Day 29 of 30

• Final discussion
• Speech info
• given during final (DO NOT MISS)
• 5-8 minutes (failure to meet minimum results in 40% deduction of final grade--same for going over)
• Must submit an outline to Bb the day before
• Must have a visual aid during the speech (and submit it to Bb)
• Have the speech prepared and slightly memorized.  You can bring note cards to help, but don't make it up the day of or read from a paper
• Speech is to be over one of your papers (pretend you are presenting your findings at a conference that focuses on your topic) or your multi-modal (pretend you are pitching your idea for your movie or book to a studio/publishing company
• Evaluation

No class Thursday!  

If you would like to meet over your paper, let me know and we can schedule something.

http://www.lindahall.org/exhibitions/

Day 28 of 30

Working day!

Library room 121--get feedback over you multi-modal project and work on it in class

Homework:

Final class discussion: children's stories--look for PDF (both emailed and on Bb) later today

5 points per printed story

Day 27 of 30

• Quiz
• Second to last class discussion
• Peer-Review
• Number the paragraphs
• Read paper and identify Point, Example, Explanaton
• Keep a lookout for paragraphs that are missing one or more elements and for paragraphs that have more than one idea in a paragraph.
• Create an outline based on your findings
• Answer the following questions: (use the paragraph numbers to point to areas that are good or need improvement)
1. Was the paper easy to understand?
2. Was the paper easy to follow?
3. Were there too many, too few, or just enough examples and details?
4.  Did the thesis cover the same information that the paper covered?
5. What improvements would you suggest to the author?
• Group back with the author and discus the paper starting with "As I understand you paper..." and tell the author how you felt while reading it and what you thought.  Give more in depth feedback of the questions.

Class Thursday will be in MNL room 121 


Homework: Work on paper and multi-modal project

Day 25 of 30

• Reading Discussion
• Shitty First Draft discussion
• 1 or 2 primary sources (the sources you are analyzing) are best
• Multimodal Examples and Discussion

Class Thursday will be (if everything goes according to plan) in the Library, room 121.

Day 24 of 30

NO CLASS

Day 23 of 30

• Reading Discussion
• Thesis

What does a good thesis need to contain?

Write a thesis using the following prompt:

1. Should the person cast as the president in Designated Survivor have been cast by someone not representing the default character?  
2. Does it matter that few superhero movies have major roles for women and/or people of color?
3. Is it a problem that Disney princesses are unbelievably thin?
4. Is the representation of men in superhero movies a problem?
5. Why are Michael Bay movies so popular (Transformers, Armageddon)?  

Write a thesis for the paper you are planning on writing.

Homework:

Shitty first draft due Saturday, Nov 13.

Day 22 of 30

See previous post.

Day 21 of 30

• Discussion
• Race and Gender in film

8:20

Day 20 of 30

• Quiz!
• Subversive Readings
• Signs=Signifier+signified

Homework: 

• Start thinking about what type of reading you want to do (race, gender, queer, subversive) and what movie/film/TV show/story you want to do it on
• Readings for next class

Day 19 of 30

• Reading Discussion
• Designated Survivor Discussion
• Homework Report 
• Subversive reading
• Sign=Signified+signifier 

President

First Lady

Body Guard

Terrorist

Daughter

Homework: 

• Read the following articles
• Intro to Analyzing Film 
• Signs, Codes, and Conventions 
• The Male Gaze
• Optional: Watch the movie Armageddon (we will be discussing this in class)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rwfeO0vWbs

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Day 18 of 30

Movie Showdown!!!!

• How culture shapes mass media and how mass media shapes culture

• Example: Designated Survivor

 Homework:

• Watch a movie or TV show or play a video game or read a good book and come prepared to report on:
• How they convinced you to start watching and keep watching (suspense, drama, celebrity, sex)
• What is the target audience?  Why did they choose that group?
• What roles are they defining and how are they defining them?  (Hint: how are women portrayed, how are men, people of color, disabilities)?
• Does the show follow genre conventions or do they try to disrupt the conventions?
• Readings: The Lottery and The Bronx Slave Market

Day 17 of 30

• Bonus
• Readings: Coyotes and The Third Winter
• Make a movie/tv show

Day 13 of 30

Tuesday:

• Sign up for one-on-one meeting
• Class discussion
• You are the teacher
• Thesis
• paragraph structure
• Conclusion
• Proof reading  

Thursday: NO CLASS!!!

Next week: Only show up to your meeting!!!

Homework:

• Draft 2 due 10/10
• Final Draft due 10/17

Next Tuesday's reading has been pushed back.  Use this free time WISELY.  You have midterms coming up--STUDY!

Next regular class: 10/18.

Day 12 of 30

• Group workshops

Homework:

• Work on second draft
• Reading (see list for links to Alexie's work)

Day 11 of 30

• Bumble
• Bonus
• Reading Discussion

Cultural Discourse Analysis

1. Choose your time period
1. Before the conflict
2. During the conflict
3. After the conflict
4. Comparing two time periods
2. Choose your source
1. Do you want to look at a first hand account of a person involved?
2. How did the reporters spin it?  How did they make the pain pay?
3. What did critics say about the event?  Did they go on talk shows?  Was a movie made about it?  Cartoons?
3. Choose your target
1. You will need to focus your analysis DOWN
2. Do you want to look at one side or how the coverage differed?
3. Who were the villains and who decided?
4. Who were the hero and who decided?
5. How is this event taught?  Or is it?

Thesis:

What is said about your focus and why is it significant? 

Example:

Trump is portrayed by Blogger X as the hero of America.  This is a problem because the more inaccuracies that are spread and believed about Trump the more confused the race becomes.

• Look at specific language that makes Trump look like a hero
• Show how many of the author's tactics are fallacies
• Use more credible sources to show the inaccuracies of the blogger
• Tie it all together to show how each of these issues cause a larger problem

Because Hilary is attacked because she is a woman, her politics are being lost and ignored.  This will not only hurt her chances of winning the election, but encourages the myth that women are judged by different standards in the realm of politics.

• Compare differences in language when talking about male and female positions
• Compare different political cartoons that show what Trump is attacked for and what Hilary is attacked for.
• Discuss the fact that she is called "Hilary" and not Rodney-Clinton and that she uses Hilary for her campaign advertisements and propaganda 

Before Fifty Shades of Gray was published, the BDSM community had only been discussed publicly as immoral, perverted, and shameful.  After, the publication of the book, writers supported women's exploration into alternate sexual expressions and have normalized many kinks.  (NOTE: sources have said that the relationship in the book is abusive and the BDSM is portrayed incorrectly in a way that can create dangerous situations but this is not the focus of the thesis so I would leave this out of the paper.  But I've never read the book but I still hate it)

• Compare 2 articles: one from before and one after discussing BDSM 
• Maybe find statistics that show the possible increase in people going to BDSM websites or locations (?dungeons?) 

Day 10 of 30

QUIZ 5 DUE WEDNESDAY

DRAFT 1 DUE WEDNESDAY 

Final experiment: Blue Eyed Brown Eyed

• Obedience Test
• Stanford Prison Expirment
• Blue Eyed Brown Eyed

What language was used to separate?  

What effect did it have?

Why is language so quick to change things? 

What language did people cling to? 


https://agnautacouture.com/2012/08/05/mr-pearl-ethel-granger-and-stella-tennant-what-a-waist/
https://agnautacouture.com/2012/08/05/mr-pearl-ethel-granger-and-stella-tennant-what-a-waist/  
TRUMP:

• Can you tell if the author is for or against Trump? How?
• What kind of tone did the author use and why?
• How much Logos, Pathos, and Ethos did the writer use and why?
• What kinds of sources did your source use and why?
• Ask yourself: What did this make me feel?  Why did the author want me to feel that way?  Was any group targeted in a positive or negative way? 
• Was it just words that made you feel that way or did pictures add to it? 

 

Homework

• NO HOMEWORK (except reading and quiz)
• First draft due Wednesday

Bonus: go to the Plaza Art Fair and find an example of an artists exploring the idea of "the other" or "us vs. them".  Read artists bios.  Talk to the artists.  Look around.  It is fantastic.  Posts need to include a photo and be on your blog/tumbler/ect.  

Day 9 of 30

• Reading Schedule 

• Which is the correct sentence?
• The book, that everyone is talking about, is by J. K. Rowling.
• The book that everyone is talking about is by J. K. Rowling. 
• The book, which everyone is talking about is by J. K. Rowling.

Cultural Discourse Analysis: 

• What is it?  Why is it important?

Rhetorical Analysis

• Balancing Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

Day 8 of 30

• Quotes and how to find good ones
• Quotes are like Cayenne Pepper

Quotations must be identical to the original, using a narrow segment of the source. They must match the source document word for word and must be attributed to the original author.
Paraphrasing involves putting a passage from source material into your own words. A paraphrase must also be attributed to the original source. Paraphrased material is usually shorter than the original passage, taking a somewhat broader segment of the source and condensing it slightly.
Summarizing involves putting the main idea(s) into your own words, including only the main point(s). Once again, it is necessary to attribute summarized ideas to the original source. Summaries are significantly shorter than the original and take a broad overview of the source material.

Which of the three need an internal citation?

"Shitty First Drafts"

Find a Point, Example (Quote), and Explanation 

• Paragraph topic: How to defeat writer's block
• Paragraph topic: What is Anne Lamott's writing style

YOUR SOURCE:

• Find 3 good quotes and explain why they are good

 OUTLINE:

• With a partner, walk them through your outline and see if they have any questions or find any gaps or leaps in what you are planning on writing.
• Remember:  This is a short paper so keep the details focused on your overall thesis

 Homework:

• Quiz
• Reading
• Essay

Day 7 of 30

• Reading Discussion
• Thesis and Paragraph orgainzation
• Thesis= What and Why
• What happened and why did it happen
• What will the results of the experiment be and why do you believe that?
• What was the outcome of the war and why did it happen that way?
• What was the cause of the conflict and why do you believe it to be so?
• Paragraph:
• Point--the point you are trying to make in your whole paragraph--mini-thesis that also contains a "what" and a "why"
• Example--a specific event or fact that supports your thesis
• Explanation--explain to your reader why this example supports your thesis--sometimes this step seems like you are restating the same thing over and over but it is a necessary step

 Example:

Thesis: Batman is more popular than Superman because Batman is more relatable to audiences.

Paragraph 1: 

• Point--The fact that Batman can be hurt more easily than Superman is not a weakness for the Dark Knight and is instead what makes him more popular.
• Example--Batman is human and can get hurt (broken back in 3rd movie)
• Explanation--The audience can also be injured and can relate their personal experiences with the superhero

Paragraph 2:

• Point--Because Superman is not from our world and has abilities that humans could never have, he is more alienated from the audience.
• Example--Superman has skills that are impossible for humans to ever achieve.  (flight, x-ray vision, speed)
• Explanation--Audiences like to watch the supernatural stunts of Superman, but in the end they serve to alienate the audience because humans can't do any of these things without aid from machines.  Batman builds technology to make him supernatural, something the audience could do with enough money

 Homework:

• Bring in a hard copy of ONE source 
• Bring in an outline for your summarization paper in the manner demonstrated above

Day 6 of 30

• Class in Room 121 of the Library
• Work on your annotated bibliographies for about 15 minutes in class
• Copy and paste one or more annotated bibs here
• We will discuss the samples in class

Homework:

• Class Reading
• Quiz
• Stanford prison experiment videos (due before Class on Tuesday)
• Annotated bib

Day 5 of 30

Meet in room 121 Library

1. Lady Olga discussion 
1. Sign up for your discussion leader day
2. Annotated bib and finding sources
1. More than Google
2. How to use wikipedia
3. How to use EasyBib
4. How to use Owl Prude 

Homework:

1. Quiz
2. Watch the following videos and answer these questions (SUBMIT TO Bb by 9/11):
1. What are some of the things the experiment did to the prisoners and why?
2. What did the guards start doing to the prisoners and why?
3. What caused the prisoners to forget that this wasn't a real prison? 
4. What were the props given to the guards and why?
5. How does this experiment inform your conflict?  
6. This experiment took place nearly 50 years ago.  Is it still relevant?  How?
7. Zimbardo argues that hierarchy causes evil and corruption.  List three instances of hierarchy and how having a racist/corrupt person at the top can trickle down to widespread destruction.  

Day 4 of 30

Is this our Omelas child?

Speech:

• This is a test run for your other speeches.  You will be evaluated on:
• Content
• Organization
• Nerves
• Clarity
• Time
• This time will be mostly graded on time and content but I will save the scores and expect improvement between now and your next speech.

Homework:

• Quiz
• Pick you conflict before Tuesday (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C3zrcTgx7hV99UftCYqmw7RgtWhtCMqDB2ZkDVzcgGo/edit?usp=sharing)
• Lady Olga Reading (emailed)
• the most famous scene from the movie Lady Olga was in (Freaks)--she only appears for a few seconds...in the whole movie

Day 3 of 30

• Discussion: The Ones Who Walk Away
• Sign up for discussion co-leader
• Speech stuff
• Conflict
• Sign up
• http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37178162

Homework:

• Work on speech--due Thursday, 9/1

Day 2 of 30

Introductions #2:

Name and what animal (real or not) would you ride into battle if it were the size of a horse?

Everything has a reason behind it:

Except for this: In a Zombie Apocalypse, would you be most likely to...

#1: Become a zombie killing machine--guns, bats, arrows, random stick, anything is deadly in your hands

#2: Homesteader: You will build up your defenses and keep your family and friends safe.  You might even already have a bit of a stash started...

#3: Sneaker: you don't need to fight or protect.  You are self-sufficient and can sneak in and around and get what you need without being detected.

#4:  Zombie food: No matter how hard you try, you are most likely to lose your head...bad pun?

Each number is related to a recipe from a location in the US.  Your group needs to figure out why those recipes became regional food for your location.  

Tips:

• Think about how prime vs. tough cuts of meats are prepared
• Traffic flow
• Natural resources

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/05/the-geography-of-hate/238708/

Homework:

Read: The Ones Who Walk Away

Watch two of the following videos and answer the questions.  Submit to Bb before class Tuesday

1. Summarize the video.  What surprised you?
2. What does this video tell us about Us vs. Them?  
3. Can you think of a real world example--or a hypothetical example--that takes these experiments and brings them to the real world?

Fitting In

Follow the leader

This one counts as 2 or start at minute 8 for one and minute 15 for other

Obedience Study with a Spicy Twist

Buys Beliefs

Awkward Stare:

Compassion:

counts as 2 or watch the first at minute 2 and second at minute 9

Welcome! Day 1 of 30

Things you can expect from me:

• Slight bit of scatter-brained-ness
• Enthusiasm about our conversations and the readings
• Dry sense of humor and sarcasm
• Poor spelling
• Name-forgetfullness
• Prompt responses to emails
• Slow but steady grading

Things I expect from you:

• Showing up (You get three free excuses, after that it costs 1/2 a letter grade--5%--per absence)
• Participating in discussions--I keep track 
• Turning in assignments on time
• Showing respect for me and your classmates, which means:
• No private conversations in class (unless group work)
• No cellphones out--abuse of cellphones will result in me confiscating your phone once and then after that I will ask you to leave the class.  It will be counted as an absence.
• No Pokemon Go (unless super rare one appears)
• No hogging of the conversation and staying on topic
• Arrive prepared--readings read, books ready
• No laptops unless you have a good reason to use one
• No headphones

About me:

Your turn:

• Name
• Major
• Past, Present and Future info