Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Jupiter Hammon
When you read Jupiter Hammon's "An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatley," I am sure you noticed that Hammon had read some of Wheatley's poems and responded to her in his poem. What Wheatley poems do you think Hammon read, and what is his response to her poetic message? (Only responses posted before class on Tuesday, August 28 will be accepted.)
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Welcome to the Journal
Hi Everyone:
I thought it might be fun to keep our journal entries on a blog this semester. I plan to split the class into two groups and post prompts to the blog. You will need to respond in about 300-400 words — but remember this is a blog, not a formal English paper. I want thoughtful answers but not perfelctly polished ones. (To make my point, I will not go back and fix that type-o).
When it is your turn to blog, you will read the literature and post your comments before the day on which we are scheduled to discuss them. As they say, you snooze; you lose. You will not receive credits for comments posted after we discussed the works in class. (The point is to do some focused thinking before the discussion, get it?) You’ll each do five of these before it’s all over.
I will really look favorably on bloggers that comment on what other bloggers say. Let’s see if we can manage a little give-and-take.
Dr. Lape
P.S. Now that we have clarified the grading standards in class, let me state them here.
C The blogger shows he has read the course material, but the blogger states the obvious or make only superficial observations.
D The blogger summarizes what other people have said and agrees with them.
F The blogger makes it really obvious that the s/he has not been reading or following along with class discussion.
Obviously, I am not going to post your grades on the blog. Feel free to ask me your grade, or we can devise a better system in class.
I thought it might be fun to keep our journal entries on a blog this semester. I plan to split the class into two groups and post prompts to the blog. You will need to respond in about 300-400 words — but remember this is a blog, not a formal English paper. I want thoughtful answers but not perfelctly polished ones. (To make my point, I will not go back and fix that type-o).
When it is your turn to blog, you will read the literature and post your comments before the day on which we are scheduled to discuss them. As they say, you snooze; you lose. You will not receive credits for comments posted after we discussed the works in class. (The point is to do some focused thinking before the discussion, get it?) You’ll each do five of these before it’s all over.
I will really look favorably on bloggers that comment on what other bloggers say. Let’s see if we can manage a little give-and-take.
Dr. Lape
P.S. Now that we have clarified the grading standards in class, let me state them here.
A The blogger asks original questions and/or offers insightful interpretations. S/he also includes a lot of relevant details from the texts.
B The blogger asks original questions and/or offers insightful interpretations. S/he includes relevant details from the texts but does not develop points as well as A bloggers.C The blogger shows he has read the course material, but the blogger states the obvious or make only superficial observations.
D The blogger summarizes what other people have said and agrees with them.
F The blogger makes it really obvious that the s/he has not been reading or following along with class discussion.
Obviously, I am not going to post your grades on the blog. Feel free to ask me your grade, or we can devise a better system in class.
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