After spending EXTENSIVE TIME comparing the textbook to the Purdue OWL (the definitive source for all citation information and CHANGES with MLA and APA), it seems that there are significant differences between some of what is posted and some of what is in the book.
As a result, the actual due date for paper 2 will now be on April 14th (Wednesday instead of Monday the 12th) OR April 15th (Thursday, instead of Tuesday the 13th).
Please note the ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN the Purdue Owl and what I want is that if you are using Internet sources, you MUST HAVE AN ACTUAL URL with your citation so that I can make sure that you didn't plagiarize.
This means that I will have to update the SQ3R / Researching ppt and go over this stuff with you when you come back. I will go over this essay when you return as well.
GLOBAL WARMING IS STILL DUE ON MONDAY WHEN YOU COME BACK (IT MUST BE FINISHED BY 10PM SUNDAY NIGHT).
Also, you may not use either of the names in this sample essay (Elie Wiesel and Victor Frankl) for this paper.
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Academy of Achievement. If you don't have heroes, check this out.
You can end a sentence with a preposition!
The state of Pennsylvania education "success."
For Monday (or Tuesday), I want you to look at where RACC, Kutztown, Alvernia, Albright, Penn State Berks, University of Penn, and Penn State Main Campus stand. All you need to do is print this out and circle the numbers OR just list the numbers with the schools. Other than that, just start thinking why we're doing so good or bad.
An article that talks about why this is would be here.
Another article would be here.
And still another one would be here.
This is the best way to lead in to Thomas Friedman EVER.
If you have any questions, please e-mail me ASAP.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
RICKETTS GLEN JOURNAL OPTION
Last year, a young girl (aged 18) was in a hiking accident at Ricketts Glen State Park in northern PA. You can read about that here. You can see pictures of what it would have looked like here or you can watch the videos below. The pictures and video are mine. I was not with the girl. I do not know the girl, but...Your OPTIONAL journal assignment is to consider the following questions?
A) is it fair that they may charge her with a crime?
A) is it fair that they may charge her with a crime?
B) is it not her right to go into land that she technically owns (since it is funded with tax dollars)?
C) what should the responsibility of rescue workers and state parks be to those who tread foolishly and unprepared into places that they aren't prepared for?
Technically, you need crampons, an ice ax, and a rope at the minimum to go in.
These are pictured below.
The final picture is close to the area she fell into. The video is right before where she fell. She was coming in from the top, so she didn't get to this section. Had she tried this area, she could have been drowned or dead from hypothermia (had she fallen into the water).
Granted, she had her accident in late March and these pictures were in January, but still...
Also, park maps are located here. Check out the first one - between the Delaware and the Seneca on the upper left hand side is where she went in.
More videos are here and on the other pages of my videos.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Aron Ralston video on Monday
You can look up a lot of information on him, but a good start would be here, here, here, and here.You don't have to do anything with it, but we'll be doing note taking the first hour and 15 minutes you're in class next week.
Then, we'll move to phase 2 of the project. It might help to know whose story we're watching.
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I added 11 slides to the 150 slide presentation (now 161). It's in grammar stuff in materials on Angel.
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Also, I'm out of touch this weekend and won't be available until Monday at 8am.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Marcus Luttrell Rubric and Sample Essay.
Marcus Luttrell Rubric and Sample Essay.
25 Perfectly flowing and constructed 5-paragraph article critique that answers author’s intent, how he shows it, and whether it works.
20 Minor flaws should have been seen, but as a whole, your article critique was sound.
15 Excessive flaws should have been seen, and minor issues existed with your article critique.
10 Excessive structural flaws, you didn’t answer what I was looking for, you didn’t have enough details, and other related issues.
5 Your wrote a biography
0 There was no evidence that you read the story or you just didn’t comprehend it AND / OR you wrote something that wasn’t even close to what I need from an article critique.
Marcus Luttrell wrote Lone Survivor about his time spent in a Navy training session, which was known as Hell Week. Here, he was forced to confront the toughest challenges that could have possibly been presented to him in an effort to weed out those who didn’t have what it took to be a Navy Seal from those people that did. In writing this story, he wanted people to see that the only option for a person is to give his or her all to be the best that he or she can be because this will show that the meaning of life is pride in accomplishment and not quitting on the opportunity for excellence.
The first thing that Luttrell wanted the reader to see is that he was training with some of the hardest and toughest guys around. These were guys who were being trained to be Special Forces commandos. They had trained for this moment for their entire lives, and now, the things that were happening in their minds were either going to keep them moving or allow them to ring the bell and quit. Luttrell describes various men who just gave up after repetitious cold water training, log carrying, boat rowing, pushups, runs, and other mental intimidations. In this, he shows that while they could physically do this, their minds kept focusing on tasks that hadn’t happened yet, and as a result, these men gave up on themselves. Luttrell and the other Navy Seals that had made it through this training would know forever that they did what they had to do and can wear the pride of accomplishment as an eternal badge of success while those men that had quit will always wonder “what if?”
In addition, Luttrell looks at the mental preparation that goes into creating a warrior that will be forced to endure some of the toughest terrains and environments known to man while he is being sent to destroy evil and to avoid being killed by it. To this, Luttrell reasons that a person who can’t perform in sub 60 degree water in San Diego would never survive if he was surrounded by the assault rifles of the Taliban. In the end, Luttrell wears a badge of pride that says he has completed the same training as his heroes, and while some of these people were viciously killed in foreign lands, he takes pride in knowing that they gave all to be the best of the best and to protect America with what made them stand out from those who weren’t quite as exceptional as they were.
Finally, Luttrell wants people to understand that life is about how we bear up under challenges. There is a universal in a group of tired and weary sailors holding a log above their heads for excessive amounts of time and that is to do what one needs to do to succeed. Failure is not an option. In this, completing homework assignments and essays is not any different than succeeding at Coronado. There will be long nights without sleep. There will be sacrifice. There will be blood, sweat, and tears, but when a weary body marches to the finish line and says, “I did this,” then it’s all worthwhile.
As a result, Luttrell succeeds in showing what it takes to be great. In this, the confidence course that is Navy Hell Week serves as the birthplace of the American hero that Luttrell truly has become. More importantly, the lessons learn transcend the military and provide examples of leadership and self determination that can apply to any challenge that comes before people in life.
25 Perfectly flowing and constructed 5-paragraph article critique that answers author’s intent, how he shows it, and whether it works.
20 Minor flaws should have been seen, but as a whole, your article critique was sound.
15 Excessive flaws should have been seen, and minor issues existed with your article critique.
10 Excessive structural flaws, you didn’t answer what I was looking for, you didn’t have enough details, and other related issues.
5 Your wrote a biography
0 There was no evidence that you read the story or you just didn’t comprehend it AND / OR you wrote something that wasn’t even close to what I need from an article critique.
Marcus Luttrell wrote Lone Survivor about his time spent in a Navy training session, which was known as Hell Week. Here, he was forced to confront the toughest challenges that could have possibly been presented to him in an effort to weed out those who didn’t have what it took to be a Navy Seal from those people that did. In writing this story, he wanted people to see that the only option for a person is to give his or her all to be the best that he or she can be because this will show that the meaning of life is pride in accomplishment and not quitting on the opportunity for excellence.
The first thing that Luttrell wanted the reader to see is that he was training with some of the hardest and toughest guys around. These were guys who were being trained to be Special Forces commandos. They had trained for this moment for their entire lives, and now, the things that were happening in their minds were either going to keep them moving or allow them to ring the bell and quit. Luttrell describes various men who just gave up after repetitious cold water training, log carrying, boat rowing, pushups, runs, and other mental intimidations. In this, he shows that while they could physically do this, their minds kept focusing on tasks that hadn’t happened yet, and as a result, these men gave up on themselves. Luttrell and the other Navy Seals that had made it through this training would know forever that they did what they had to do and can wear the pride of accomplishment as an eternal badge of success while those men that had quit will always wonder “what if?”
In addition, Luttrell looks at the mental preparation that goes into creating a warrior that will be forced to endure some of the toughest terrains and environments known to man while he is being sent to destroy evil and to avoid being killed by it. To this, Luttrell reasons that a person who can’t perform in sub 60 degree water in San Diego would never survive if he was surrounded by the assault rifles of the Taliban. In the end, Luttrell wears a badge of pride that says he has completed the same training as his heroes, and while some of these people were viciously killed in foreign lands, he takes pride in knowing that they gave all to be the best of the best and to protect America with what made them stand out from those who weren’t quite as exceptional as they were.
Finally, Luttrell wants people to understand that life is about how we bear up under challenges. There is a universal in a group of tired and weary sailors holding a log above their heads for excessive amounts of time and that is to do what one needs to do to succeed. Failure is not an option. In this, completing homework assignments and essays is not any different than succeeding at Coronado. There will be long nights without sleep. There will be sacrifice. There will be blood, sweat, and tears, but when a weary body marches to the finish line and says, “I did this,” then it’s all worthwhile.
As a result, Luttrell succeeds in showing what it takes to be great. In this, the confidence course that is Navy Hell Week serves as the birthplace of the American hero that Luttrell truly has become. More importantly, the lessons learn transcend the military and provide examples of leadership and self determination that can apply to any challenge that comes before people in life.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Civil War Note Taking Assignment
This is the Cornell Method of Note Taking.
You need to fill it out to get credit for the assignment.
Thus, here are the steps.
1. List what you know about the causes of the Civil War. Not writing anything = no credit. Some people just don't know and that's why we do this assignment.
2. List 10 questions that you want your notes to answer. Not writing 10=partial credit. I asked you to think about this. Use your "W" words (Who, What, Where, When, Why, hoW). You're in college now. Challenge yourself and impress me. It's all about the hoops.
3. Finish the out of class sections at home after finishing the in class note taking section.
4. Finally, finish the whole thing with a TYPED (if it's not typed, it's not done - really) journal on how your notes are different from the ones that you used to take (such as the ones in your National Parks Outline - I'm looking for focus in that for points).
If you need it, you can look at the following links:
Cal Poly Note Taking Systems - this will help with this assignment and the first steps of the research paper.
Bloom's Taxonomy - Higher Level Thinking Questioning, which will help with the essay completion and my goals for you to achieve. See analysis, synthesis, evaluation.
You need to fill it out to get credit for the assignment.
Thus, here are the steps.
1. List what you know about the causes of the Civil War. Not writing anything = no credit. Some people just don't know and that's why we do this assignment.
2. List 10 questions that you want your notes to answer. Not writing 10=partial credit. I asked you to think about this. Use your "W" words (Who, What, Where, When, Why, hoW). You're in college now. Challenge yourself and impress me. It's all about the hoops.
3. Finish the out of class sections at home after finishing the in class note taking section.
4. Finally, finish the whole thing with a TYPED (if it's not typed, it's not done - really) journal on how your notes are different from the ones that you used to take (such as the ones in your National Parks Outline - I'm looking for focus in that for points).
If you need it, you can look at the following links:
Cal Poly Note Taking Systems - this will help with this assignment and the first steps of the research paper.
Bloom's Taxonomy - Higher Level Thinking Questioning, which will help with the essay completion and my goals for you to achieve. See analysis, synthesis, evaluation.
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