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!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
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.
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.
Monday, March 22, 2010
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.
Here is information on the property itself.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
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!
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!
Thursday, March 4, 2010
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.).
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.
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.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
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