Monthly Archives: May 2009

Stoller Commentary 5870

I hope I am not the only one in our class that enjoyed reading this article by Paul Stoller that beautifully blends the ideas of “Ethnography/Memoir/Imagination/Story.”  I think that most Americans have this preconceived notion that storytelling is for children…

Hooks and Shaughnessy

bell hooks – “Rebel’s Dilemma”   The sociality of error is a concept aptly exemplified in bell hooks’ “Rebel’s Dilemma”. This theory, modeled and coined by Mina Shaughnessy in her Errors and Expectations, provides a justification for writers of advanced…

Foucault

            Panopticon by Michael Foucault definitely was a bizarre piece.  In a sense, I felt like I was reading stage directions for a screenplay about a plague that occurred in the future which described in detail how steps of the…

English 5870: Worlde.Net

In a hysterically, busy moment, I took a break and discovered http://wordle.net. . Has anyone every heard of this? It turns writing into word pictures, teachers use it a lot for essays. Check out my worlde for the Goffman post:  http://www.wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/876240/Goffman . You…

Research Paper – Draft

Research Project – 5001 Question Can Rhetorical Devices play an effective role in bringing about emotions and feelings of the audience? Abstract You are left on a deserted Island and there is less or at least no hope for survival.…

Final Draft

Mike Calou Research Final Draft 5/20/09 Why is it Important to be Culturally Aware When We Teach English Composition? A New Composition Teacher’s Quest for Understanding The teaching of the writing can be compared to a dance; both partners have…

Portfolio Post

Mike Calou 2-26-09 Classroom Observation Date: 2-26-09 Class: English 1001-First Year Composition (College level) Start: 5:00pm End: 6:00 [T=teacher] (Note-making in parentheses) T: Mike will be observing in our class today. (I introduced myself) So, you had ideas about genre…