Sunday, December 5, 2010
Its beginning to look a lot like CHRISTMAS!!!
I have loved all the snow we have gotten lately. I don't like the cold weather but I love the snow. I just wish it would snow in the summer ha. It always so exciting though to look out your window in the morning and see the ground covered in white. Its too bad that our classes don't get canceled like they did sometimes when we were in high school. That's the only thing I don't like about college. Everyone usually walks everywhere so if the roads are slick it doesn't ever matter. Oh well, I'm hoping now that we will have a white Christmas this year!!
Course Goals
Course Goals ~ Introduces and develops understanding of principles of rhetoric; basic research methods; elements, strategies, and conventions of persuasion used in constructing written and multi-modal texts. Upon completion of English 103 students will:
1. I understand that in order to persuade someone you have to provide a way to show it both physical and verbal. Mr. McArdle did a good job of explaining each one to us.
2. Yes, I understand that different ways of persuasion is used for different types of people depending on their likes and interests.
3. I feel like I am better at revising and drafting papers, its still hard to develop your own sense of writing though.
4. I feel like I am better at composing texts in different types of media. I feel like i can be more creative in my writing.
5. I know what a primary and secondary source is now and how they are used to make your thesis more clear.
6. I defiantly developed more strategies for becoming more of a critical reader by doing the peer evaluations and the intensive reviews
7. I feel like I am better with my grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
8. Yes! You have too in this class
9. Yes, it is a must in this class because we do so many group things.
Course Content & Format ~ The content and format of English 103 are designed to enable students to achieve the course goals; specifically, students in English 103 will:
1. I feel like Mr. McArdle did a great job of making sure we discuss and analyze different kinds of texts
2. The peer evaluations and intensive reviews helped get others opinions on things in your paper.
3. Peer reviews and intensive reviews also helped with this a lot!
4. There were many times I would just go back and revise my paper. I would get feedback from my classmates and feedback from you so I had many rough drafts.
5. Yes I believe i can now break down text and analyze it more clearly now
6. Yes, I think I have a better understanding on how to break down what the author is trying to portray and the meaning of it.
7. We had four different writing assignments and all of them were for a different purpose, so yes i completing a variety of writing assignments.
University Core Curriculum Goals ~ The central purpose of University Core Curriculum is to enable men and women to live rich and satisfying lives and to undertake the broad responsibilities of citizenship in a free society. Although The University Core Curriculum seeks to discover and nurture individual talents, its primary emphasis is preparation for roles people share as human beings and as members of family and community groups. Thus, students will be able to:
1. Yes, Mr. McArdle did a great job of making sure the writing we were doing was useful and necessary for everyday life and would help us in the future, not just be busy work.
2. I feel like i can communicate better now, and I think the peer reviews helped with that a lot because we were forced to communicate with each other.
3. There were a lot of other views that I saw and I would always respect that of another person.
4. I thought we all helped each other out to recognize and seek solutions to their writing.
5.Defiantly!! We worked with others almost everyday
6. I think this class really helped me look more at my writing and see it as more than just words on a paper. It has more meaning and you can break it down and really look at what the author is trying to say.
1. I understand that in order to persuade someone you have to provide a way to show it both physical and verbal. Mr. McArdle did a good job of explaining each one to us.
2. Yes, I understand that different ways of persuasion is used for different types of people depending on their likes and interests.
3. I feel like I am better at revising and drafting papers, its still hard to develop your own sense of writing though.
4. I feel like I am better at composing texts in different types of media. I feel like i can be more creative in my writing.
5. I know what a primary and secondary source is now and how they are used to make your thesis more clear.
6. I defiantly developed more strategies for becoming more of a critical reader by doing the peer evaluations and the intensive reviews
7. I feel like I am better with my grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
8. Yes! You have too in this class
9. Yes, it is a must in this class because we do so many group things.
Course Content & Format ~ The content and format of English 103 are designed to enable students to achieve the course goals; specifically, students in English 103 will:
1. I feel like Mr. McArdle did a great job of making sure we discuss and analyze different kinds of texts
2. The peer evaluations and intensive reviews helped get others opinions on things in your paper.
3. Peer reviews and intensive reviews also helped with this a lot!
4. There were many times I would just go back and revise my paper. I would get feedback from my classmates and feedback from you so I had many rough drafts.
5. Yes I believe i can now break down text and analyze it more clearly now
6. Yes, I think I have a better understanding on how to break down what the author is trying to portray and the meaning of it.
7. We had four different writing assignments and all of them were for a different purpose, so yes i completing a variety of writing assignments.
University Core Curriculum Goals ~ The central purpose of University Core Curriculum is to enable men and women to live rich and satisfying lives and to undertake the broad responsibilities of citizenship in a free society. Although The University Core Curriculum seeks to discover and nurture individual talents, its primary emphasis is preparation for roles people share as human beings and as members of family and community groups. Thus, students will be able to:
1. Yes, Mr. McArdle did a great job of making sure the writing we were doing was useful and necessary for everyday life and would help us in the future, not just be busy work.
2. I feel like i can communicate better now, and I think the peer reviews helped with that a lot because we were forced to communicate with each other.
3. There were a lot of other views that I saw and I would always respect that of another person.
4. I thought we all helped each other out to recognize and seek solutions to their writing.
5.Defiantly!! We worked with others almost everyday
6. I think this class really helped me look more at my writing and see it as more than just words on a paper. It has more meaning and you can break it down and really look at what the author is trying to say.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Thanksgiving and Black Friday!!
Thanksgiving break has finally come to an end :( I had a really good time with friends and family. We went to my grandmas on Thursday and ate lots and lots of gooood food. I went to my friend Jenna's house Thursday night so that we could go out shopping on black Friday. We do it every year now. We started at 11 p.m at Walmart to get video games and movies for my brother. I got the movie Blind Side and The Hangover for $5 each! After that we went to Target and we waited outside for 3 hours!! I will never do that again. It was way to cold. We did get what we wanted though. After Target we headed up to greenwood but we were not there very long because we both were really tired. I went home and slept for most of the day. Overall I had a really good break with friends and family and I cant wait until Christmas break in about 3 weeks!!! :)
Thanksgiving Argument
The argument I choose to reflect on was an argument over black Friday Shopping. One thing we always do on Thanksgiving after dinner or before dinner is look at all the adds. My aunt is a huge black Friday shopper. She loves the deals she can get and loves the adrenaline rush from all the people. My mom on the other hand hates black Friday. She would rather buy it at normal price than have to deal with all the people. They got into a discussion about it. My aunt gets the credibility ( ethos) because she is a dedicated black Friday shopper. The Pathos would be each of their own emotional opinion or appeals on black Friday. The logos would be the reasoning they use to persuade their own opinion. Why they choose one way or another.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
BREAK
Ohhh I needed this break so badly. These last couple weeks have been so stressful. I cant wait to spend time with my family, eat, and shop :) I came home yesterday because a couple of my classes got canceled for Monday and Tuesday or "Fruesday" I met my mom in indy yesterday on my way home and we did some early Christmas shopping and went to dinner. It was fun and I love spending time with my mom. This morning I went to church, I didn't realize how nice it was to be back in my hometown. I feel like this break is going to fly by but Im going to enjoy it while i can :)
Good ol Movies
I love it when old movies are on tv. I am watching Meet the Fockers right now. I forgot how funny this show was. I still like Meet the Parents better though. To me whenever movies are on tv they seem so much better then when you watch them on a dvd, I dont know why but it just seems that way.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Red Dress Gala
Last night was Alpha Phis "Red Dress Gala". It one of our philanthropy events that raises money to support cardiac care for women. There was a dinner and a silent auction with lots of cool goodies :) People kept out bidding my mom so she finally gave up ha. It was a really fun night. We all wore red dresses to support cardiac care. I cannot wait to see what our other philanthropy event will be like :)
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