Listen to an essay that features observation: "In the Laboratory with Agassiz" . What college students were wearing then. The fish. Scudder later in life.
Answer in your daybook as I read:
ichthyology-
entomology-
interdicted-
How long did he have to look at the fish?
What was "the best entomological lesson [he] ever had"?
I pick up daybooks!
Homework:
1. Observe and take notes. You may add pages in to your daybook later since I have them over the weekend.
2. No TWFTD.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Lego Directions Due/ Observation-Description
Your turn in all related Lego papers, including the final version of your directions.
"For petesake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." William Burroughs
Here is an interesting place. In your daybook, describe what you see.
We look at page 78 in Bedford.
Then you read "Communications" p. 82-84. Discuss.
Read page 85 and assignment handout. List in your daybook 5 places you could observe for this assignment.
Homework:
1. Pick a spot in your room, around the house, or outside. For 5 minutes (time it) write down EVERYTHING that you see, using the two column method on page 87. That gives you objective and subjective details. You may do this as a list or as sentences, your choice.
2. Now, try to come up with a place where you would like to do observation several different times, for a paper.
3. TWFTD: subjective (Note: only one definition needs to be recorded, but it should match the quote you use to illustrate the word.)
4. For the 1pm and 2pm classes Friday, you must turn your daybook in to my office before noon tomorrow. Also, go to this class in Moodle (on The Hub on top of the calendar) and do the reading and quiz you find there. The quiz must be done befroe Monday and will be part of your daybook check.
"For petesake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." William Burroughs
Here is an interesting place. In your daybook, describe what you see.
We look at page 78 in Bedford.
Then you read "Communications" p. 82-84. Discuss.
Read page 85 and assignment handout. List in your daybook 5 places you could observe for this assignment.
Homework:
1. Pick a spot in your room, around the house, or outside. For 5 minutes (time it) write down EVERYTHING that you see, using the two column method on page 87. That gives you objective and subjective details. You may do this as a list or as sentences, your choice.
2. Now, try to come up with a place where you would like to do observation several different times, for a paper.
3. TWFTD: subjective (Note: only one definition needs to be recorded, but it should match the quote you use to illustrate the word.)
4. For the 1pm and 2pm classes Friday, you must turn your daybook in to my office before noon tomorrow. Also, go to this class in Moodle (on The Hub on top of the calendar) and do the reading and quiz you find there. The quiz must be done befroe Monday and will be part of your daybook check.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Legos Day 3
"Time given to thought is the greatest time saver of all." - Norman Cousins
As you build projects today, you have to be aware of several things at once. You must follow the directions, but you must also analyze the directions as you use them.
We read pages 25-27 in Bedford. Copy into your daybook the "skills" chart. You will do the "literal" skills as you build. You will analyze and evaluate as you comment on a set of instructions.
How is the layout on the page working?
What is clear and what is confusing in the writing?
Are there problems with the directions or is it the audience (you)?
When all are done, you can see how others did with your directions. Hopefully you have some ideas for ways to improve your own. Remember, even if people easily built your directions, I want you to look for ways to improve what you have.
Homework:
1. Brainstorm ideas for changes to your directions. Come up with as many ideas for change -- even silly ones -- as possible. Pencil these ideas over your directions that were used today.
2. Make typed changes to your directions and print the new version before class. You do NOT have to make all the changes that you brainstormed. The revision is worth 1/3 of your grade on this project. Show that you are thinking.
3. TWFTD: superfluous
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Legos Day 2
We check Ev.Wr. exercise 22.9.
I give you a directions sheet about MLA style, and we go to the lab.
Look at these links: Legos we love . Indeed. And professional builder #1. Professional builder #2. Lego artist #3.
Homework:
1. Finish typing your directions and print so they are ready for a classmate to follow tomorrow. Have them printed BEFORE class starts.
2. Read the handout about Lego nomenclature. Write out the answers to the questions at the end of the handout IN YOUR DAYBOOK!
2. TWFTD: nomenclature
I give you a directions sheet about MLA style, and we go to the lab.
Look at these links: Legos we love . Indeed. And professional builder #1. Professional builder #2. Lego artist #3.
Homework:
1. Finish typing your directions and print so they are ready for a classmate to follow tomorrow. Have them printed BEFORE class starts.
2. Read the handout about Lego nomenclature. Write out the answers to the questions at the end of the handout IN YOUR DAYBOOK!
2. TWFTD: nomenclature
Monday, January 9, 2012
Legos Day 1
"My play was a success. The audience was a failure." by Ashleigh Brilliant
In your daybook: If a set of directions fails, whose fault might it be? Thinkwrite until I stop you.
You spend 10 minutes working on Ex. 22.9 in the Everyday Writer Exercise book. Look at Section 23 in The Everyday Writer.
I explain the Lego project, and you begin.
Homework:
1. Finish writing out your directions and be ready to type them up in the lab tomorrow. (If you have not already logged in once on campus, do so before tomorrow.)
2. TWFTD: subsequent (Look in Sec. 23 for help.)
In your daybook: If a set of directions fails, whose fault might it be? Thinkwrite until I stop you.
You spend 10 minutes working on Ex. 22.9 in the Everyday Writer Exercise book. Look at Section 23 in The Everyday Writer.
I explain the Lego project, and you begin.
Homework:
1. Finish writing out your directions and be ready to type them up in the lab tomorrow. (If you have not already logged in once on campus, do so before tomorrow.)
2. TWFTD: subsequent (Look in Sec. 23 for help.)
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