Tuesday, 11/24

Good morning:

Class is cancelled today, but I will be in tomorrow. For today's class time, you need to do the following:

• Click the links posted regarding your final project - go through all of the materials, so you have a good understanding of what is expected of you. I will hand out all of the articles at the end of class on Wednesday.

In class tomorrow, I will hand back your graded exit exams and Writing Assignment 3.

See you all tomorrow.

Best,

KK

Final Project - Read!

Hi all:
You may be a bit confused trying to figure out which link to look at for your project because I didn't put the words "Film" or "Essay" in the titles. Click through both and thens follow the one that your class voted for.
Best,
KK

Final Projects

Hi all:
Here are the links for the final projects for our class. Please make sure to follow the one that pertains to the assignment that you have selected.

• EBS 014/015 002A and part of 015 please click here [http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ATBmCBZiCEggZGhuZHdjY2NfMTM0aGt0N2NtZGY&hl=en]
• EBS 014/020A and part of 015, please click here [ http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ATBmCBZiCEggZGhuZHdjY2NfMTM1Zmh4M3JqZnI&hl=en

I will hand out this assignment in class as well as all articles.

Please remember that all projects will be due according to the assignment details. I look forward to some really creative viewing/reading.

Best,

Prof. Keane

Nov 11, 2009

Good evening all:
Today was really fun for me. In class, we dsicussed and analzed poems by Robert Frost and Sherman Alexie. Part of our work involved learning about:

• numbering lines
• counting stanzas
• figuring out rhyme schemes (A B B A, etc.)

Additionally, we worked through an understanding of:

conformity non conformity

and thought about how Junior in True Diary might be defined.

Tomorrow, we are going to look at our research packets and think about how to add it to our writing our claims.

Best,

Prof. Keane

November 10th

Dear all:
Today in class, we looked very carefully at one student's writing in terms of:

• structuring an introduction with a citation, summary, movement to drawing, and central argument
• structuring one example paragraph in terms of using a cartoon to anchor your work

Please remember that your WA 3: Middle Drafts are due at the start of Friday's class. The Middle Draft must meet the following objectives:

• solid foundational draft answering the essay questions
• one or two instances of outside source material from research packets

If you feel like you need extra help, please see me for an available conference time, or please visit the Writing Center in L125.

Best,

Prof. Keane

Nov 5, 2009

Good evening all:

In class work:
Search and Categorize
1. We went over each and every cartoon that Junior created. Additionally, we created categories and placed cartoons into these categories. It was tough work, but it helped going over the text in a different way and perhaps helped us to understand more of Junior's writing.

Writing Assignment 3
2. Each one of the categories (family, identity crisis, death, depression, culture, friends, etc.) can be a theme that Junior explores in his drawings. It is your job in WA3 to select one of these themes and create an essay around it.

Homework

• select a theme to work with
• decide which examples you will use
• provide a rationale (explanation) for the cartoons that you will use - why you will use some but not the others - explain the connection between them.

See you in class tomorrow. Remember: One week down, and two more to go!

Best,

Prof. Keane

Nov 4th

Hi all:

Today in class we went over the final half of the novel by working through scene after scene. We also looked at specific passages and throught about the ways in which scenes connected.

For homework, you all need to take a look at the cartoons from the entire novel and start doing some categorizing. This means that you have to start finding some things that Junior tends to draw about such as: family, identity crisis, alcoholism, friends, etc.

Identity Family Alcoholism Friends

Then, make a list of cartoons that fit in each category. We'll start discussing these themes in class tomorrow as they relate to WA 3.

Looking forward to tomorrow's class.
Best,
Prof. Keane

Tuesday, November 3rd

Hi all:
Today was a good day because we got a great deal accomplished. In fact, we have now gone over the following:

• Schedule to Thanksgiving - keep the energy up!
• Writing Assignment #3
• Second half Alexie's novel notes

Keep working hard because before you know it, Thanksgiving - and a break :) - will be here!

As always, if you would like to schedule an appointment with me to get some extra help, please let me know.

Best,

Prof. Keane