Tips for all my students writing papers!

To all my students, this is a quick note to say that the syllabus has a page about tips and tricks for doing well on papers for me — as this is the time of year to turn things in maybe find that in the syllabus (and if you can’t find it you can email me and I will email it to you).

How to do Research for Paper 4

You have a fourth paper in ENG201 which involves comparing something we looked at in class to something you like — and you only have to compare some PART of a thing we looked at in class to a PART of a thing you like (for example just compare two characters, one from each story). More info can be found in the syllabus. This fourth paper also needs a bit of research so here are some videos about doing research.

Talking points for Paper 4 on DFW and Pollan

Talking Points !!!
“Listed here are the talking points for the final exam readings. As you may already know, the Composition Committee pulls together these talking points after we write the final exam questions. Here I have included a brief definition or description based on the readings”

• Dilemma —
  a dilemma is when a difficult choice has to be made between at least two possibilities, 
 usually equally undesirable possibilities
• Omnivore —
  a person or animal that can eat both plants and animals for food (The worksheet for Pollan further defines terms like vegetarian, vegan, herbivore, and carnivore.)
• Ethical Decisions and Responsibility —
  the process of evaluating and choosing something with the desire to do what is right regardless of the cost
• Consumption (food and in general) —
  the using up of a resource (food or other materials); the total amount of food that is available to eat in a town/state/nation; the total amount of food a person eats; 
• Culture —
  the customs of a particular people, nation, or other social group
• Conviction —
  a firmly held belief or opinion
• Production and/or Products —
  the process of making something
• Moral Justifications —
  a process of evaluation where a person attempts to make a morally questionable act seem right

Freud (and the movie 300)

Lets talk about Freud! Plus King Kong, 300, and a NEW LOCATION

Here is the trailer for 300: https://youtu.be/UrIbxk7idYA

ENG373: The Phoenix and the Turtle

Let’s do the first half of our FINAL text AND look at a Batman comic book AND I AM FILMING AT AN EXCITING NEW LOCATION! Here is a link to the poem:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45085/the-phoenix-and-the-turtle-56d2246f86c06

Problem Fixed!

There was a problem with the videos where you could not play them but that problem has now been fixed!

LET’S FINISH THE TEMPEST!

Let’s reach the end of the Tempest, our final class text for ENG201! Plus an exciting new location!