Notes at the End of Q1 for Adv. Comp.

I wanted to post these notes on the eve of your five day weekend -- I know it's like a mini-fall break! Here's what you should be working on, broken down by assessment ...

• COLLEGE APP ESSAY - take a look at the color-coded, .pdf for your due date. Remember, Group 1 = Tues., Oct. 10; Group 2 = Wed., Oct. 11; Group 3 = Thurs., Oct. 12.

• OBSERVATION ESSAY - review all of the links on the Slides show (esp. the rubric and the "optic" exercise) ... I've heard from Mrs. G in the Writing Center that there is some confusion about what a "visual rhetorical strategy is" - this is a strategy, from the "optic" system, to create meaning ... so something like "angle" or "framing" or "focus" is a "visual rhetorical strategy" ... just like use of "ethos" or use of "binaries" is a (written) rhetorical strategy ... [due Friday, Oct. 13 @ 11:59 PM]

• RHETORICAL ANALYSIS - at this point you should have highlighted BOTH Article A and Article B AND written your thesis statement (at least)... you should have completed your pre-writing question set ... moving forward you should review the Ateya and the Kolb examples, as well as the relevant slides from the Slides presentation ... Also, if you want to get started writing, I will remind you that this handout from the Texas A&M Writing Center is an excellent description of the assignment at the college level ... [rough draft due in class Wed., Oct. 18]

• EXPERTISE BOOK - As of this posting, you have 21 days to finish your "expertise book" ... flip to the last page, record the page #, and, simply, subtract that # from the # of the page you are currently on ... then divide by 21 - this # will be the # of pages you need to read daily to keep on pace ... ["expertise book" finished by Friday, Oct. 27]

Adv. Comp. - tips for your nightly homework until the end of the Q.

Thanks to the students in 8th hour for assisting with this list. Here's a .png copy of a Whiteboard photo; these are the four things you should be working on nightly until Oct. 13, 2017!

whiteboard notes from 9/26/17

A Film Review for Journalism

To:   JOURNALISM STUDENTS
Re:   THE FILM REVIEW

For your final written assignment before the final exam you will compose a 2 - 3 pp. film review of an Academy Award winning film, released in the 21st c. Specific requirements and directions for a successful review will be distributed in class, and we will, of course, discuss the assignment at length before the due date. First, we will watch Errol Morris's masterpiece The Thin Blue Line and do some reading about his film. Copious details to follow ...

For now, I wanted to publish a list of the films you can choose from for your review. These are all 21st c. movies. You may choose one of these:

• MOONLIGHT
• SPOTLIGHT
• BIRDMAN
• 12 YEARS A SLAVE
• ARGO
• THE KING'S SPEECH
• THE HURT LOCKER
• SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
• NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
• THE DEPARTED
• CRASH
• MILLION DOLLAR BABY

That's 12 total to choose from. If you want to select an older film, let's discuss it ...

Final AoF Deadline Set

Here is a list of all the upcoming due dates for the required steps to complete the AoF essay. Failure to meet these "progress checks" will affect your final grade on the AoF essay.

1. Final Thesis - Tue., April 25
2. Seven Sentence Outline - Fri., April 28
3. All Sources (for Noodletools Notebook) - Tue., May 2
3. Draft Progress Check 1 (2.5 - 3.5 pp.) - Tue., May 2
4. Draft Progress Check 2 (at least 5 pp.) - Fri., May 5
5. Final Rough Draft Due (8 - 10 pp.) - Mon., May 8
6. Final Final Draft Due (8 - 10 pp.) - Fri., May 12 @ 11:59 PM

Please, see Dr. Jones if you have any questions ...