Grifters, Paper Dates, Pre-writing

See the post below. We have changed your Paper 1 due dates as follows:

Rough Draft: Tuesday 2/10 at the start of class [Bring THREE COPIES of your paper to class] We will use these for peer editing/reading in class. 

Final Draft: Due on Tuesday 2/17

For next week: 
1) Finish the Book
2) Work on your thesis, drafting and prewriting for Paper 1. Bring a minimum of two pages of writing/work to turn in. This should a) address a specific question from the assignment b) head toward a thesis c) involve specific evidence from the book and d) work toward ideas/topic sentences that support your thesis.

Grifters paper and Syllabus for Spring [DATES CHANGED]

Hello Eng 1B students!

Here are links to your Syllabus and the first paper.
Syllabus for Eng 1B Spring 2015

First paper assignment: Grifters

Your due dates for the Grifters paper are as follows:

Rough Draft: Tuesday 2/10 at the start of class [Bring THREE COPIES of your paper to class] We will use these for peer editing/reading in class.

Final Draft: Due on Tuesday 2/17

Your Homework for 1/27 is as follows:

1) Actively read in The Grifters to p. 126. Start thinking more about themes and tracking them as your read.

2) Writer two discussion questions to turn in at next class regarding The Grifters up to this point.

Now: Blogging for SP 15 Eng 1B at Mission

This is now the blog for Seth Harwood's SP15 Eng 1B at Mission campus on Tuesday nights.

If you're interested at all in what we did last semester in 1A, have a look below. Otherwise, stay tuned to what's next here for 1B!

Wrapping Up: Well Done!

First, great class this semester. We faced difficult topics, challenging readings and paper assignments made to make you work. You did work, each of you producing some excellent writing on your way to the end of the class.

I'm very proud of how you took part in the discussions about Underground America, as well as your final project on immigration. Well done!

For those of you who want to contact Peter Orner, he'd be happy to hear from you. His email is peterorner (at) gmail (dot) com

If you'd like a copy of Underground America in Spanish, you should be able to stop in to their offices (Voices of Witness) at 849 Valencia St. Tell them you were in my class and that Peter suggested you come by. I bet they'll be happy to give you a copy for free. They're great folks! 

You can also email mimi lok here at mimi.lok (at) voiceofwitness (dot) org and she'll help you out as well.

Here's a link to the book in Spanish: 

http://voiceofwitness.org/en-las-sombras-de-estados-unidos/

Once again,

All my best and thanks for a great term! Stay in touch and feel free to let me know if you'd like a signed copy of my book. I'm happy to make that happen.

Homework for Thanksgiving Week

1) Carefully read the assignment for your final project (Oral History and Research Paper) and write down any questions you have to raise at the start of next class.

Link to full paper assignment and schedule: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-0Jh0q__dp3ZWZMeFUxNzl3MUE/view?usp=sharing
Look carefully also at the schedule on page 2.

2) Watch or read President Obama's speech on immigration from 11/20/14
Video link: http://youtu.be/wejt939QXko (see below)
Transcript and Video: The Washington Post

3) Line up or start interview for your Final Project (know who your subject will be)

4) Do Library Workshop B, “Finding Magazine, Journal, and Newspaper articles in periodical databases.” http://www.ccsf.edu/~library/libskills_register.php

5) Start searching online databases for articles connected to your immigration issue.

Underground America Paper (and Schedule)

Here's the document for the paper assignment: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-0Jh0q__dp3eGJSdlp1U0xDMEk/view?usp=sharing 

The schedule for the paper is as follows:

11/10 No Class

Actively read: "El Mojado" (p. 203) and Adela (p. 305)

11/17 Paper Rough Draft Due: Bring 3 copies

11/24 Final Draft Due

Homework for 11/3

Hello folks, good work this week on getting through the concept of arguments and the argumentative paper. Special thanks to Cheri for sharing her work with the rest of the class.

For this next week

First: Root for the Giants! Go Giants!

Read: 

1) The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  Please print this out, if you're able, so you can show active reading on it. We'll be referring to this in class and on your next paper. (Assignment to come.)

2) In Underground America let's continue with the narratives of Lorena (p. 181) and Desiree (p. 261)

Write:
Think about the 30 articles in the Declaration of Human Rights. Write a page and a half about what violations of these human rights you see Lorena and Desiree encounter. You can do this in your journal, to be checked off. (Consider this prewriting/freewriting for the prompt below.)

Lab/Online:
Continue working in Reading Plus by doing 3 SR, 1 iB and 1, RA
Learning Curve: this week we focus on Verbs! (one assignment here)

Start thinking about the following prompt for your next paper:

Argument: Drawing on at least two narratives in Underground America, expose experiences in which human rights have been violated according to the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and/or the United States Constitution, including the right to freedom of speech. 

I will give you a more detailed explanation of the assignment in class.