...Culture & Cultivation English 4WS (Sec 2) – Critical Reading & Writing w/ Service Learning ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Instructor: Alex Zobel Email: akzobel@gmail.com Office: Humanities A82 Time & Location: T/R 9:00-10:50 Rolfe 3134 Office Hours: W 12:00 - 2:00 pm Mailbox Location: Humanities 149 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ COURSE DESCRIPTION English 4W aims to expose students to the three major forms of literature (poetry, prose fiction, and drama) through the art of close reading, which literary scholars broadly define as the practice of scrutinizing a text carefully in order to discern complex patterns of meaning. It is impossible to spend sufficient time on the works we will be exploring within the bounds of class-time, so you will be required to spend time reading and writing on your own; this is a practice that will enable you to bring your personal experiences with these works to our discussions in class and participate in an engaged way as part of our community of learning. But our community of learning is broader than the classroom—it also includes the community organizations you will be partnering with for your service-learning. We will be investigating and interrogating a versatile metaphor—cultivation—and how it impacts the cultures and communities in which we live...
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...‘A serious proposal to the ladies’ and ‘Some reflections upon marriage’ deal with the social problems that women had to live with at the time, and how they were constantly subdued by men. Being considered mentally and socially inferior, Astell argued that this social ranking between the sexes was unjust and unnatural. However, ‘Custom’, (or tradition) considered it for some time normal for a woman to be under the dominance of Man at all times. Astell tried arguing against this, as her protofeminist pieces were one of the first works which dealt with the matter head on. She fought for equality between the sexes, and questioned the morals behind believing women to be inferior to men. Many would be able to compare her to ‘The New Woman’; an image created in order to describe the modern feminist woman that was being introduced to society in the late 19th century. However, many would argue that, although Astell was a leading feminist of her time, as she was considered “The first major English feminist for her defiant praise of women” by Joan K. Kinnard, she was still strongly conservative and some of her views differed from the modern feminist ones of today. She still considered a woman to have her rightful place or role in the household and in society, and believed that a social ranking was simply inevitable and a ‘work of God’; so many of these beliefs were directed at the upper class and richer women of the time. In ‘Some reflections upon marriage’, Astell describes men as being...
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...Fs 4exploring the curriculum Field Study Episode 1 “THERMOMETER CHECK” Name of FS Student: Langga Neljun S. Course: BESED-English Year & Section: III Resource Teacher: Maria Cristina Sonza Signature: __langss_________________ School: MSU SND You’re Target At the end of this activity, you should be able to describe through your reflection of how the school promotes partnership and dialogue. You’re Map For this process, go through the following steps: | | |observation Report on Interaction | | | |Name: Langga, Neljun S. Year / Course: BSED-III | |School Observed: SND Integrated School___________________________ | |Grade level: First year____________________ Section: A | |Subject Observed: English | | ...
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...Canterbury Boys’ High School English 2014/15 Advanced Course The following information gives an outline of the Year 12 Advanced English Program for the HSC tested in 2015. The syllabus states that: The aim of Senior English is to enable students to understand, use, enjoy and value the English language in its various textual forms and to become thoughtful, imaginative and effective communicators in a diverse and changing society. The study of English involves exploring, responding to and composing texts • in and for a range of personal, social, historical, cultural and workplace contexts • using a variety of language modes, forms, features and structures. Meaning is achieved through responding and composing, which are typically interdependent and ongoing processes. In Year 12 time is allocated to certain issues and texts based on the time needed to cover the Board of Studies’ requirements for the fulfilment of the English outcomes. This program is based on the premise that: • students are required to experience literature in a variety of modes (short story, novel, poetry, non-fiction, film and drama) • there should be a continuing study of non-literary material (print and non-print, multi-media) • students should be encouraged to develop reading interests outside the classroom • there will be a continuing emphasis on oral English in class discussions, small group discussions, debating, public speaking, interviewing, dramatic reconstructions ...
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...with high quality | Nearly all task were done with acceptable quality | Fewer than half of task were done; or most objectives met but with poor quality | My Analysis | -Analysis questions were answered completely; in depth answers; thoroughly grounded on theories-Exemplary grammar and spelling. | -Analysis questions were answered completely-Clear connection with theories -Grammar and spelling are superior | -Analysis question were not answered completely-Vaguely related to the theories-Grammar and spelling acceptable | -Analysis questions were not answered-Grammar and spelling unsatisfactory | My Reflection | Reflection statements are profound and clear, supported by experiences from the episodes. | Reflection statements are clear, but not clearly supported by experiences from the episodes. | Reflection statements are shallow; supported by experiences from episode. | Reflection statements are unclear and shallow and are not supported by experiences from episode. | My Portfolio | Portfolio is...
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...THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG Department of Social Work and Social Administration COURSE OUTLINE template Academic Year: 2014 /2015 1. Basic Course Information: Course Code: SOWK 1009 Course Title: Existing New Course: to be implemented in Semester 1 / 2 / S Reflective Practitioner 2. Course Instructor / Course Co-ordinator: Name Office Debbie Lam C0549 Kurtee Chu C0550 Grace Leung Chan Ki CO553 C0553 phone 3917-2082 3917-1153 3917-2090 3917-7145 email debbie@hku.hk kurteec@hku.hk gsmleung@hku.hk kichan@socwork.hku.hk 3. Required Pre-requisites (if any): __________NIL________________________ 4. Course Description (should be the same as the syllabus; so please just copy from the syllabus of your program that is available at the Department Website) Social work practice is carried out through interactions between social workers and individuals, families, organizations and society. Social workers are inevitably shaped by their own experiences, beliefs, upbringing and culture, which might affect their interactions with these systems. This course encourages the students to start the reflective journey in visiting issues of self in relation to the perceived identity, intimacy, loss, family, and society. Through reflective exercises, discussions, and assigned readings, the students will develop a deeper understanding of their values, philosophy of life and behaviors, and how these in turn impact social work practice. The course adopts an active-learning and experiential approach...
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...Article Reflection It has been debated that children that grow up in different countries or places where the dialect, or the way they speak is different than the customary school English have more difficulty with reading acquisition. These children have been taught dialects such as African American Vernacular English (AAVE). The dialect of African American Vernacular English is very similar to that of school English except for a few differences. Some of these differences include the reduction of final consonants. For example, /mos/ vs /most/ for the word most. Another example is the use of stops or labiodental fricatives where school English has interdental fricatives such as (/dis/ vs. /ðis/ for this, /bof/ or /bot/ vs. /boθ/ for both) are acceptable in AAVE but are not acceptable in school English. To test this hypothesis, sentence imitation and reading skills of 217 urban African American boys and girls in kindergarten through second grade from the ages of 5 to 8 were selected from low-performing schools in low-income communities in three U.S. cities. The cities consisted of, Cleveland, Ohio; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Washington, D.C. The children that were chosen in each grade were scattered and random pertaining to their imitations of school English sentences which included phonological and grammatical forms that are used in African American Vernacular English but not in school English. The experiment consisted of several different tools that helped the researchers test...
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...Intra- and Interpersonal Competencies (IIC) 1. Introduction 1. Human beings are social animals. We meet people and make friends throughout our life. However, building a positive relationship is not an accident; it requires understanding and efforts, and is an art to be learned and practiced. Learning, developing, expanding, and improving interpersonal skills and competencies are essential for future success. This course prepares students for their future by helping them improve themselves and their relationships with family members, friends, classmates, co-workers and even people who may be perceived as difficult. Aims & Objectives 2 This course aims at increasing students’ knowledge and understanding of basic human communication principles, identifying their strengths and weaknesses in intrapersonal and interpersonal communication, developing skills to achieve positive relationships with significant others and people around them. 2.2 By the end of the course, students should be able to: 2.2.1 understand the concept of self; 2.2.2 know themselves throughout the life span and personality types; 2.2.3 identify emotion and feelings and develop appropriate skills to express them; 2.2.4 clarify values and understand moral development; 2.2.5 develop better listening skills and master basic skills of giving and receiving responses; 2.2.6 understand features of healthy relationship and identify skills...
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...When UNC freshman Alec Dent reported on the English 72: Literature of 9/11 course, saying its material “painted terrorists in a sympathetic light,” despite Dent having never read any of the course’s books or even attending one of the classes, that was bad. When Heather Childers of the show Fox and Friends: First called out the class solely for its assigned books without mentioning any of its activities, including class discussions on the 9/11 Commission Report and watching the movie “Zero Dark Thirty,” that made matters worse. But the most unfortunate moment of this episode was when the UNC College Republicans, under its chairman Frank Pray, started a petition asking Chancellor Carol Folt to condemn the course, saying the readings “justify terrorism” and “desecrate the victims of the September 11 attacks.” Of course, the College Republicans followed this by boasting how proud the group was of one of the club’s newest members,...
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...NAME OF THE BOOK - Odour Of Chrysanthemums. NAME OF THE AUTHOR - David Herbert Lawrence (D H Lawrence). SOURCE - eBook. No. of Pages - 11. PUBLISHERS DETAILS - Published in "The English Review" Magazine, in June 1911 by editor "Ford Madox Hueffer". He was also an author of various books written under the name of "Ford Madox Ford". ABOUT THE AUTHOR - David Herbert Richards Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England. He was an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter. His notable works include Novels (Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love, Lady Chatterley's Lover), Short Stories (Odour of Chrysanthemums, Daughters of the Vicar, The Man who loved Islands), Play (The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd), etc. His collected works represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation. In them, Lawrence confronts issues relating to emotional health & vitality, spontaneity, and instinct. In his later years he continued to write despite his failing health. In his last months he wrote numerous poems, reviews and essays. He died at the Villa Robermond in Venice, France, in March 1930, from complications of tuberculosis, after being discharged from a TB sanatorium. DESCRIPTION OF THE STORY - "Odour of Chrysanthemums" focuses on a dramatic moment in the life of Mrs. Elizabeth Bates and the accidental death of her husband, Walter Bates. The story goes on telling...
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...[pic] Profesional journals are peer-reviewed, checked for factuality, consistency, citing relevant work, and drawing appropriate conclusions supported by the data. The concept of profesional journal as a means of developing reflective practice has become a popular topic in classrooms, professional journals, conferences, and continuing education programs (Boud & Walker, 1998). Many other names for profesional journal appear in nursing literature, including log, journaling, narrative pedagogy, dialogue journals, reflective practice, and reflective writing. Whatever people says, reflective profesional journal requires writing, a great deal of it. However, journals are an integral part of the teaching/learning in many nursing programs as well as in allied health programs and education in general. The purpose of this essay is to review the literature related to profesional journal and reflective practice and how it can be beneficial in the teaching/learning process. Reflective practice is a means of self-examination that involves looking back over what has happened in practice in an effort to improve performance or to encourage professional growth (Ruth-Sahd, 2003). Profesional journal is a method that is frequently used in nursing education as an active learning technique to enhance reflective practice. Why is reflective practice so important? The literature cites numerous reasons for utilizing...
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...CONTENTS INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………….....3 CHAPTER I. THEORY OF THE NOMINATIVE PROCESSES……......………...5 1.1. General data…………………………………………………………………....5 1.2. The Semantic Triangle………………………………………………………....8 1.3. Semantic types of nomination………………………….. .…………....…….. .11 1.4. The methods of nomination…………………………………………………...14 1.5. Transposition and identification as the two stages of nominative process…….16 CHAPTER II. THE ROLE OF NOMINATION IN LANGUAGE ORGANIZATION……………………………………………………………...…19 2.1. Creative approach during the process of color nomination……………………19 2.2. The main types of lexical nomination of the words of the group «clothes»……21 CONCLUSION……....………....……...…………………………………...…….23 SOURCES…......………...……………………………………………………..…24 INTRODUCTION The actuality of this work is that the issue of change of meaning has always attracted attention of a great deal of scholars both in America and in Europe. The long history of language studying shows the interest of scientists to determine the issue of basic language functions, which inevitably include the nominative one. As a primary language function, the nominative function assumes the language system ability to designate and to isolate fragments of reality, transferring their notions into words, word combinations, idioms and sentences. The dynamic development of cognitive and communicative activities of human society and, as a result, the emergence of new realities, artifacts, objects of material and...
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...GCSE English Language 2010 Studying Spoken Language The newest and potentially most exciting area of the new GCSE specifications is the Studying Spoken Language section of the Controlled Assessment for GCSE English Language. The focus of this unit is investigative, asking candidates to explore their own spoken language and/or that of others, including perhaps spoken language in media and technologies such as internet messaging services. Sample Controlled Assessment tasks are available online so that you can see the type of tasks that will be set. All of the tasks are fairly open-ended so that you can help individual students tailor their research to suit their interests and the type of data available to them. One of the teachers who has done a trial of the new unit said, ‘the tasks were greeted with enthusiasm and the ability to connect what we were exploring to the wider context. The tasks lead to independent study which meant there was a good deal of ownership for the students.’ 8 Teachers who have trialled the unit have given us some very useful feedback on which we can base further support. One important point is that giving enough time and thought to the initial data collection pays dividends in terms of the level of analysis which students can carry out. The script and commentary on the following pages are examples of the further resources you can see online at http://web.aqa.org.uk/englishLangA These are provided to demonstrate ways...
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...Tarik Slimani 11/05/2014 ROCI4485 Section 02 Community Involvement Interim Reflection #3 LOG: * The date: 4th Week of October. * Location: Children’s learning center. * Short Description: Assistant teacher (helping the teacher to take care of the kids). Mini-Reflection: During the 4th week of October, I decided to volunteer for the center of international programs since I am an international student. I worked with some international students that I’ve already met before and some other American students, everyone was motivated and ready to help this event. I had the task to promote studying abroad for Shawnee state students and invite people to lectures, lunches, and parties during the international week. I was surprised that a lot of people were scared to study abroad for many reasons. The most common reason was the price and the language. I explained to them that Shawnee State University had sister universities all over the world, that means that you pay the tuition, housing, and meals in USA before leaving for the same price. Akhawayn university is a sister university in my country Morocco where I studied for two years, so I gave a lot of information for students about the college where they can study all courses in English, and about the unique location of morocco in Africa and a couple miles away from Europe. I felt really comfortable in what I’m doing and I decided to attend all the lectures even if it was not counted in my community service. This experience...
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...Time Management Preview & Reflection 1 Complete the weekly calendar document attached by filling in your plan for accomplishing the assignments for this course over the next two weeks (Modules/Weeks 3 and 4). Be sure to include your regular responsibilities as well as any appointments. Include not only the assignment titles, but show how you will devote time in your schedule to complete the assignments. Include presentations as well as written assignments. HINT: Each assignment must be completed no later than midnight of the due date! Use red ink to show your course tasks and assignments. It would also be a good idea to include your time spent on other online classes, perhaps in a different color of ink. Once you have completed the calendar as a preview/planner for work that is to come, take a few moments to review how you are doing with time management so far. Look at the previous two weeks (Modules/Weeks 1 and 2) to evaluate your use of time. Below the calendar, write a reflective paragraph (4–6 sentences minimum) that describes (a) how you used time well to complete your course work, (b)what did not go very well, and (c) how you plan to change so that the problems are not repeated. Once you have completed both the calendar and the written review of your time, save the work as a Word document (.docx or .doc) and title it as follows: TMPR_1_Your Name Attach the document as your assignment in Blackboard. This assignment is due by11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week...
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