http://johoca.uniblogs.org the blog for jo harris' 101 2008-9 class Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:10:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For Thursday you need to read Where are you going, where have you been. Oates dedicated the story to Bob Dylan. It is believed by many critics that she dedicated it to particular songs, one of which is 'Baby Blue'. Here is a link to the video http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ec2q_bob-dylan-its-all-over-now-baby-blu_music and the ... http://johoca.uniblogs.org/2008/10/20/bob-dylan-and-where-are-you-going-where-have-you-been/ While you are reading the story consider the following questions and be ready to discuss them on Thursday. What type of narrator is telling the story? When is the story based? What type of story is it? What sort of a portrait does the narrator create of his father? Why do you think the ... http://johoca.uniblogs.org/2008/10/15/the-key-to-my-father/ http://www.sabanciuniv.edu/do/eng/?FreshmanEnglish/FreshmanEnglish.html While you listen take notes on the meaning of the following terms to discuss in class on Thursday- setting, narrator (1st/3rd) and point of view, characters (flat/round/protagonist/antagonist) and theme. Also choose a quote from the end of the podcast but have a reason for choosing this quote and be prepared ... http://johoca.uniblogs.org/2008/09/22/the-podcast/ Welcome to the new year of learning. I am looking forward to meeting you all. Good luck in your journey and if there is anyway I can help you in that journey please let me know, I would love to be of assistance! Cartoon by Bill Browning, from his webpage: http://www.mnispi.org/cartoon/2001/index.htm. http://johoca.uniblogs.org/2008/09/22/18/ In case you weren't in class or if you want to see the questions we did in class again. The link to the radio play is http://www.scribblingwomen.org/znhsweatfeature.htm There is also a nice little summary about Hurston on the follwing site http://www.barnard.edu/archives/persons.htm Sweat- part 1 to 5 mins Aint-isn’t Ah-I Mah-my Skeer-scare Yo-your Dat-that What did Sykes do to ... http://johoca.uniblogs.org/2008/03/12/sweat-by-zora-neale-hurston/ While you are reading the story The Yellow wallpaper try to keep in mind the following questions: What is the relationship between the narrator and her husband? How does her husband treat her? What is the narrator suffering from and how is it treated? Does she seem to be getting better? Why or ... http://johoca.uniblogs.org/2008/03/03/the-yellow-wallpaper/ While you are reading this story, keep in mind the following questions for our class discussion. You may also find other issues in the story to discuss during class- women’s role, the working class…what you liked or didn’t like about the story. You can also use these questions to write ... http://johoca.uniblogs.org/2008/02/29/questions-for-odour-of-chrysanthemums-2/ So you are about to write you first blog- but you haven't even understood what a blog is let alone what it is that you are supposed to write in it. Here is a really good, clear and short video that might help you with the first problem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI ... http://johoca.uniblogs.org/2008/02/22/your-first-blog/ Welcome to 101+102. During the semester I will be writing in this blog, hopefully on a weekly basis if not more. In addition to reading my blog, feel free to comment on what I have written. Think of blogging as a conversation, a continuous dialogue not just something to read. ... http://johoca.uniblogs.org/2008/02/19/6/ I have just watched a presentation by Konrad Glogowsky http://www.slideshare.net/teachandlearn/assessment-and-evaluation-in-the-age-of-networked-learning as a part of the blogging4educators blogging course. I found it very inspiring. The presentation is about the use of blogs in teaching, and the predominant theme of the presentation was, at least for me, blogging as a conversation ... http://johoca.uniblogs.org/2008/02/11/blogging-as-conversation/