Friday, December 6th--7:30 pm

Hello,

a few things:

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY.

1. Below is the schedule for oral presentations next week, by class.
2. Please attend class both days, Monday and Wednesday.
3. Instead of comparing grade sheets on Friday, we will do that on Wednesday after the oral presentations. The  presentations will not take the entire class period. So...Wednesday, Dec. 11th will be our LAST CLASS SESSION. IMPORTANT! PLEASE BRING ALL OF YOUR GRADED WORK TO CLASS ON WEDNESDAY, ALONG WITH YOUR GRADE SHEET.
4. If you have not already revised out of class essay 1 or 2, and you wish to revise out of class essay 3, which was returned to you in class today, you must submit that revision no later than Friday, December 13th. We will not have class that day, so you will have to submit it to my dept. mailbox in the English dept. in Calaveras. IMPORTANT: IF YOU PLACE WORK IN MY DEPT. MAILBOX YOU MUST EMAIL ME AND LET ME KNOW THAT IT IS THERE. I WILL THEN EMAIL YOU BACK TO LET YOU KNOW I HAVE RECEIVED IT. PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON YOUR SYLLABUS FOR SUBMITTING REVISIONS.

English 1A, Section 2
Monday, Dec. 9th
Calvin
Abbie
Tristan
Klarissa
Chloe
Sarah
Teresa
Gerald
Grace
Ricky
Wednesday, Dec. 11th
Arnold
Sahab
Madhuri
Alex
Daniel
Adrian
Jovar
Halei
Kyle
Sierra
Danielle
Lane
Stone

English 1A, Section 4
Monday, Dec. 9th
Brandon Vazquez
Haley
Tara
Trevor Jones
Bret
Belinda
Gina
Makala
Brandon Vang
Sameh
Roberto
Robert
Wednesday, Dec. 11th
Gheremie
Isabella
Noemi
Susana
Franci
Trevor A.
KJ
Harmanpreet
Igor
Casey
Jan
Denny

English 1A, Section 81
Monday, Dec. 9th
Melissa
Manpreet
Nadien
Duke
Sarah
Kaitlyn D.
Jacky
Reyna
Caitlyn D.
Jeremy
Zane
Wednesday, Dec. 11th
Jonathan
Kaitlyn C
Eileen
Pablo
Olivia
Patricia
Vikram
Alyssa
Justin
Noella
Brenden

Thursday, December 6th--4:30 pm

Hello!

Just a short note.

I am reading and grading your out of class essay #3. It appears that many of you did not read the prompt correctly.

The main essay prompt, worth 75 points, asks you to select a few characteristics (in class, we discussed that characteristics is plural, which means at least two characteristics) AND for each of those characteristics, you were to provide at least three very specific supports.

I am just noting this in the blog so I do not have to keep writing this note on several of your papers. :)

See below:

Essay Prompt

SELECT A ‘CHARACTER’ FROM THE MEMOIR, THE UNWANTED. IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT CHARACTERISTICS ACCURATELY DESCRIBE THIS PERSON? FOR EVERY ASSERTION YOU MAKE ABOUT THIS PERSON, YOU MUST SUPPORT IT WITH AT LEAST THREE VERY SPECIFIC SUPPORTS FROM THE BOOK. THIS RESPONSE WILL BE EVALUATED ON YOUR ABILITY TO MAKE AN ASSERTION AND SUPPORT IT LOGICALLY AND ARTICULATELY. (75 POINTS)

Tuesday, December 3, 2013--5:45 pm

Greetings,

It is fairly clear that many of you are just now, today, getting to writing out of class essay 3.
There has been a flurry of emails to support this. :)
As I mentioned in class, writing a character analysis requires some thinking and planning in order to write a well supported, articulate and insightful response. It is not impossible to write at the last minute, but it is not recommended.
Use common sense. The memoir provides many many details that reveal so much about each "character." Naturally, I expect your response to reflect that fact.