Sorry, I am unable to offer office hours today, Thursday, 12/8/11. You may email your questions or see me from 1:00 to 2:45 in the Cafeteria tomorrow, Friday, 12/9/11.
Joseph Onesta
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
1220 Final Assignment
Write an essay and present it to our class.
Write a essay on either the single most important thing you learned this semester (not necessarily in English Class) or the three most important things you learned this semester. I am expecting an essay of five paragraphs including an introduction, conclusion and three well-developed body paragraphs. On Tuesday and Thursday December 6 & 8, we will draw names and each of you will do a presentation, five minutes maximim on your paper. You should employ visuals either through Powerpoint or some other media to present your paper. We are having conferences in class this Thursday, December 1, first come first serve basis. I will hold office hours through next week.
Your final Journals are due Wednesday, November 30 by midnight. I will take them no later than Saturday, December 3rd mindight. If you hand them in on or before 11/30/11, I will awared 25 extra credit reading points for 125/100 points.
Write a essay on either the single most important thing you learned this semester (not necessarily in English Class) or the three most important things you learned this semester. I am expecting an essay of five paragraphs including an introduction, conclusion and three well-developed body paragraphs. On Tuesday and Thursday December 6 & 8, we will draw names and each of you will do a presentation, five minutes maximim on your paper. You should employ visuals either through Powerpoint or some other media to present your paper. We are having conferences in class this Thursday, December 1, first come first serve basis. I will hold office hours through next week.
Your final Journals are due Wednesday, November 30 by midnight. I will take them no later than Saturday, December 3rd mindight. If you hand them in on or before 11/30/11, I will awared 25 extra credit reading points for 125/100 points.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Need Extra Credit? 0990 or 1220
The following assignment will be graded and you will be awared extra credit points up to 100 for both reading and writing. The better you do, the more points it is worth.
Choose an American Short Story, produce an accurate, correct APA format bibliographic reference for your story. Read the story and write a two part assignment. The first part is a summary of the story. The second part is an essay that expresses your opinion on why you think the author wrote the story. What message did he or she wish to communicate. Use evidence from the story to establish your thesis using correct format in-text citations.
You may do up to four stories, four separate assignments. You will probably find other people who have written about the story you choose. If you do and you choose to incorporate their ideas into your work, you must create accurate bibliographic references and properly cite their work in your essay.
I strongly suggest either conferencing with me during office hours or visiting the center for student success before handing in the assignment on or before December 10th.
Choose an American Short Story, produce an accurate, correct APA format bibliographic reference for your story. Read the story and write a two part assignment. The first part is a summary of the story. The second part is an essay that expresses your opinion on why you think the author wrote the story. What message did he or she wish to communicate. Use evidence from the story to establish your thesis using correct format in-text citations.
You may do up to four stories, four separate assignments. You will probably find other people who have written about the story you choose. If you do and you choose to incorporate their ideas into your work, you must create accurate bibliographic references and properly cite their work in your essay.
I strongly suggest either conferencing with me during office hours or visiting the center for student success before handing in the assignment on or before December 10th.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
1220 T & V
Homework:
Write an essay on one of the following three topics.
Describe a time when morality or ethics affected an important decision you have made or had to make. What was the decision and what role did morality or ethics play in the decision? In hindsight, did you make the right decision? Why or why not?
Describe what you consider to be the most important moral or ethical lesson you have learned. What was the lesson? What circumstances lead to the lesson? How difficult or costly was it to learn the lesson? How will this lesson affect your actions in the future?
After viewing Zak's presentation, how has your understanding of morality, ethics and virtue changed and why?
Paul Zak on Morality and ocytocin.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/paul_zak_trust_morality_and_oxytocin.html
Free Hugs in Sondrio Italy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN8CKwdosjE
Write an essay on one of the following three topics.
Describe a time when morality or ethics affected an important decision you have made or had to make. What was the decision and what role did morality or ethics play in the decision? In hindsight, did you make the right decision? Why or why not?
Describe what you consider to be the most important moral or ethical lesson you have learned. What was the lesson? What circumstances lead to the lesson? How difficult or costly was it to learn the lesson? How will this lesson affect your actions in the future?
After viewing Zak's presentation, how has your understanding of morality, ethics and virtue changed and why?
Paul Zak on Morality and ocytocin.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/paul_zak_trust_morality_and_oxytocin.html
Free Hugs in Sondrio Italy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN8CKwdosjE
Monday, November 14, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
1220 Morality Articles--OK for Reading Journal fodder for Anyone
PSU trustees
fire Paterno, Spanier
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-pennstate-abuse
Arizona Enacts Stringent Law on Immigration
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/us/politics/24immig.html
The Vatican can't
bring morality to the money markets
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/oct/27/vatican-morality-money-markets
Before Ethics
and Morality by James W. Prescott
http://www.violence.de/prescott/humanist/ethics.html
The Moral
Instinct
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/magazine/13Psychology-t.html?pagewanted=all
Why Legalizing
Marijuana Makes Sense
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1889166,00.html
Doctors must
respect wishes of terminal patients 'to refuse treatment and die'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7741046/Doctors-must-respect-wishes-of-terminal-patients-to-refuse-treatment-and-die.html
Morality by
Design
http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/morality.htm
Frank Girardot:
Herman Cain, J. Edgar Hoover and moral character
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_19284711
Politically
Correct or Morally Correct? What Is The Purpose Of American Life?(t)
http://questioningwithboldness.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/politically-correct-or-morally-correct-what-is-the-purpose-of-american-life/
Ethics,
morality, and virtue: A foundation for modern training
http://www.correctionsone.com/corrections-training/articles/3225913-Ethics-morality-and-virtue-A-foundation-for-modern-training/
ETHICAL ISSUES
IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
http://www.blatner.com/adam/psyntbk/ethicissues.htm
Are
Deontological Moral Judgments Rationalizations? http://lesswrong.com/lw/74f/are_deontological_moral_judgments_rationalizations/
Money and the
Meaning of Life
Why do
brilliant people allow their hunger for money to cause their ruin?
http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/may2011/ca20110517_527245.htm
Ethics vs
morals and morality
http://www.philosophyblog.com.au/ethics-vs-morality-the-distinction-between-ethics-and-morals/
"The Only
Moral Abortion is My Abortion"
When the
Anti-Choice Choose
http://mypage.direct.ca/w/writer/anti-tales.html
How do morals
change?
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v464/n7288/full/464490a.html
Basis of
Catholic Moral Teachings
http://www.aboutcatholics.com/life_in_christ/christian_morality/
Response to:
"All morality is culturally determined and is therefore relative, not
absolute."
http://www.newmediaministries.org/Morality/CulturallyDetermined_S.html
Is it okay to
spank?
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/08/living/parents-spanking-p/index.html?hpt=us_t5
Joan Cusack: My
family values: The actor talks about her family
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/apr/09/joan-cusack-my-family-values
Sydney escort agency selling girl's virginity
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8371723/sydney-escort-agency-selling-girls-virginity
Elderly woman
shoots husband over 'affair'
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8371915/elderly-woman-shoots-husband-over-alleged-affair
Prosecutors
file complaint against anti-abortion protester
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11312/1188328-56.stm
God and the
Good: Does Morality Need Religion?
http://theologytoday.ptsem.edu/apr1964/v21-1-article4.htm
Aristotle,
Virtues And Happiness
http://coachingtohappiness.com/aristotle-virtues-happiness.html
Ethics and
Morality
http://www.endusmilitarism.org/ethicsandmorality.html
Kansas High School Newspaper Says It's Moral to Execute
Gays
http://news.change.org/stories/kansas-high-school-newspaper-says-its-moral-to-execute-gays
fire Paterno, Spanier
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-pennstate-abuse
Arizona Enacts Stringent Law on Immigration
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/us/politics/24immig.html
The Vatican can't
bring morality to the money markets
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/oct/27/vatican-morality-money-markets
Before Ethics
and Morality by James W. Prescott
http://www.violence.de/prescott/humanist/ethics.html
The Moral
Instinct
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/magazine/13Psychology-t.html?pagewanted=all
Why Legalizing
Marijuana Makes Sense
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1889166,00.html
Doctors must
respect wishes of terminal patients 'to refuse treatment and die'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7741046/Doctors-must-respect-wishes-of-terminal-patients-to-refuse-treatment-and-die.html
Morality by
Design
http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/morality.htm
Frank Girardot:
Herman Cain, J. Edgar Hoover and moral character
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_19284711
Politically
Correct or Morally Correct? What Is The Purpose Of American Life?(t)
http://questioningwithboldness.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/politically-correct-or-morally-correct-what-is-the-purpose-of-american-life/
Ethics,
morality, and virtue: A foundation for modern training
http://www.correctionsone.com/corrections-training/articles/3225913-Ethics-morality-and-virtue-A-foundation-for-modern-training/
ETHICAL ISSUES
IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
http://www.blatner.com/adam/psyntbk/ethicissues.htm
Are
Deontological Moral Judgments Rationalizations? http://lesswrong.com/lw/74f/are_deontological_moral_judgments_rationalizations/
Money and the
Meaning of Life
Why do
brilliant people allow their hunger for money to cause their ruin?
http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/may2011/ca20110517_527245.htm
Ethics vs
morals and morality
http://www.philosophyblog.com.au/ethics-vs-morality-the-distinction-between-ethics-and-morals/
"The Only
Moral Abortion is My Abortion"
When the
Anti-Choice Choose
http://mypage.direct.ca/w/writer/anti-tales.html
How do morals
change?
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v464/n7288/full/464490a.html
Basis of
Catholic Moral Teachings
http://www.aboutcatholics.com/life_in_christ/christian_morality/
Response to:
"All morality is culturally determined and is therefore relative, not
absolute."
http://www.newmediaministries.org/Morality/CulturallyDetermined_S.html
Is it okay to
spank?
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/08/living/parents-spanking-p/index.html?hpt=us_t5
Joan Cusack: My
family values: The actor talks about her family
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/apr/09/joan-cusack-my-family-values
Sydney escort agency selling girl's virginity
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8371723/sydney-escort-agency-selling-girls-virginity
Elderly woman
shoots husband over 'affair'
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8371915/elderly-woman-shoots-husband-over-alleged-affair
Prosecutors
file complaint against anti-abortion protester
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11312/1188328-56.stm
God and the
Good: Does Morality Need Religion?
http://theologytoday.ptsem.edu/apr1964/v21-1-article4.htm
Aristotle,
Virtues And Happiness
http://coachingtohappiness.com/aristotle-virtues-happiness.html
Ethics and
Morality
http://www.endusmilitarism.org/ethicsandmorality.html
Kansas High School Newspaper Says It's Moral to Execute
Gays
http://news.change.org/stories/kansas-high-school-newspaper-says-its-moral-to-execute-gays
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
1220 T & V
Before Thursday, November 10, Find two articles on line that deal with the subjects of Morality, Ethics or Virtue. Include these two articles in your reading journal. (I'll be looking for them.) Hand in the journal entries with your regular journal submission at the end of the month.
If you do at least one of them today, Tuesday, 11/8, be the first to email me a link to your article and if you are the first to send me the article, I will give you 10 general extra credit points. If you are not the first to send me a link to a particular artical, that is, if your submission duplicates an article that someone else has previously submitted, you will recieve 3 general extra credit points.
If you do at least one of them today, Tuesday, 11/8, be the first to email me a link to your article and if you are the first to send me the article, I will give you 10 general extra credit points. If you are not the first to send me a link to a particular artical, that is, if your submission duplicates an article that someone else has previously submitted, you will recieve 3 general extra credit points.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
0990 for Wednesday 26 & Friday 28
We are meeting in Hale 202 on Wednesdaythe 26th.
For Friday you have the following assignment:
You have read and heard Martin Luther King's famous speech. Choose one of the following questions and write a well-organized and well-developed essay. The essay is due Friday, October 28. This is a graded, at-home writing assignment. You should consider writing several drafts of your essay and or visiting the Center for Student Success before you hand it in on Friday. If you use material from other sources, including the speech you have read and heard, you must include in-text citations and a bibliography with your essay. After I read and comment on your paper, you will be permitted to make changes to it and hand in a subsequent draft for extra credit.
Choose ONE of the following writing prompts.
For Friday you have the following assignment:
You have read and heard Martin Luther King's famous speech. Choose one of the following questions and write a well-organized and well-developed essay. The essay is due Friday, October 28. This is a graded, at-home writing assignment. You should consider writing several drafts of your essay and or visiting the Center for Student Success before you hand it in on Friday. If you use material from other sources, including the speech you have read and heard, you must include in-text citations and a bibliography with your essay. After I read and comment on your paper, you will be permitted to make changes to it and hand in a subsequent draft for extra credit.
Choose ONE of the following writing prompts.
- To what extent has Martin Luther King's dream come true? How do you
know?
- Since the civil rights movement, the story has played out several times
and is currently being addressed by other groups. How does Martin
Luther Kings speech apply to other or all groups? Which group(s)?
Why?
- Do you see any reason to place limits on any particular group living in
the United States? Which group(s)? Why?
- If you are not from the United States and do not feel qualified to
address these issues in the context of this country, you may address
the topic of discrimination and segregation in the historical
context of your own country.
Reading Journal Fodder
Sharia law declaration raises concerns in new Libya
2,000-Year-Old Supernova Mystery Solved By NASA Telescopes
Gas pump handles top study of
filthy surfaces
Rapidly Inflating Volcano
Creates Growing Mystery
Switched at Birth Girls Want to Stay With Wrong Moms
Netflix stock plunges on brutal 3Q, somber outlook
Indulgent Consumers Are Buying More Handbags, Fewer Diapers
2,000-Year-Old Supernova Mystery Solved By NASA Telescopes
Gas pump handles top study of
filthy surfaces
Rapidly Inflating Volcano
Creates Growing Mystery
Switched at Birth Girls Want to Stay With Wrong Moms
Netflix stock plunges on brutal 3Q, somber outlook
Indulgent Consumers Are Buying More Handbags, Fewer Diapers
Monday, October 24, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
1220 T & V Homework due Tuesday 10/25/11
Language Awareness
Read Pages 149 to 162. Don't do the writing exercises but read the questions and think about them.
Read Pages 149 to 162. Don't do the writing exercises but read the questions and think about them.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Reading Journal Fodder
Landmark Hanoi hotel unearths VietNam War Bunker
Police seek escaped exotic animals in Ohio
Occupy Wall Street intrigues, confounds tea party
Occupy Wall Street: The most important thing in the world...
The New Cold War: (Saudi Arabia & Iran)
UN Chief: Israeli settlement plans must cease
Austrailian woman survives attack by large kangaroo
Police seek escaped exotic animals in Ohio
Occupy Wall Street intrigues, confounds tea party
Occupy Wall Street: The most important thing in the world...
The New Cold War: (Saudi Arabia & Iran)
UN Chief: Israeli settlement plans must cease
Austrailian woman survives attack by large kangaroo
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Reading Journal Fodder
Kudzu bug threatens to eat US farmers lunch
Actress sues Amazon for revealings age on film database.
UK taxi driver becomes first mummy for 3000 years
Rep.Paul Proposes $1T Spending cut plan
Making up: free apps for furious Blackberry users
Climate Change and Global Warming serious issue for polar bears
Toxic SeaweedPoinsons Coral reefs on Contact
Actress sues Amazon for revealings age on film database.
UK taxi driver becomes first mummy for 3000 years
Rep.Paul Proposes $1T Spending cut plan
Making up: free apps for furious Blackberry users
Climate Change and Global Warming serious issue for polar bears
Toxic SeaweedPoinsons Coral reefs on Contact
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Friday, October 7, 2011
10/7/11 Biofuel Video Link
Click Here to view the video we watched in class.
Click Here to download the PDF of the questions.
0990 Questions are due on Monday, 10/10/11
Click Here to download the PDF of the questions.
0990 Questions are due on Monday, 10/10/11
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
0990 and 1220 Assignments
0990 for Wednesday, 9/28 Read Al Gore's speach in Language Awareness beginning on page 210. Reading Journals are due on Friday, 9/30 via email, extra points for PDF format.
1220. Each class member has chosen a special topic for a mini presentation (1 minute) to be delivered to the class on Tuesday, October 4. If you do not have a topic, contact me in class on Thursday.
Also both classes are reading Al Gore's speach in Language Awareness beginning on page 210.
Reading Journals are due, via email--extra points for PDF format--on Thursday, 9/29
1220. Each class member has chosen a special topic for a mini presentation (1 minute) to be delivered to the class on Tuesday, October 4. If you do not have a topic, contact me in class on Thursday.
Also both classes are reading Al Gore's speach in Language Awareness beginning on page 210.
Reading Journals are due, via email--extra points for PDF format--on Thursday, 9/29
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
9/20/11 0990, 1220 & 1221
1220 Thinking about the essay you picked, write a one paragraph summary of the essay. Also, choose three quotes from the essay you chose to include in your work. Final drafts are due Tuesday, September 27th. They should be typed, 1 inch margins, 12 point Times New Roman font. You should have a cover page following the APA guideliness in the Longman Handbook. If you produce another rough draft and would like to conference over it, I remind you that I am in the food court on Mondays from noon to 2:30, and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:45 to 3:30
o990 Read and be prepared to discuss "On Being 17, Bright and Unable to Read" by David Raymond beginning on page 51 in Language and Awareness.
1221 Working with your questions, you are to write a down, dirty fast rough draft of the paper you intend to write. It won't be collected or graded but you should produce at least three pages of text addressing your question.
o990 Read and be prepared to discuss "On Being 17, Bright and Unable to Read" by David Raymond beginning on page 51 in Language and Awareness.
1221 Working with your questions, you are to write a down, dirty fast rough draft of the paper you intend to write. It won't be collected or graded but you should produce at least three pages of text addressing your question.
Friday, September 16, 2011
9/16/11 1221
Read Chapter 4 in "Writing Arguments." Following Carmen's plan for Part of an Argument, (p. 67) consider the questiontion you formulated in class and create a plan for the details of your argument. Nothing in this exercise is written in stone; you can change it later. Just organize your thoughts regarding your question in terms Toulmins Schema. (p. 62)
Friday, 9/16/11 0990
Today we talked about writing for an audience. Imagine that there is a new reality TV show called "My New Best Friend." We are all auditioning for a position on the show. Each week, the winner of the friendship awared will be granted immunity and the looser will be kicked off the show. There are two hosts, Bubba and Belinda and the goal is to be their New Best Friend. Your essay is your chance to qualify for an audition for the show. I handed back the rough drafts and part of your homwork is to revise and rewrite the essay for Monday. Your essay must be typed, double spaced, with 1 inch margins all around with 12 pt type in Times New Roman font. No cutsey fonts. There should be a title page. The title of the essay is, "I'm Bubba and Belinda's New Best Friend."
If you missed class today you will have to work without the benefit of comments on the rough draft. There is no actual length requirement but your essay should contain an introduction, body and conclusion. This is a graded second draft essay.
Also for homework read in Language and Awareness: "Shitty First Drafts" pages 112-116. Think about the critical reading questions.
If you missed class today you will have to work without the benefit of comments on the rough draft. There is no actual length requirement but your essay should contain an introduction, body and conclusion. This is a graded second draft essay.
Also for homework read in Language and Awareness: "Shitty First Drafts" pages 112-116. Think about the critical reading questions.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
9/15/11 1220 T & V
We handed in rough drafts of our first paper today. If you did not hand it in for any reason, you will need to see me in the foodcourt during office hours, Monday--12-2:30 or Tuesday/Thursday, 1:45 to 3:30 to get feedback before the next or final draft.
HOMEWORK. Read in Lanugage and Awareness pages 112-123--two pieces, "Shitty First Drafts and The Maker's Eye"
Write journal entries for both of these pieces.
HOMEWORK. Read in Lanugage and Awareness pages 112-123--two pieces, "Shitty First Drafts and The Maker's Eye"
Write journal entries for both of these pieces.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Tuesday, 9/13/11 1220
1220. We made mind maps corresponding to the selection we chose to write about for our first essay, (one of the four essay reading choices indicated in the syllabus). A rough draft of that essay is due on Thursday, 9/15/11
Monday, September 12, 2011
Monday,9/12/11, 0990 & 1221
o990 visit you tube and watch several videos featuring Malcom X and Maya Angelou--obviously not together. Just compare how they use language.
1221 we spend the class brainstorming for ideas for our projects. Your goal for Wednesday's class is to have a subject are and hopefully a thesis to consider.
1221 we spend the class brainstorming for ideas for our projects. Your goal for Wednesday's class is to have a subject are and hopefully a thesis to consider.
Reading Jouranal Fodder
Rembember to use APA Format when referencing these readings. Some of them have citation information in MLA format. You must convert that information into APA to get reading journal credit.
Tombstone Arizona
Signs that you've arrived
Pediatritians Group Finds Fault with "Spongebob"
Tombstone Arizona
Signs that you've arrived
Pediatritians Group Finds Fault with "Spongebob"
Saturday, September 10, 2011
0990 & 1221
O990--Read pages 41-45 in Language Awareness. Think about the questions on pages 43 and 45.
Also If you did not hand in your rough draft on Friday, I will collect them on Monday.
1221 Read 44 through 54 in Writing Arguments.
Also If you did not hand in your rough draft on Friday, I will collect them on Monday.
1221 Read 44 through 54 in Writing Arguments.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
9/7//11
o990: Write a very rough draft of the essay about why someone should want to be your friend.
1221: Re read the essay at the end of chapter two in the writing arguments book.
1221: Re read the essay at the end of chapter two in the writing arguments book.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
09/06/11 1220 T & V
Both sections: For Thursday, 9/8/11
Choose ONE of the four articles from Language Awareness indicated your syllabus as being required reading for this course. Read the article following the practices and principles you learned in class and from the "Reading Critically" piece in Language Awareness.
Choose ONE of the four articles from Language Awareness indicated your syllabus as being required reading for this course. Read the article following the practices and principles you learned in class and from the "Reading Critically" piece in Language Awareness.
Reading Journals Fodder
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Reading Journal Selections
Click the title of the story you want to read
The Untold Story in Libya: How the West Cooked Up the People's Uprising
Colorado logger cuts off toes after foot is pinned.
Alaska woman says she punched a bear to save her dog
The 1690 calorie mac n' cheeseburger delicious or disgusting?
Panel: Widespread waste and fraud in war spending
Kids lose 'bad mother' lawsuit. Can' take mom to court over bad birthday cards.
Man finds $150,000 in garden
The Untold Story in Libya: How the West Cooked Up the People's Uprising
Colorado logger cuts off toes after foot is pinned.
Alaska woman says she punched a bear to save her dog
The 1690 calorie mac n' cheeseburger delicious or disgusting?
Panel: Widespread waste and fraud in war spending
Kids lose 'bad mother' lawsuit. Can' take mom to court over bad birthday cards.
Man finds $150,000 in garden
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Reading Journal (Credit Cards, Drug Testing and Sexual Orientation)
Here are three articles you may wish to use in as selections in your reading journal.
This article talks about student use of credit cards.
Read: "Should Teens and College Students Have Credit Cards?"
This article explores the idea of drug testing people who apply for government financial assistence.
Read: "Drug Testing the Poor: Bad Policy, Even Worse Law"
This article examines one college's decision to ask about sexual orientation on it's application for admission to the school.
Read: "College is First in US to ask Applicants about Sexual Orientation"
This article talks about student use of credit cards.
Read: "Should Teens and College Students Have Credit Cards?"
This article explores the idea of drug testing people who apply for government financial assistence.
Read: "Drug Testing the Poor: Bad Policy, Even Worse Law"
This article examines one college's decision to ask about sexual orientation on it's application for admission to the school.
Read: "College is First in US to ask Applicants about Sexual Orientation"
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Reading Journal "Rye Playland"
Here is an article you may want to include in your reading journal. How do you react to what you are reading? What do you think the root of the conflict is and what might we do to resolve it? Who is being unreasonable here?
Article Link Click Here
Article Link Click Here
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
8/30/11 Tuesday/Thursday Classes
COSK 1220 T & V
For Thursday, read "Reading Critically" in Language Awareness. We will work with both an in-class writing assignment and journal entries in Thursday's class.
For Thursday, read "Reading Critically" in Language Awareness. We will work with both an in-class writing assignment and journal entries in Thursday's class.
Monday, August 29, 2011
8/29/11
8/29/11
COSK 0990 due Wednesday, 8/31 Read pages 1-14 of Language Awareness. "Reading Critically." There will be an in-class writing assignment on Wednesday, 8/31/11
COSK 1221 due Friday 09/02/11 read or reread pages 1-38 in Language Awareness, "Reading Critically" and "Writing in college" There will be an in-class writing assignment on Wednesday, 8/31/11
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COSK 0990 due Wednesday, 8/31 Read pages 1-14 of Language Awareness. "Reading Critically." There will be an in-class writing assignment on Wednesday, 8/31/11
COSK 1221 due Friday 09/02/11 read or reread pages 1-38 in Language Awareness, "Reading Critically" and "Writing in college" There will be an in-class writing assignment on Wednesday, 8/31/11
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Course Syllabus
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COSK 1220 Sections T & V
COSK 1221 Section DD
COSK 0990 Section B
COSK 1220 Sections T & V
COSK 1221 Section DD
COSK 0990 Section B
Welcome to Fall 2011
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