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TO FINALIZE: - PORTFOLIOS ARE DUE TODAY, WEDNESDAY APRIL 8 unless otherwise arranged. - please upload a digital copy of the essays you are being graded on, final polished only, on Moodle under our class - please upload a copy of your presentation material to Moodle or somehow let me know that you have done something else with it. - Reflection letters are due before you leave campus. Please put a hard copy in the box outside my office door on your way out of town. - Thank you for all your hard work this semester--you have been wonderful students and I look forward to reading all of your work.

FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 PORTFOLIOS DUE! Be sure to check the list of required items for the portfolio. And many have asked bout various assignments that weren't necessarily considered jjournals--I say put them all in, even the exercises. Won't hurt. Just label, label, label. And go to Moodle to drop a digital copy of your final papers as well as your remediated project if you can..

FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 3 Presentations begin. Six people are slated for Friday, and I'd like to get through them all so we can keep on track. Portfolios are now due Wednesday, April 8

FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 Nothing due. Keep polishing and working on your presentation. If you are doing a collage or a web page, you will have Wednesday in class to work on it. If you are doing an iMovie, we will have a brief how-to session in class but you'll still have time to work--iMovies are pretty easy. If you are doing an iMovie, it would be a great idea to collect images now that you want to use in your movie, save them, and bring them with you to class on Wednesday.We will have a lottery drawing Wednesday to see who presents on what day--but everyone should be prepared to go Friday just in case. Portfolios are now due Monday since I have many drafts yet to read and return. A presentation rubric is now on the "handouts" page.

FOR MONDAY, MARCH 30 Nothing is due. We will be working on presentations in the SAC 110 lab both Monday and Wednesday--portfolios are due Friday, April 3

FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 27 We will meet in SAC 110. Last day I will accept any revisions of any papers except your film analysis. No exceptions. Rubrics for your paper/portfolio and for your reflection are on the "Handouts" page

FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 Film analysis due. Keep bringing me other drafts as well. FRIDAY IS THE LAST DAY I WILL TAKE DRAFTS OF ANYTHING FROM THE FIRST THREE UNITS (In other words, it is the last day I'll look at anything besides your film analysis.).

FOR MONDAY, MARCH 23 Nothing due, but bring any drafts you want me to look at. Film Analysis due Wednesday

FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 20 Write a journal on the second half of "Shallow Hal". Bring to class Friday.

FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 Write a journal entry about the first half of "Shallow Hal." The journal should focus on discussing things like the purpose of the film and how the director crafts the film in order to create this meaning. Think "visual rhetoric" if it helps. What visually adds to the meaning of this film? Why would this movie not work well if we were only listening to it? It was directed by the Farrelly brothers (//There's Something About Mary),// What would we be missing? What does the director do well visually?

FOR MONDAY, MARCH 16 Please have decided what movie you want to do your analysis on. Please list it below and I'll respond if it is a bad idea. Movies You Are Going to Analyze "Casablanca" Dana "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" - Gavin "Amelie" Elizabeth "Erin Brockovich" Traci "Stranger than Fiction" Erika "The Life of David Gale" Britni "The Big Lebowski" David "Crash" Emily A. "Gladiator/Dark Knight" Tyler (not sure yet) "Fight Club" Emi Allen FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 Draft 5 (Editorial) due. Remember that topics must have something to do with visual rhetoric, images, photography--anything related to seeing, being seen, how others would like us to see something, etc. You need to have an opinion about something (as determined by our editorial analysis) but need no sources or quotes. It can be all your opinion--but one you should be able to back up. Read some op/ed pieces if you're struggling.

FOR MONDAY, MARCH 9 Please find (online is fine) an editorial that you consider excellent--something you would like to write about or someone you would like to write like (or both). To search for these online, the easiest way is to type "op/ed" into google. You'll get more hits than you could possibly need. Please print off the editorial and bring to class.

NOTE: NO CLASS TODAY, MONDAY MARCH 2, DUE TO ILLNESS (MINE, UGH). Please read the attached chapter and write a journal about it. Feel free to disagree with Sontag; many do. See you Wednesday...

NOTE: FOR CLASS WEDNESDAY WE WILL MEET IN THE SAC 110 LAB.

FOR WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18 Everyone is required to conference with me some time this week. Please find a time below and sign up. Also please write a journal entry about yourself as a technologically savvy person. What kinds of software are you proficient with? What have you never tried? What technology gives you the most trouble? Are you a Mac or a PC user? Have you used both? We will be using more and more technology in class and I need to have an assessment of where the class stands in terms of tech-ability.

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK MONDAY 2:30 - Jose 3:00 - Rose 3:15 Joe 3:30 Justin 4:00 David 4 15 Jane\ TUESDAY (IN SAC 334) 1:00 - Matt R 1:15 - LinLIn 1:30 - Gavin 1:45 - Maricat 2:00 - JJ Randall 2:15 - Nick Loberg 2:30 - Steve Mack 2:45 - Zach 3:00 - Ben 3:15 - Kristine McNally 3:30 - Tejesh 3:45 - Mike 4:00 - Jay 4:15 - 4:30 - Gabe 4:45 - Emi Allen THURSDAY (IN THE WRITING CENTER) 7:00 - Emily Hoke 7:15 - Tara Leddy 7:30 - 8:00 - 8:15 - 8:30 - Traci 8:45 - Dana 9:00 - Britni Patrick 9:15 - Tyler Pettit 9:30 - Elizabeth 9:45 - Emilia FRIDAY (IN SAC 334) 1:00 - Emily Adler 1:15 - 1:30 - Lexi Brewer 1:45 - 2:00 - Erika 2:15 - 2:30 - Rick A 2:45 - Christian 3:00 -

FOR MONDAY, FEB. 16 Get some extra sleep. At least one hour per person.

FOR FRIDAY, FEB. 13 First draft of either newspaper or magazine article due. Please bring hardcopy to class. Also do a words per sentence count on at least one page of your writing. Find a mean AND a median.

FOR MONDAY, FEB. 9 Please write a journal entry responding to the following: How are things going so far this semester? Are there things you'd like to do more of in class that we are not doing? Are there things we are doing in class that you would like to do more of? How do you feel about your personal progress? Do you feel challenged enough? Do you feel demands of this class are too high? Think of this as a near-mid-term assessment. I will be collecting these as I would like your input for the course.

NOTICE: OFFICE HOURS THURSDAY CANCELED DUE TO EXTREME EXHAUSTION! FOR FRIDAY, FEB. 6 Research due. Whatever form it is in for your purposes is all I need. I won't be collecting it--just checking it to make sure it's done.

FOR WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4 Nothing in particular. Get researching! Due Friday.

FOR MONDAY, FEB. 2 Entire research design due. If you missed class, the PowerPoint I discussed is on the "handouts" page. Watch it before proceeding. All survey and interview questions MUST be approved by me before you may begin your research. If you want to get started before class on Monday, feel free to email me your questions for approval.

FOR FRIDAY, JAN. 30 Your proposal needs three things: the topic, the methods of research you plan to use (survey(s), observation(s), and interviews(s), and your methodology or reasons for using these methods and doing this project.

FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28 Bring one magazine article and one newspaper article to class for analysis. Be thinking about your topic--Wed. is a great day for me to approve your idea before your proposal is due Friday...

FOR MONDAY, JAN. 26 Please watch TV and pay especial attention to the commercials. Choose a few that you find particularly excellent and/or horrible. Find them on YouTube and add them to our commercials page or be able to describe them well enough for the class.

FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, JAN. 22&23 - There will be no scheduled class on Friday. I will take attendance at your conference. GROUP CONFERENCES IN THE WRITING CENTER Thursday 7:00 - Tara Leddy 11tmledd@alma.edu - Tyler Pettit 11tjpett@alma.edu - Emily Hoke 11eghoke@alma.edu - Jay Sackett 11jcsack@alma.edu 8:00 - Lexie Brewer 12aabrew@alma.edu - Christian Gilbert 12cjgilb@alma.edu - Gavin Stone 11gsston@alma.edu - 9:00 - Dana Ackley-Hernandez 11deackl@alma.edu - Traci Guenthardt 12trguen@alma.edu - David Karr - 08dakarr@alma.edu - Emilia Allen 12eaalle@alma.edu Friday 1:30 - Mike Malloy -- 11mbmall@alma.edu - Maricat Eggenberger -- 11meegge@alma.edu - Emily Adler - 12eladle@alma.edu - Elizabeth Corbin - 12emcorb@alma.edu - Rick Armstrong 12rmarms@alma.edu 2:30 Erika Sherwood 10elsher@alma.edu Zach San Miguel 09zjsanm@alma.edu Amber Keyes 0o9aekeye@alma.edu Britni Patrick 10elpatr@alma.edu

FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21 Please bring your draft from last week back to class as we will be working with it. Finish up your next draft and be sure to send it to those in your group at least a day in advance of your conference. Here is the

FOR MONDAY, JAN. 19 Begin working on rough draft of paper 2, due this Friday Jan. 23 (or earlier if your conference is earlier).

FOR FRIDAY, JAN. 16 Rough draft of first paper due.

FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 14Please write a journal in response to today's class exercise. Now that you know how people see you based on your things (a very shallow way of being seen, by the way) how does this make you feel? Is there more to you than these things could possibly represent? Do you feel a bit put off that you are labeled by such surfacy things? Do you like having people know you by these things? Dig a little as possible fodder for your first paper.

FOR MONDAY, JAN. 12 Please bring to class, in a bag, three items that you feel represent you. Bring these items to class.

FOR FRIDAY, JAN. 9 Please read "Beauty" (on "handouts" pg) and write a one to two page response to this article. Please bring your response to class

FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7 We will meet in SAC 110 computer lab. Please finish the acronym of your name exercise, then write about why those words describe you. Be creative, tell stories, give a simple explanation--anything you like. These will become part of your personal wiki page.