No class this coming week, April 12. Instead use the time to finish up your course project and figure out an interesting way to present it to our last class meeting on April 19. For example, you could tell us a personal story related to your presentation, ask us a thought question or give us a quick oral quiz, show us a brief video/visual, ask us to pair up and tell one another something related to your topic, quickly explain the reasons behind your project, point out your project's potential impacts on children or adults, or think of another idea you could use to prepare an engaging presentation.
UPLOAD YOUR REFUGEE BOOK REVIEW TO CANVAS: Finish reading Refugee, and post what you think about the ending on the sidebar page called "Ending." Also, make sure you have typed up a carefully analyzed, 2-3 page review of the book. Then upload it to the Canvas assignment called "Book Review" in Word Document form.
Homework for April 5: Email me your 2-3 page review of Refugee, analyzing the book in the style of a formal review like the book reviews at the end of each chapter in our children's literature textbook. Use one or more of the literary-reponse methods we have studied this semester: reader response, childhood identities, analysis of theme, characters, or setting, or genre analysis (e.g. historical fiction). You can also draw from your wikispaces posts you've been putting up as you've read through Refugee.
Homework for March 29: Read Chapter 8. Finish Refugee and post what you think about the ending on the sidebar page called "Ending."
Homework for March 22: Read Chapter 7. Complete the next post about Refugee on the sidebar page called "Theme Analysis."
FIRST-GRADE KIDS FINISHING PROVERBS
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Homework for Thursday, March 15:
Read Chapter 6 and see the sidebar page called "Domestic Life & Adventure" for your next reading assignment/post for Refugee. The second draft of your course project will also be due on March 15.
HOMEWORK FOR Thursday, March 1, read Chapter Five about picturebooks, bring your own unique picturebook to share with the class (wordless, words combined with images, or illustrated, with the text telling most of the story). Read the next six chapters of Refugee and do another post on the sidebar page called "Refugee, Images in Text." I'm delaying your finishing the second draft of your course project until the Thursday after Spring Break, March 15. Hand in something on paper or email me what you've accomplished by the time of your second draft.
For FEB. 22 : I didn't get far enough for us to cover chapter four about fairy tales. So make sure you read that same chapter by the 22nd. Also think about one of your favorite fairy tales that your parents or others used to tell you when you were very young, and be ready to share it informally at next week's class. Make sure you have emailed or brought a paper copy to class of the first draft of your course project. Read the next six chapters of Refugee and complete the new directions for how to respond to those chapters on the sidebar post called "Reader Response."
I'm healthy again! See you in class this Feb. 8. See assignments you need to complete below:
NO CLASS THIS THURSDAY, FEB. 1:
I had the flu vaccine but still got a very bad case with up and down fevers, and I'm very contagious, so I can't meet for our Thursday, Feb. 1 class. For our next class, Feb. 8, remember to finish the first draft of your semester project. Post another reading log about Refugee on the sidebar called "Refugee, 1-12," adding three more chapters (up to chapter 12) for you to read. you will see directions on that sidebar page about how to do the next log/journal response by doing a historical analysis. Read Chapter Three of our textbook.
For next week, Feb. 1, hand in or email me the first draft of your semester project. The first draft can be your proposal about what you would like to do, or it can also include some of your beginning work. If you're doing a reading project with children, here are suggestions for a reading journal and final reflection paper: See the sidebar "Refugee Historical 1-9" for instructions for your next post. Read Chapter Three to prepare for the chapter quiz. Here's a pdf of the chapter:
Chapter Two from the textbook:
For Thursday, Jan. 25, read chapter two of your textbook. Also read the first six chapters of Refugee and post your character analysis of the three child protagonists on the sidebar page called "Refugee." Here's the handout with suggestions about how to do a character analysis:
Continue brainstorming ideas for your course project (see the Project Suggestions sidebar page) and email or hand in a one-paragraph description about what you think you might like to work on this semester. The dates for the project drafts are on Canvas.
For Thursday, Jan. 18, hopefully the books will arrive at the bookstore, and you can purchase them and bring them to class. Begin brainstorming about course project ideas: see the sidebar page called "Project Suggestions." By the time of next week's class, make sure you post a paragraph response on the sidebar page called "Models of Childhood." You can type it directly onto the discussion bubble for that page, or you can first compose it on something like Word and then copy and paste it into a discussion post.
See you Thursday, Jan. 11, at 5:30 pm in Elizabeth Hall 403. Bring the required textbooks to class (see the course syllabus)--we will be using them extensively every class period.
Welcome to Your English 3300 Course Wiki! On this home page, you will see announcements and reminders about the current class assignments. Click on the sidebar page called "Course Syllabus" to find out about the requirements of the class. Go to your Canvas account for this 3300 course to check your grade anytime during the semester, If you have questions, send me, Dr. Tim Conrad, a wiki message or email me at tconrad@weber.edu