Paper 4 Contents:
The text that you have created (i.e. do not confuse this with the written component of the assignment. This is the powerpoint, video, blog, etc. you choose to create).
The written assignment that addresses the four main components of the text you have created.
o What is the background of the problem?
o Who is the target demographic?
o What is the text that I have created?
o What is the overall objective of the text that I have created?
The works cited page. You must incorporate at least two sources for this project.
The total page count of the written assignment (i.e. do not confuse this with the text that you will create) is a minimum of three, double spaced pages. With the works cited page, the total page count of the written assignment is four pages. You should cite according to MLA; failure to do so will result in a letter grade. So if you receive an A on the text and the written assignment, but you fail to cite the sources (i.e. in the works cited) according to MLA, you will receive a B.
Paper 4 Reminders:
For the text:
o If you create a blog, you will need to send me the link to the blog BEFORE we meet for class on Thursday.
o If you create a PPT (i.e. a fairy tale you rewrite, a job ad you create and lyrics you rewrite), you will need to send me the attachment BEFORE we meet for class on Thursday AND bring a hard copy to class on Thursday.
o If you create a brochure or pamphlet, you will need to send me the attachment BEFORE we meet for class on Thursday AND bring a hard copy to class on Thursday.
o If you create a video, you will need to burn the video onto a CD or save it to a flash drive and bring it to class on Thursday. On Thursday, you and I will save it to the O drive. There is a folder in the class folder that is titled "Student Projects." Please save it to this project. I would encourage you to do this BEFORE you come to class if at all possible.
o If you are creating a poster, you will need to bring the poster to class on Thursday.
For the written assignment and works cited page:
o You will bring a hard copy to class.
Failure to comply with these criteria by the deadline will result in an F on the assignment.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Portfolio Contents
Portfolio Contents:
Introduction (i.e. cover letter)
Letter to the author
Paper 1 original draft (i.e. with my comments)
Clean copy of Paper 1 (i.e. NO marks )
Paper 2 original draft
Clean copy of Paper 2
Paper 3 original draft
Clean copy of Paper 3
If you wish to rearrange the order of the papers that is your decision, but explain in the introduction why you have made this decision.
Portfolio Checklist:
The introduction, may be written in letter format to me (i.e. at least two, double spaced pages), addresses the portfolio contents in chronological order. This writing assignment should articulate your successes as a writer this semester and address how the writing assignments either challenged you as a writer. You may also discuss the four central components of the units: audience awareness, ethos, pathos and logos, incorporating voices, and kairos related to your writing abilities.
The letter to the author is written in letter format addressed to the author, not the professor or to the class (i.e. at least one page. The text within the paragraphs should be single spaced. Follow the model outlined in the portfolio assignment criteria). Be aware of the language that you use, the tone and the overall purpose of the letter. The question you will need to address is what do you wish to achieve with this letter? What is the purpose?
Make sure to include ALL of the original drafts of the three papers you wrote for this semester. These drafts should include my comments to you.
Make sure to include the CLEAN copies of the three papers you wrote this semester. There should not marks on these drafts.
Make sure to revise one draft thoroughly. I will also look to see if you have revised according to MLA style such as introducing sources by name and article, incorporating direct quotes and block quotes and the works cited page. For the third draft, do NOT include the annotated bibliography. I ONLY need the list of sources arranged in alphabetical order.
The total page count of the portfolio should be 13 pages.
Introduction (i.e. cover letter)
Letter to the author
Paper 1 original draft (i.e. with my comments)
Clean copy of Paper 1 (i.e. NO marks )
Paper 2 original draft
Clean copy of Paper 2
Paper 3 original draft
Clean copy of Paper 3
If you wish to rearrange the order of the papers that is your decision, but explain in the introduction why you have made this decision.
Portfolio Checklist:
The introduction, may be written in letter format to me (i.e. at least two, double spaced pages), addresses the portfolio contents in chronological order. This writing assignment should articulate your successes as a writer this semester and address how the writing assignments either challenged you as a writer. You may also discuss the four central components of the units: audience awareness, ethos, pathos and logos, incorporating voices, and kairos related to your writing abilities.
The letter to the author is written in letter format addressed to the author, not the professor or to the class (i.e. at least one page. The text within the paragraphs should be single spaced. Follow the model outlined in the portfolio assignment criteria). Be aware of the language that you use, the tone and the overall purpose of the letter. The question you will need to address is what do you wish to achieve with this letter? What is the purpose?
Make sure to include ALL of the original drafts of the three papers you wrote for this semester. These drafts should include my comments to you.
Make sure to include the CLEAN copies of the three papers you wrote this semester. There should not marks on these drafts.
Make sure to revise one draft thoroughly. I will also look to see if you have revised according to MLA style such as introducing sources by name and article, incorporating direct quotes and block quotes and the works cited page. For the third draft, do NOT include the annotated bibliography. I ONLY need the list of sources arranged in alphabetical order.
The total page count of the portfolio should be 13 pages.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
From the Third Written Assignment
Model Introductions
by H. Schneider
The interesting thing about American’s is that we are all proud to live in America, but what makes America such a good country to be a part of. Is it our freedoms, our economy, or just simply the way we can live our everyday lives anyway we wish. In the 60’s young women were involved in our democracy much more. They paved the way for our generation by protesting and letting our government know what they expected of them. For example in the book Click, Jennifer Baumgardner author of “One Is Silver and The Other’s Gold” says, “…in the 60’s abortion was illegal and contraception was illegal.” It is important that we as women have the right to choose what we do with our bodies and when we want to have children. What she is trying to say here is that the young women in the 60’s did what was needed for today’s young women to have the privileges we have. If it wasn’t legal to use birth control or have abortions many young women would be in danger. In the past women went to people that weren’t qualified to perform abortions and many women died as a result. If contraception and abortion were illegal today this would put today’s young women at risk again. If our young people don’t wake up and get involved we will lose everything women worked for. Today’s youth are less involved and don’t understand why it is so important to be involved in our democratic process, which is why I will explore why our generation is so cynical about our electoral process and why it is important to get our generation educated about the officials we vote for, and explain how it is affecting our everyday lives by not voting.
by P. Elifrits
The freshman class is lined up ready to go out the door, today they are going on a field trip. The dress code was to be slacks and a nice shirt. He stands in line excited and kind of perturbed, they have been waiting for fifteen minutes for the teachers to get their shit together so they can get on the bus. He thinks to himself, “I hope this shirt is ok, the one mom laid out for me didn’t fit.” “Oh shit, here comes Mr. Ryan; please let him pass me, today, please.” “Mr. Black, You are out,” says Mr. Ryan, “I said slacks and a nice shirt and you will not be going.” Everyone starts to laugh and he walks silently back to the classroom. Unfortunately, for this child this was the last injustice he will endure. He goes to his favorite fishing spot that evening puts his gun to his head and pulls the trigger. Sadly, we are losing eighty percent of our youth report thoughts or behaviors leading to this tragedy, it is called suicide.
Model Incorporation of Outside Resources
by C. Ascheman
From the time we are little children, we are told that we can do anything and be anything we want to be. However, as we get older we find this is not always the truth since not everyone can be a vet due to allergies, a tightrope walker because they are terrified of heights, or a homemaker because they never find the right one for them. According to Jean Twenge, author of "Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled - and More Miserable Than Ever Before" more and more young people are being medicated because it seems to be to normal way to treat depression. Twenge states, "In one 1990's study, twenty-one% of teens age fifteen to seventeen had already experienced major depression." (105) Because of the high divorce rates, failed relationships, and difficulty finding jobs there is a time in almost everyone's life when they will probably have some sort of anxiety or depression. It is harder for college students to get into college and even when they do get in, there is no guarantee that they can find a job in the field they want. Once they finally graduate and find a job, there is the anxiety of trying to find a home and actually being able to afford it without working two jobs. The cost of everything is rising and making it more difficult for anyone to plan his or her life out. Most are just working themselves day and night to pay their bills every month and have nothing left over; which is a very depressing thing for anyone to do. The only entertainment most people have now are going to the movies and watching TV, however, "Characters on TV shows and in movies rarely have boring jobs working for corporations, building houses, or working a cash register. Yet these are the jobs most young people with grow up to have." (Twenge, 130) Most teens are lucky to find a job anywhere in the summer now. Most adults have to take these jobs at McDonalds or Burger King in order to pay their bills, so it makes it more difficult for teens to have their own money and have any fun; this can also lead to depression.
Model Description
by R. Hanson
In 1950 African American Linda Brown was 7 years old and walked about a mile to her bus stop, through a train switch station every morning in Topeka, Kansas to attend third grade at her all black school. This seemed ridiculous to her father Oliver Brown because there was another school just seven blocks away. However, the closer school only allowed white students to attend. Oliver and thirteen other parents attempted to enroll their children into the white school so their children would not have to walk so far, and because they felt that their school was not treated fairly due to their color. They did not have current textbooks, enough school supplies, and classrooms were overcrowded. When the parents tried to enroll their children they were turned down and told that they had to go to one of the four black schools in the city. These parents were not going to settle for this, so they went to the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), who filed a lawsuit against the Topeka Board of Education. Oliver Brown was the first parent listed in the lawsuit, so the case was named Brown vs. Board of Education.
Brown vs. Board was lost at the state level, due to the case of Plessy vs. Ferguson, which allowed separate but equal schools for blacks and whites. The NAACP would not leave it at that, so on October 1, 1951 they appealed the case to the Supreme Court. At that point similar cases from South Carolina, Virginia, and Delaware were also at the Supreme Court and it was decided to merge them all into Brown vs. Board of Education to be fought as one. On December 9, 1952 the case was held and lasted three days. A year after the first arguments were heard, the Supreme Court heard the case again. After three years, on May 17, 1954 the nine justices ruled anonymously in favor of Linda Brown, and all other children like her. The Supreme Court decided it was not fair to separate black and white children into separate schools.
Model Analysis
by A. Knorr
Contraceptive use has become a big issue in the past years. Due to sexually active teens not keeping the same partner for a period of time, it is important to teach the use of a contraceptive. Most teens who are sexually active report that they use contraceptives most of the time. However this leaves these teens very vulnerable to getting a sexually transmitted disease or getting pregnant. Even oral contraceptive use isn’t going to keep young girls from getting pregnant, it might lower the chances but it still leaves them vulnerable to sexually transmitted diseases. Some teens do not know that when you are on certain types of antibiotics your birth control won’t work. Thus showing teens getting more education about sex prepares them more for what could happen. “Like adults, many teenagers do not carefully and consistently use contraceptives, thereby exposing themselves to risks of pregnancy or STDs. For example, among 15- to 19-year-old girls relying upon oral contraceptives at their main contraceptive, only 70% took a pill every day…. Only 28% used a condom every time they had sex” (Kirby 146). If you do not use oral contraceptives regularly and consistently they will not work. This is how some teens do end up getting pregnant then they continue to use the pill until they find out they are pregnant, and this could harm the baby. Also if you don’t take the pill consistently then it can mess up your menstruation process, or make you miss a period then you don’t know you are pregnant.
by H. Schneider
The interesting thing about American’s is that we are all proud to live in America, but what makes America such a good country to be a part of. Is it our freedoms, our economy, or just simply the way we can live our everyday lives anyway we wish. In the 60’s young women were involved in our democracy much more. They paved the way for our generation by protesting and letting our government know what they expected of them. For example in the book Click, Jennifer Baumgardner author of “One Is Silver and The Other’s Gold” says, “…in the 60’s abortion was illegal and contraception was illegal.” It is important that we as women have the right to choose what we do with our bodies and when we want to have children. What she is trying to say here is that the young women in the 60’s did what was needed for today’s young women to have the privileges we have. If it wasn’t legal to use birth control or have abortions many young women would be in danger. In the past women went to people that weren’t qualified to perform abortions and many women died as a result. If contraception and abortion were illegal today this would put today’s young women at risk again. If our young people don’t wake up and get involved we will lose everything women worked for. Today’s youth are less involved and don’t understand why it is so important to be involved in our democratic process, which is why I will explore why our generation is so cynical about our electoral process and why it is important to get our generation educated about the officials we vote for, and explain how it is affecting our everyday lives by not voting.
by P. Elifrits
The freshman class is lined up ready to go out the door, today they are going on a field trip. The dress code was to be slacks and a nice shirt. He stands in line excited and kind of perturbed, they have been waiting for fifteen minutes for the teachers to get their shit together so they can get on the bus. He thinks to himself, “I hope this shirt is ok, the one mom laid out for me didn’t fit.” “Oh shit, here comes Mr. Ryan; please let him pass me, today, please.” “Mr. Black, You are out,” says Mr. Ryan, “I said slacks and a nice shirt and you will not be going.” Everyone starts to laugh and he walks silently back to the classroom. Unfortunately, for this child this was the last injustice he will endure. He goes to his favorite fishing spot that evening puts his gun to his head and pulls the trigger. Sadly, we are losing eighty percent of our youth report thoughts or behaviors leading to this tragedy, it is called suicide.
Model Incorporation of Outside Resources
by C. Ascheman
From the time we are little children, we are told that we can do anything and be anything we want to be. However, as we get older we find this is not always the truth since not everyone can be a vet due to allergies, a tightrope walker because they are terrified of heights, or a homemaker because they never find the right one for them. According to Jean Twenge, author of "Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled - and More Miserable Than Ever Before" more and more young people are being medicated because it seems to be to normal way to treat depression. Twenge states, "In one 1990's study, twenty-one% of teens age fifteen to seventeen had already experienced major depression." (105) Because of the high divorce rates, failed relationships, and difficulty finding jobs there is a time in almost everyone's life when they will probably have some sort of anxiety or depression. It is harder for college students to get into college and even when they do get in, there is no guarantee that they can find a job in the field they want. Once they finally graduate and find a job, there is the anxiety of trying to find a home and actually being able to afford it without working two jobs. The cost of everything is rising and making it more difficult for anyone to plan his or her life out. Most are just working themselves day and night to pay their bills every month and have nothing left over; which is a very depressing thing for anyone to do. The only entertainment most people have now are going to the movies and watching TV, however, "Characters on TV shows and in movies rarely have boring jobs working for corporations, building houses, or working a cash register. Yet these are the jobs most young people with grow up to have." (Twenge, 130) Most teens are lucky to find a job anywhere in the summer now. Most adults have to take these jobs at McDonalds or Burger King in order to pay their bills, so it makes it more difficult for teens to have their own money and have any fun; this can also lead to depression.
Model Description
by R. Hanson
In 1950 African American Linda Brown was 7 years old and walked about a mile to her bus stop, through a train switch station every morning in Topeka, Kansas to attend third grade at her all black school. This seemed ridiculous to her father Oliver Brown because there was another school just seven blocks away. However, the closer school only allowed white students to attend. Oliver and thirteen other parents attempted to enroll their children into the white school so their children would not have to walk so far, and because they felt that their school was not treated fairly due to their color. They did not have current textbooks, enough school supplies, and classrooms were overcrowded. When the parents tried to enroll their children they were turned down and told that they had to go to one of the four black schools in the city. These parents were not going to settle for this, so they went to the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), who filed a lawsuit against the Topeka Board of Education. Oliver Brown was the first parent listed in the lawsuit, so the case was named Brown vs. Board of Education.
Brown vs. Board was lost at the state level, due to the case of Plessy vs. Ferguson, which allowed separate but equal schools for blacks and whites. The NAACP would not leave it at that, so on October 1, 1951 they appealed the case to the Supreme Court. At that point similar cases from South Carolina, Virginia, and Delaware were also at the Supreme Court and it was decided to merge them all into Brown vs. Board of Education to be fought as one. On December 9, 1952 the case was held and lasted three days. A year after the first arguments were heard, the Supreme Court heard the case again. After three years, on May 17, 1954 the nine justices ruled anonymously in favor of Linda Brown, and all other children like her. The Supreme Court decided it was not fair to separate black and white children into separate schools.
Model Analysis
by A. Knorr
Contraceptive use has become a big issue in the past years. Due to sexually active teens not keeping the same partner for a period of time, it is important to teach the use of a contraceptive. Most teens who are sexually active report that they use contraceptives most of the time. However this leaves these teens very vulnerable to getting a sexually transmitted disease or getting pregnant. Even oral contraceptive use isn’t going to keep young girls from getting pregnant, it might lower the chances but it still leaves them vulnerable to sexually transmitted diseases. Some teens do not know that when you are on certain types of antibiotics your birth control won’t work. Thus showing teens getting more education about sex prepares them more for what could happen. “Like adults, many teenagers do not carefully and consistently use contraceptives, thereby exposing themselves to risks of pregnancy or STDs. For example, among 15- to 19-year-old girls relying upon oral contraceptives at their main contraceptive, only 70% took a pill every day…. Only 28% used a condom every time they had sex” (Kirby 146). If you do not use oral contraceptives regularly and consistently they will not work. This is how some teens do end up getting pregnant then they continue to use the pill until they find out they are pregnant, and this could harm the baby. Also if you don’t take the pill consistently then it can mess up your menstruation process, or make you miss a period then you don’t know you are pregnant.
From the Second Written Assignment
Model Introductions
by C. Reid
Senses Fail is great at using lyrics and song names to evoke pathos. They try to create songs that someone can easily listen to and wonder about the meaning of the songs. James Buddy Nielsen the lead singer go as far as making a story with three songs. It starts out with All The Best Cowboy's Have Daddy Issues to Negative Spaces and lastly The Priest and The Matador. Senses Fail's song The Priest and The Matador can be interpreted several ways by itself. However I will be introducing each song to give a clearer depiction of what type of pathos may be happening with this man's story and going into detail on the two songs that lyrically tell the story, All The Best Cowboy's Have Daddy Issues and The Priest and The Matador.
by C. Petersen
This world can be a dark and scary place, every day the news focuses on the tragedies and pain that takes place locally or around the globe. People are fallible, we hurt one another, sometimes on purpose, at others accidently, it happens and we can feel helpless to control what we do. Yet, the one thing in life we can control, our own actions or reactions can be life and death to others, as well as ourselves. Growing up in a very violent home, with no understanding of love or forgiveness, forgiveness becomes a commodity not given easily. Years ago, I experienced a love I cannot explain and strive everyday to reflect, still the question arises how. How does one emulate and reflect a love they cannot explain or understand? In Brian Zahnd’s book, “Unconditional” lays the answer to that question. “In a world where the ugliness of rage and retaliation are driving the story line of the twenty-first century, the beauty of authentic Christian forgiveness is the compelling alternative”(xxi). In discovering the full meaning and depth of forgiveness of Christ on the cross, I could not have anticipated the affect this act of mercy would have on me. Knowing this depth, I am drawn to teachings of forgiveness, to understand how to follow the example of Christ. Therefore, the first question I have when encountering such a book is; what kind of man wrote it, does his credibility stand scrutiny? This is why I decided to write about the ethos of Pastor and author Brian Zahnd.
Model Summary of a Text(s)
by L. Hahne
This song is a great example of pathos because it is full of emotion. You can basically taste the loneliness and desire for love and companionship that the singer is crying out for. She is telling us how she has wanted to express her feelings to the one she loves, but she cannot bring herself to share this secret. The verses explain how she was content until she met the cause of her heartache. Now she cannot bear the thought of being away from that person yet she is torn between the need to profess her devotion and the fear of rejection. Love is the strongest emotion you can feel, and it is a cruel thing at times. It can make you feel as if you are
floating on air, or as if your heart is breaking.
by C. Ascheman
Letters to God has many characters; however, the most important ones are Tyler who is the 8-year-old boy with cancer, his mother Mattie, big brother Ben, best friend Samantha (Sam), Sam's grandfather, and the mail carrier Brady. Each of these people is very special to Tyler in one way or another. Tyler is a very strong and brave young boy who is fighting the battle with cancer. He loves to play soccer, although he has not been able to since he got sick. Sometimes he just kicks the ball around in the front yard. Tyler is a very loving boy, and to deal with his illness, he writes letters to god. Most of his letters are about how he wants god to help all the people in his neighborhood because they have all done things to try and help Tyler and his mother since his father died of cancer and now he is fighting for his life. His mother Mattie is having a very hard time dealing with her son being sick after losing her husband to cancer and starts to doubt her faith in God. Ben is a good big brother, although he is starting to act out because he feels his sick brother is getting all the attention. Sam is Tyler’s best friend and sticks with him through everything. She takes care of the bullies that pick on him when his hair has fallen out and he is too weak to play sports. Sam's grandfather is a very special old man that tells Tyler, "When people see how strong and brave you are, it makes them think about their own life." He was a wise old man that had plenty of wisdom for Tyler and helped him when kids made fun of him. All of these people played a very important part in Tyler's very short life, as well as him playing one in theirs.
by J. Sanford
For 18 years now, Jillian Michaels has been establishing herself within the fitness industry; being a certified personal trainer holding accreditations with the National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association (NESTA) and the American Fitness Association of America (AFAA). She also holds a certification for nutrition and wellness consulting through the American Fitness Professionals Association. Over the past 5 years, she has worked as a fitness instructor, life coach, and motivator on the television show The Biggest Loser. While on the show, she pushes her contestants through brutal exercise routines and encourages them to confront the emotional issues that got them to their current state of being morbidly obese and feeling worthless.
Model Analysis(Analyses)
by J. Sanford
As the author of Winning by Losing, she admits to her own struggles with weight as a teenager and how she was able to overcome it, to pursue a healthy lifestyle . Michael’s book is organized in three different sections; Self, Science and Sweat. In the Self section she touches on her weight issues and other mental obstacles that someone may face when trying to lose weight and live a healthy lifestyle. The Science section explains how to adjust caloric intake to maximize weight loss, and the Sweat section organizes workout routines and different exercises to help the weight loss process.
Jillian Michaels is not only an author and trainer she’s an entrepreneur ; launching Empowered Media, LLC a few years ago to create a solution for those individuals wanting to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Through Empowered Media, LLC she has been able to promote her exercise DVDs, video games and equipment reaching those in every demographic that are in need of some type of motivation or assistance in making steps necessary to live a healthy lifestyle. Jillian also does work for charitable organizations such as; the American Cancer Society, NFL Play 60, and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, which is a program dedicated to changing the childhood obesity epidemic in this country.
Even with all of her experiences, within the fitness industry and her own struggle with weight as a teenager; I feel it doesn’t give her the credibility to represent those individuals that have struggled with weight their entire lives . In her book, she exposes why she was struggling with her weigh , “When I was my heaviest as a fifteen-year-old about 50 pounds heavier and 2 inches shorter than I am now, my parents were in the middle of one hell of an ugly divorce. I told everyone I was fine, that I didn’t care, but every day after school I would go up to the roof of our house and eat myself into a coma” (page 15). Granted she and her family were dealing with some major life changing events at that time and she choose to use food to comfort herself. For those individuals that struggle with morbid obesity their entire lives, one event doesn’t make them revert to food for comfort. Morbidly obese people have been conditioned from an early age to eat poorly, consume too much food and develop a relationship with food, unlike someone who isn’t morbidly obese.
by C. Ascheman
Letters to God has many characters; however, the most important ones are Tyler who is the 8-year-old boy with cancer, his mother Mattie, big brother Ben, best friend Samantha (Sam), Sam's grandfather, and the mail carrier Brady. Each of these people is very special to Tyler in one way or another. Tyler is a very strong and brave young boy who is fighting the battle with cancer. He loves to play soccer, although he has not been able to since he got sick. Sometimes he just kicks the ball around in the front yard. Tyler is a very loving boy, and to deal with his illness, he writes letters to god. Most of his letters are about how he wants god to help all the people in his neighborhood because they have all done things to try and help Tyler and his mother since his father died of cancer and now he is fighting for his life. His mother Mattie is having a very hard time dealing with her son being sick after losing her husband to cancer and starts to doubt her faith in God. Ben is a good big brother, although he is starting to act out because he feels his sick brother is getting all the attention. Sam is Tyler’s best friend and sticks with him through everything. She takes care of the bullies that pick on him when his hair has fallen out and he is too weak to play sports. Sam's grandfather is a very special old man that tells Tyler, "When people see how strong and brave you are, it makes them think about their own life." He was a wise old man that had plenty of wisdom for Tyler and helped him when kids made fun of him. All of these people played a very important part in Tyler's very short life, as well as him playing one in theirs.
During this movie, Tyler touched everyone's lives, but most of all the mail carrier Brady's life. Brady is struggling with his own life since his drinking caused him to lose custody of his son, and when he takes over Tyler's route he is the one that gets the letters daily that Tyler writes. When Brady goes to his supervisor and asks what to do with the letters, he is told, "It's your journey Brady, you decide." He takes the letters home and reads them every night, although he is not sure what to do with them. Every time he asks someone what he should do with the letters he is told they ended up with him for a reason. When Tyler starts to get worse, Brady reads Tyler's letters and sees how Tyler has touched everyone's lives. Tyler's letter to Brady said, "I'm not feeling better like I used to. Before I die can you help Mr. Brady? He's so cool and he has a boy, but I don't think they get to see each other. Could you tell Mr. Brady's heart it's going to be okay? " He later discovers the reason he received the letters is to help everyone know how Tyler felt about each of them when Tyler dies. He takes the letters to all the people Tyler had asked God to help so they would know how they touched his life. Sometimes you touch a person's life without even knowing it. Not only did he help Tyler by being in his life and helping him play soccer just by kicking the ball around the yard, but also Tyler helped him straighten his life up so that he could get his son back in his life.
by C. Reid
Senses Fail is great at using lyrics and song names to evoke pathos. They try to create songs that someone can easily listen to and wonder about the meaning of the songs. James Buddy Nielsen the lead singer go as far as making a story with three songs. It starts out with All The Best Cowboy's Have Daddy Issues to Negative Spaces and lastly The Priest and The Matador. Senses Fail's song The Priest and The Matador can be interpreted several ways by itself. However I will be introducing each song to give a clearer depiction of what type of pathos may be happening with this man's story and going into detail on the two songs that lyrically tell the story, All The Best Cowboy's Have Daddy Issues and The Priest and The Matador.
by C. Petersen
This world can be a dark and scary place, every day the news focuses on the tragedies and pain that takes place locally or around the globe. People are fallible, we hurt one another, sometimes on purpose, at others accidently, it happens and we can feel helpless to control what we do. Yet, the one thing in life we can control, our own actions or reactions can be life and death to others, as well as ourselves. Growing up in a very violent home, with no understanding of love or forgiveness, forgiveness becomes a commodity not given easily. Years ago, I experienced a love I cannot explain and strive everyday to reflect, still the question arises how. How does one emulate and reflect a love they cannot explain or understand? In Brian Zahnd’s book, “Unconditional” lays the answer to that question. “In a world where the ugliness of rage and retaliation are driving the story line of the twenty-first century, the beauty of authentic Christian forgiveness is the compelling alternative”(xxi). In discovering the full meaning and depth of forgiveness of Christ on the cross, I could not have anticipated the affect this act of mercy would have on me. Knowing this depth, I am drawn to teachings of forgiveness, to understand how to follow the example of Christ. Therefore, the first question I have when encountering such a book is; what kind of man wrote it, does his credibility stand scrutiny? This is why I decided to write about the ethos of Pastor and author Brian Zahnd.
Model Summary of a Text(s)
by L. Hahne
This song is a great example of pathos because it is full of emotion. You can basically taste the loneliness and desire for love and companionship that the singer is crying out for. She is telling us how she has wanted to express her feelings to the one she loves, but she cannot bring herself to share this secret. The verses explain how she was content until she met the cause of her heartache. Now she cannot bear the thought of being away from that person yet she is torn between the need to profess her devotion and the fear of rejection. Love is the strongest emotion you can feel, and it is a cruel thing at times. It can make you feel as if you are
floating on air, or as if your heart is breaking.
by C. Ascheman
Letters to God has many characters; however, the most important ones are Tyler who is the 8-year-old boy with cancer, his mother Mattie, big brother Ben, best friend Samantha (Sam), Sam's grandfather, and the mail carrier Brady. Each of these people is very special to Tyler in one way or another. Tyler is a very strong and brave young boy who is fighting the battle with cancer. He loves to play soccer, although he has not been able to since he got sick. Sometimes he just kicks the ball around in the front yard. Tyler is a very loving boy, and to deal with his illness, he writes letters to god. Most of his letters are about how he wants god to help all the people in his neighborhood because they have all done things to try and help Tyler and his mother since his father died of cancer and now he is fighting for his life. His mother Mattie is having a very hard time dealing with her son being sick after losing her husband to cancer and starts to doubt her faith in God. Ben is a good big brother, although he is starting to act out because he feels his sick brother is getting all the attention. Sam is Tyler’s best friend and sticks with him through everything. She takes care of the bullies that pick on him when his hair has fallen out and he is too weak to play sports. Sam's grandfather is a very special old man that tells Tyler, "When people see how strong and brave you are, it makes them think about their own life." He was a wise old man that had plenty of wisdom for Tyler and helped him when kids made fun of him. All of these people played a very important part in Tyler's very short life, as well as him playing one in theirs.
by J. Sanford
For 18 years now, Jillian Michaels has been establishing herself within the fitness industry; being a certified personal trainer holding accreditations with the National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association (NESTA) and the American Fitness Association of America (AFAA). She also holds a certification for nutrition and wellness consulting through the American Fitness Professionals Association. Over the past 5 years, she has worked as a fitness instructor, life coach, and motivator on the television show The Biggest Loser. While on the show, she pushes her contestants through brutal exercise routines and encourages them to confront the emotional issues that got them to their current state of being morbidly obese and feeling worthless.
Model Analysis(Analyses)
by J. Sanford
As the author of Winning by Losing, she admits to her own struggles with weight as a teenager and how she was able to overcome it, to pursue a healthy lifestyle . Michael’s book is organized in three different sections; Self, Science and Sweat. In the Self section she touches on her weight issues and other mental obstacles that someone may face when trying to lose weight and live a healthy lifestyle. The Science section explains how to adjust caloric intake to maximize weight loss, and the Sweat section organizes workout routines and different exercises to help the weight loss process.
Jillian Michaels is not only an author and trainer she’s an entrepreneur ; launching Empowered Media, LLC a few years ago to create a solution for those individuals wanting to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Through Empowered Media, LLC she has been able to promote her exercise DVDs, video games and equipment reaching those in every demographic that are in need of some type of motivation or assistance in making steps necessary to live a healthy lifestyle. Jillian also does work for charitable organizations such as; the American Cancer Society, NFL Play 60, and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, which is a program dedicated to changing the childhood obesity epidemic in this country.
Even with all of her experiences, within the fitness industry and her own struggle with weight as a teenager; I feel it doesn’t give her the credibility to represent those individuals that have struggled with weight their entire lives . In her book, she exposes why she was struggling with her weigh , “When I was my heaviest as a fifteen-year-old about 50 pounds heavier and 2 inches shorter than I am now, my parents were in the middle of one hell of an ugly divorce. I told everyone I was fine, that I didn’t care, but every day after school I would go up to the roof of our house and eat myself into a coma” (page 15). Granted she and her family were dealing with some major life changing events at that time and she choose to use food to comfort herself. For those individuals that struggle with morbid obesity their entire lives, one event doesn’t make them revert to food for comfort. Morbidly obese people have been conditioned from an early age to eat poorly, consume too much food and develop a relationship with food, unlike someone who isn’t morbidly obese.
by C. Ascheman
Letters to God has many characters; however, the most important ones are Tyler who is the 8-year-old boy with cancer, his mother Mattie, big brother Ben, best friend Samantha (Sam), Sam's grandfather, and the mail carrier Brady. Each of these people is very special to Tyler in one way or another. Tyler is a very strong and brave young boy who is fighting the battle with cancer. He loves to play soccer, although he has not been able to since he got sick. Sometimes he just kicks the ball around in the front yard. Tyler is a very loving boy, and to deal with his illness, he writes letters to god. Most of his letters are about how he wants god to help all the people in his neighborhood because they have all done things to try and help Tyler and his mother since his father died of cancer and now he is fighting for his life. His mother Mattie is having a very hard time dealing with her son being sick after losing her husband to cancer and starts to doubt her faith in God. Ben is a good big brother, although he is starting to act out because he feels his sick brother is getting all the attention. Sam is Tyler’s best friend and sticks with him through everything. She takes care of the bullies that pick on him when his hair has fallen out and he is too weak to play sports. Sam's grandfather is a very special old man that tells Tyler, "When people see how strong and brave you are, it makes them think about their own life." He was a wise old man that had plenty of wisdom for Tyler and helped him when kids made fun of him. All of these people played a very important part in Tyler's very short life, as well as him playing one in theirs.
During this movie, Tyler touched everyone's lives, but most of all the mail carrier Brady's life. Brady is struggling with his own life since his drinking caused him to lose custody of his son, and when he takes over Tyler's route he is the one that gets the letters daily that Tyler writes. When Brady goes to his supervisor and asks what to do with the letters, he is told, "It's your journey Brady, you decide." He takes the letters home and reads them every night, although he is not sure what to do with them. Every time he asks someone what he should do with the letters he is told they ended up with him for a reason. When Tyler starts to get worse, Brady reads Tyler's letters and sees how Tyler has touched everyone's lives. Tyler's letter to Brady said, "I'm not feeling better like I used to. Before I die can you help Mr. Brady? He's so cool and he has a boy, but I don't think they get to see each other. Could you tell Mr. Brady's heart it's going to be okay? " He later discovers the reason he received the letters is to help everyone know how Tyler felt about each of them when Tyler dies. He takes the letters to all the people Tyler had asked God to help so they would know how they touched his life. Sometimes you touch a person's life without even knowing it. Not only did he help Tyler by being in his life and helping him play soccer just by kicking the ball around the yard, but also Tyler helped him straighten his life up so that he could get his son back in his life.
Student Projects
The link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU25D-CI-Zo
Dressing Modestly: http://modestyforyoungwomen.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html
Heidi Montag: http://plasticheidi.blogspot.com/
Illuminati:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQjfEH_eCRw
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoXfrJG3t_o
Dressing Modestly: http://modestyforyoungwomen.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html
Heidi Montag: http://plasticheidi.blogspot.com/
Illuminati:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQjfEH_eCRw
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoXfrJG3t_o
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Kairos
Unit: Kairos is a complicated concept for many of us to grasp. Think about the term and how it pertains to context. How would you define context? Now let’s think about audience. How may context and audience pertain to one another? Apply this to a real life situation.
Example 1: Imagine someone speaking to ‘50s housewives. How would this change in 2011? How would it change 50 years from now? How and why would it be different? Think about this in relation to context and audience.
Example 2: Imagine the Student Government Association proposing to ban smoking on a college campus in the ‘50s. How would this change today? How would it change 50 years from now? How and why would it be different? Think about this in relation to context and audience.
Aristotle, the father of rhetorical triangle, said that kairos pertains to the context in which proof will be delivered. It is the rhetor’s ability to adapt to particular situations.
Writing Assignment: Think about issues we have examined this semester in relation to advertising, GenMe, hip-hop and feminism. What specific issues can you recall? The objective of this assignment is to create a text that is empowering to a target demographic. Although you will create a text of your own with definite purpose for a target demographic, you will also have to articulate the problem, the target demographic, why you have chosen to create this text and what the objective is of the text. The writing assignment should be anywhere from three to four pages. The written assignment does not have to be written like a formal essay. Use the model below as an example.
Student’s Name
Professor’s Name
English 104
April 28, 2011
What is the background of the problem?
· Articulate the problem.
· Bring in outside research to support your problem.
· Possible options to explore:
o Advertising that objectifies women to tits and ass.
o A hip-hop song that that promotes gunplay, drugs and glorifies violence.
o Legislation that limits a woman’s access to birth control, emergency contraception and abortion services.
· Use the outside research to explain the background of the problem. Use this space to articulate how and why this is a problem.
Who is the target demographic?
· Explain how this problem affects one class of people.
· Use the background to explain how this affects one class of people.
· Use what you have learned about audience awareness to identify and explain why this is the target demographic.
· Do not use this space to explain why one class is not the target demographic; instead, identify one class (e.g. young, white ‘50s housewives) and articulate why.
o How would advertising that objectifies women to tits and ass affect young, white single heterosexual men?
o How would a hip-hop song that promotes gunplay, drugs and glorifies violence affect middle age, lower income African American mothers?
o How would legislation that limits a woman’s access to birth control, emergency contraception and abortion services affect young, lower income women?
What is the text that I have created?
· What have you decided to create?
· Walk us through your decision to create this text.
How does it pertain to what you outline in the background?
· How does it pertain to the target demographic?
What is the overall objective of the text that I have created?
· Because you have identified the problem, identify a target demographic.
· What is the overall objective of this text?
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What do you want the target demographic to do with this information?
Writing Assignment, continued: You will be required to use at least two outside resources for this paper. A works cited page will also be required for this paper, but it will not be included in the page count. Below you will find a list of options of texts that you can create:
· Rewrite a fairy tale that is empowering for young girls instead of disempowering.
· Create a game that adolescent boys could play that would be engaging, but steer them away from harmful masculine stereotypes.
· Write a script or film that represents both males and females in empowering and healthy ways.
· Create a Web site or blog that would offer information on healthy body image.
· Create a video documentary that would convince girls not to engage in eating disorders.
· Write a curriculum that will be gender-balanced for an elementary, middle, high school or college level course.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Extra Credit Assignment
Option 1: For this assignment, you will be asked to select one of the readings that we read over the course of the semester. This may include Generation Me, The Hip Hop Reader and/or Full Frontal Feminism. The objective of this assignment is to select one idea and analyze it. You will be asked to introduce the topic that you wish to discuss. Discuss the text and the author. You will not be expected to summarize the entire book, but the section that you have chosen. Think about your duties to your audience. Ask yourself, “What does my audience need to know?” The information that you will need to include contains:
· Title and author;
· Summary of the topic you have chosen to discuss;
· An analysis of the topic you have chosen to discuss.
Keep in mind that this audience has not read the text and/or article you have chosen, so you will need to explain it entirely. The analysis should represent your interpretation of the topic. For instance, if you choose to look at the double standards in place for men and women, begin with Valenti’s claim in Full Frontal Feminism. What does she have to say about the double standards placed upon women? You will be expected to discuss the implications of these double standards. For outside research, you may interview someone about these double standards like a young man and/or young women. What do they think of these double standards? What do these double standards imply? You may also view a movie and/or song lyrics to see how they refer to men and/or women. Discuss the implications of these double standards.
In the analysis, you will be expected to incorporate at least one quote from the text that you have chosen. Remember that the quote should not appear in a summary, at the beginning or at the end of a paragraph. You will be expected to frame the quote, which means by introducing it and analyzing it. You will be expected to adhere to the rules of MLA style. Furthermore, you will be expected to include a works cited page with this analysis. It will not be included in the page count. The minimum number of pages for this assignment is two. Points will be awarded with consideration of the audience, tone, language, required length, and adherence to MLA style.
Option 2: The second option is much similar to the first option. You will be required to adhere to all of the requirements that are outlined in the first option; however, instead of selecting a reading from the course material, you will focus in on a current event in today’s society. This may include, but not limited to:
· President’s actions regarding Libya;
· Egypt’s demonstrations;
· The plan to defund Planned Parenthood completely;
· Recent bills to redefine rape;
· Specific examination of state’s bills to limit abortion procedures and access;
· GOP’s proposal to cut food stamps;
· Lawmakers attempt to include creationism as part of school curriculum in select states;
· Facebook booting underage users.
Please see requirements outlined in the first option. Please note that you will be required to locate a journal article or news article for this option.
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