Assignments for Week Beginning 04.02.07

1) Select an advertisement from the "Unofficial Calvin Klein Ads Archive." How is sex appeal utilized in the ad? Is it effective or ineffective? Appropriate or inappropriate? Does the ad employ any of the exaggerated uses of pathos mentioned in the second chapter of Envision?

2) Select one of the satrical ads located at Adbusters. What rhetoircal strategies does the ad implement? What types of appeals does it employ? As a parody, how does the ad utilize the original ad/image to create a social/cultural commentary?

3) Post 4 comments on any post from either section.

Extra Credit Assignment

This Saturday, 03.31.07 at 4:00PM, Noah Eli Gordon will read from his new collection of poems entitled A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow. The reading will take place at Cameron Church which is located at 1600 South Pearl Street at the East Iowa intersection. This event is free to the public. Afterwards, there will be a reception & book signing at Book Buffs.

As always, to receive extra credit for this assignment, you must attend the event & write a 500 word response on the reading which is to be turned in no later that 1 week after the event.

This would also be a good time to remind you of two other upcoming events that have been previously mentioned. Tomorrow, 03.27.07, Joshua Poteat & Allison Titus will read at the King Center for the Performing Arts at 7:00PM. On Monday, 04.02.07, Danielle Dutton & Stephanie Young will read in the Turnhalle of the Tivoli Student Union at 8:00PM.

Also, please do not forget to read the post immediately after this one, as it contains this week's homework assignments.

Assignments for Week Beginning 03.26.07

1) Section 01: Read "Envision1.pdf" for 03.29.07 & "Envision2.pdf" for 04.02.07. Section 10: Read "Envision1.pdf" for 03.28.07 & "Envision2.pdf" for 04.01.07. Both files are now up on Blackboard.

2) Select a photographer from the list of artists at the Foley Gallery & write a 250 word observation on one of their pieces.

3) Write a 250 reflection on the photograph you chose.

4) Write a 250 word analysis of the elements of the photograph: color, alignment, repetition, patterns, size, perspective, balance, contrast, choice of material, characters, action, etc. Then ask yourself: what persuasive statement does the image convey? What is its arguement? What is the message for the reader?

REMEMBER: The new guidelines for weekly posts have a minimum criteria of 1 hyperlink & 1 multi-media element. It may be helpful to embed the image file of the photograph you choose into the first post.

5) 4 comments: you cannot post these for students in your section. All 4 comments must be for students in the section you are not part of.

6) Alter your blog's sub-heading to: "English 1020 at UCDHSC."

Reminder for the week beginning 03.12.07

Have 2 completed copies of your rough draft for next week; we will be peer-reviewing them in class. Also, I will upload the peer-review form for the reflective essay to Blackboard by Sunday night. Please, download 2 copies & bring them to class.

To prepare for this assignment, please read the remainder of the invention & drafting sections in "RCWW5b.pdf." These can be found on pages 214-20.

Assignment for Week 03.05.07

In addition to working on your the rough draft of your Reflective Essay, your assignment for this week will be to create hyperlinks for the ENGL 1020 section you are not in. As such, those in Section 01 will create hyperlinks to the blogs of students in Section 10, & Section 1o will create hyperlinks to the blogs of students in Section 01. For those of you who have already done this, you will not have an additional assignment.

IMPORTANT

Section 01: I have taken ill & will not be able to make class tomorrow, Thursday, 03.01.07; therefore; class will be cancelled. Please, come prepared to discuss the reflective essays in "RCWW5.pdf" on Tuesday, 03.06.07. IF YOU ARE FRIENDS W/ANYONE IN CLASS, PLEASE INFORM THEM OF THE ALTERATION TO THE SCHEDULE.

FYI: Comments, which are now due on Mondays, will be reduced from 100 words to 50-75 words--excepting, of course, the comment to this blog which is to contain only the suggestion for a sub-title.

Overhauls & Assignments for 02.27.07

After discussing the status of our blogs with both classes, it appears as though the criteria set by each section was very similar. As such, I have attempted to synthesize the new guidelines so as to streamline the standards & not hold each section to different evaluative measures. Therefore, the guidelines you see below, while not exact, resemble extremely closely those we formulated in class.

New Minimum Criteria for Weekly Assignments

Word Count:	250-500
Hyperlinks:	at least 1
Multi-media:	1 Image or Video

Additional alterations are as follows: Comments will now be due on Monday evening instead of Sunday evening & individual blogs will contain a formatted sub-heading (more on that in a bit).

FYI: Re-evaluation of Comments will take place during the second session of this week.

Below are the homework assignments for this week.

1) Your first post utilizing the new weekly posting standards will be a freewrite. As such, you will determine your own subject matter & write from whatever angle you feel appropriate. But, remember the following syllabus regulations:

All members of the course must commit to creating a place of study where everyone is treated with respect & courtesy. Everyone must share in the commitment to protect the integrity, rights, & personal safety of each member of the classroom & virtual community.

This would also be a good time to remind everyone that, while writing posts for this class, your language, attitude, & conduct should adhere to the same policies as in the brick & mortar classroom. Disrespect directed towards others in the virtual realm will be dealt with in the way same it would be if your were on campus.

2) Instead of writing a second post, each student is to alter their blog Layout so as to contain links to the main ENGL 1020 hub & the individual blogs of every student in their section. You may provide links to the other section as well, but it is not required. To perform this task, you will first need to go to your "Dashboard." Once there, click on "Layout" in the manage section. A screen will load that contains a schemata of your blog. In the side-bar section, click "Add a Page Element" & select "Link List." A new dialogue box will open in which you will be able to enter URL of each student's blog & a "site name." The "site name" should be each student's name.

3) 4 comments. 1 comment will be to this post. In it, you should forward a suggestion as to what the standardized sub-heading should be for the 1020 blogs. Keep in mind that, although your primary audience is other members of ENGL 1020, anyone with access to the internet can view your blog. You should keep this in mind when formulating your suggestion. 2 comments will need to be made to bloggers not affiliated with ENGL 1020. Perhaps, you could comment on 1 of the blogs you analyzed in class, a friend of yours that has a blog, or another blog you read on a regular basis. Your final comment should be to another student in ENGL 1020.

4) Please, make sure to bring the sample Reflective Essays from "RCWW5.pdf" to this week's second session.

FYI: Peer review & final draft due dates for the Reflective Essay are located in the post below.