Hello all,
It was great meeting you all today, and I look forward to working with you all.
Today in class, we...
1. Handled introductions and checked the roll. Remember for class on Weds., we will be in ROOM DAV 130. We will return to normal classrooms on Monday July 7. Morgan Gresham will be on campus and holding office hours on Thursday. (Check the Welcome address under course documents for more information)
2. Reviewed the syllabus and technology components. All of you should have a blog address.
Please go to usffsi2008.blogspot.com to check and see if your blog is listed in the Class Blogs section. If your blog is not listed, you need to email Kat Robinson at krobinson75@gmail.com with the blog address. This is where you can review and look at your peer's blogs.
We also created accounts for the Vocabulary Wiki at pbwiki.com. I have added everyone to the wiki (usffsi2008.pbwiki.com). Please go to the wiki and make sure that you are added as a writer. You will use this wiki to post your five vocabulary words a week. You will post these usually before class on Friday.
3. Discussed the Reading, Reaction, and Reflection portion of the class. Remember, traditionally on Mondays, you will post your reading blog posting on your blog; on weds., you will post a reaction to one of your peers' reading blog postings on their blog; and on Friday, you will post your reflection blog posting in reference to your peer's reaction blog posting on your blog. We only discussed the reading blog posting today, so if you want to review before the discussion on Weds., you can look under assignments and you will see the handout that goes into detail about these exercises.
4. We completed a blind free-writing for Project One. All the items you will need for project one are located under assignments Project One Folder on blackboard.
5. The assignments that are due on Weds. are:
a. Complete the 6/30 readings located under web resources. You will read and review the various blog postings located on the first memory writer blog. Then you will listen to the NPR Storycorps link located below the link for the memory blog.
b. Following the reading and listening, you will go to your blog and post a reading blog posting following the format listed and defined under assignments area. Your reading blog posting should be around 250 words and should have a 1.summary of the main points in the two pieces, 2. a personal reaction to the two pieces, and 3. three questions that you have about the two pieces. Traditionally, you will be assigned readings on Friday, and this reading blog posting will be due on Monday.
c. Look at your blind free writes from class. Think about an occurence in your life that has allowed, defined, or created WHO you are today. You can look at the memoir samples located in project one folder for some guidance. Narrow your point of view to one major event. Bring this event to class or post on your blog.
d. Starting next week, you will attend your assigned Writing Workshop. Some of you will be assigned to attend Monday's workshop, and some of you will be assigned to attend Weds.'s workshop. You must attend all of your assigned workshops. Friday's workshops are optional; however, you must attend at least two friday workshops during the course of the semester.
Jonathan D's Monday Workshop (Terr 300)12:30-1:15
Jami C
Jevon E
Alex Fowlow
Shelaan H
Nathan H
Alex Hudson
Alyssa L
Daniel M
Jonathan's Weds Workshop (Terr 300) 12:30-1:15
Danielle M
Aisha R
Sean R
Amanda S
Olivia T
Alex T
Allison T
Karen V
Thomas W
Kelley's Monday Workshop (Terr 300) 1:30-2:15
Alex C
Alex C
Manny D
Caitlin F
Adra G.
Natalie H
Julian L
Sam M
Kelley's Weds. Workshop (terr 300) 1:30-2:15
Siobhan M
Edward M
Leo M
Krista P
Matthew P
Erik R
Daniel S
Courtney T
Kathleen W.
Just a reminder, I have office hours on M/W/F from 12-2 in the Academic Success Center. I am also tutoring and thus, will be on campus, from 2-4 M/w. Please feel free to email me or stop by with questions.
Take care, and thanks,
Kat
Everything you have done wrong is done here
16 years ago
2 comments:
This writing deals with very emotional aspects of ones mind and how they are dealt with and healed through writing. Writing is a very powerful healing tool. Like me many and many of my peers there is something that is very special about writing. Writing gives you the opportunity to take your emotions and thoughts and pour it on to a peace of paper. Writing gives a person the chance to express there inner thoughts and let the voices of their soul speak.
Hurricane Katrina was a very tragic Disaster that changes the leave lives of the people in New Orleans and the relatives of the people who were affected by this natural disaster. The listening tells us about an aunt and nieces who were temporarily split apart during the hurricane and later relocated in Houston after the hurricane passed. This was a very emotional and heart warming listening. It lets us know that we should be grateful for what we have, because many people did not make it out of that disaster alive.
My initial reaction to passage was that it was very plausible. I say that this reading was factual because it has worked for me. When I was younger and something would upset or stress me I would just write about it and I would achieve this preeminent feeling.
After listening to story of the two hurricane Katrina victims, I was filled with sentimentalism. Hurricane Katrina left a lot of people homeless and with no where to turn. This was truly a catastrophic disaster and will be remembered. I can only imagine what the survivors must feel. Its best put into words by a victim "trying to climb a ladder with tie hands".
I have a couple questions about the passage. Was therapeutic writing used back in the days of the Anglo Saxons? How was this type of writing discovered? Was a survey ever taken of people who have written a memoir and been heal?
What was the total number of lives lost in New Orleans because of Katrina? Were the effects of Katrina more psychological than physical? Did the celebrities from the area help with the reconstruction of New Orleans?
Jevon Evans
http://alexcardc1.blogspot.com/
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