Austin Gadfrey
4-Sam Stonehocker
5-Jordan Euson
6-Nicole Hanninen
7-Alex Ruggeberg
8-Tacie Hoose
9-Matthew Johnson
10-Jarred Schubert
11-Crystal Jovan
12-Alex Bales
13-Bryce Linn
14-Mel Anderson
15-Jack Ferezy
16-Yaheng Chen
17-Daniel Fiores
18-Eric Gerver
19-Alex Fitzvold
20-Rachel Peller
21-Matthew Mayberry
22-Sarah Constable
23-Mark Sinclair
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Power Plant Tour

1:00

1-Qi Wang
2-Yao Fu
3-Allison Metzger
4-Nick Duetak
5-Ben Boecker
6-Lauren Jessen
7-Cleyon Luing
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Wildness Symposium Schedule/Assignment

Schedule of Events

Assignment: Attend at least one Symposium event. Post a picture and a 250-word write-up about the event you attended to your blog by Tuesday 2/2. The write-up can be a personal response to the event or a summary of the event you attended.

Snapshots

For Tuesday 1/26 (In Class):




Write three 50-word "snapshots" (or, brief narratives) from key experiences you've had within environment/place.

Creating a Blog

How To:

http://www.blogger.com/tour_start.g

Connect your blog to the class page by clicking "Follow."

Welcome

"Don't requite Nature to be Wilderness. Thoreau said, 'In Wildness is the preservation of the World.' Distinguish, as he did, between wildness and wilderness. We hunger for the wild. The wild is everywhere; it cannot be extinguished. The wild centers every seed, enters every garden. Wilderness is myth and gone, and the wild is everywhere. Wilderness is distant; wildness local. Wildness is the urge of life to be--the grass blade in the parking lot, the peregrine in the tower, weeds pioneering a landfill, the patch of brush where kids make forts."

- John Caddy

Johnny Cash- Five Feet High and Rising

Course Description:

The American landscape wilderness has long played a role in America literature.  This course will explore how writers bother reflect and construct the wilderness in their texts.  Students will encounter readings by a diverse group of writers including Henry David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, and Annie Dillard.

This course will not only require analysis of American environmental literature--it will also push students to use those same analytical skill to examine their own ideas about environment, landscape, and home.  Students will working in written, oral, visual, and electronic mediums to synthesize their understanding of "place" in a mulit-modal way.  Work will include two formal essays, a visual photo project, a research project/presentation, and regular journal/ blogging. 

Texts:

American Earth, edited by Bill McKibben

Blood Dazzler, by Patricia Smith

Buffalo for the Broken Heart, by Dan O’Brien

Student Guide, ISU Foundation Courses

The Brief Penguin Handbook

Speaking in Place Syllabus