Vocabulary, Reading 2

Here is the vocabulary so far in Advanced Reading. Extra points for very inventive sentences!

Analyze

Formulate

Controversial

Commercial

Consumer

Conduit

Information

Variations

Action

Stream

Methodology

Actions

Mediate

Memory

Govern

Applaud

Algorithm

Disassembly

Poignant

Ideogram

Reversion

Essential

Extend

Instinctive

Engaged

Principally

Accumulation

Was weaned on fish

Drive

Self-indulgence

Fluid

To make ends meet

Skeptic

Gap

Remote

Confided

Audibly

Hysteria

Devouring

Rummaged

Enfeebled

Uncluttered

Congealed

Embrace

Qualms

Linger

Was exposed to

Inspiration

Assignments for Reading and Oral Skills, March 2

For Reading 2, you should complete Chapter 3. I will take up the "take-home quiz" (the vocabulary + definition + 20) randomly check both the sections in the book.

For the Oral class, we will have a Hollywood movie discussion. The first assigned reading is Plato's "Allegory of the Cave," which you can find at: http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/platoscave.html. The second assigned reading is "The Day the Movies Died," published in GQ. You can find it at: www.gq.com/entertainment/movies.../the-day-the-movies-died-mark-harris

About the Annotated Bibliography Blurb

For the Reading 2 class:

Please do not sweat the blurb. There are three things that I am grading you for. Below I have listed them and given a percentage:

(1.) Grammar and composition. Your word choice, spelling, and grammar should be accurate. 40%

(2.) Focus. You should have chosen a topic that is properly focused. Do not choose "Jordan," as you can't possibly cover this in four pages or five pages or twenty pages. Ask yourself: could I tell the class everything I needed to tell them about this subject within a twenty-minute presentation. 40%

(3.) Sources. You should give a handful of legitimate sources. Here is a website that describes how you can judge a source: http://www.thewritesource.com/judging_sources/.

Ask me if you have any questions. Below I have listed some topics, if you are stuck.

Academic Freedom Acid rain Advertising and women Animal testing Animé Assisted Suicide Attention deficit disorder Autism Bilingual education Binge drinking and colleges students Black Panther Party Body Image Business Ethics California propositions Capital punishment Censorship Child abuse Christianity Cloning College athletes Concentration camps Copyright and the internet Date rape Death penalty

Drunk driving Eating disorders Extreme Sports Feminism Fraternities Gangs Gay marriage Genetic engineering Global warming Gun control Health care reform Hip hop History of Long Beach Holocaust Homeland security Hooligans Human right Hurricanes Hybrid vehicles Identity theft Internet addiction Jazz Ku Klux Klan Labor Movement Liberal Arts Education Lesbianism Marijuana Media Bias

Nuclear waste Organized crime Plagiarism Pornography and art Plastic Surgery Presidential elections Punk rock music Rap music Rastafari Movement Reality Television Recycling School choice/vouchers Segregation Skinheads Slavery Social Justice Sororities Steroids Student Success Surfing Terrorism Tattoos Veganism Video games Voting Women's Movement Zoot Suit Riots

Assignments for Next Week (Reading 2 and Oral Skills)

For Reading 2, all students should read Chapter Three, "Consumer Lifestyle," in Global Outlook. Do all the assignments on pages 34-47. I will check homework on Monday. You should also send me your annotated bibliography blurbs by Saturday.

For Oral Skills, all students should read Chapter Two, pages 12-19.

Annotated Bibliography Blurb

Annotated Bibliography Blurb

From spectrum.troy.com: “A research statement that identifies your topic for research and set of questions surrounding that topic as it pertains to your case. You must detail how you plan to address your topic and a research question must be formulated. This should include a working thesis.”

Example of Annotated Bibliography Blurb (BUT IT MUST BE 500 WORDS!)

For my annotated bibliography, I plan to write about the relationship between the social network Facebook and the revolution in Egypt. I am interested in this topic because I believe that social media like Facebook will have an important impact in the next thirty years. I will use the New York Times, the Washington Post, and The Facebook Movement by Francis Young, as sources.

Examples of Credible Sources

Credible sources can include newspapers, television programs, websites, or other sources, but should be well-written and unbiased.

New York Times, www.nytimes.com

Washington Post, www.washingtonpost.com

Examples of Annotated Bibliography Entries

London, Herbert. "Five Myths of the Television Age." Television Quarterly 10.1(1982): 81-89. 

                    Herbert London, the Dean of Journalism at New York University and author of several books and articles, explains how television contradicts five commonly believed ideas. He uses specific examples of events seen on television, such as the assassination of John Kennedy, to illustrate his points. His examples have been selected to contradict such truisms as: "seeing is believing"; "a picture is worth a thousand words"; and "satisfaction is its own reward." London uses logical arguments to support his ideas, which are his personal opinion. He doesn't refer to any previous works on the topic. London's style and vocabulary would make the article of interest to any reader. 

Gurko, Leo. Ernest Hemingway and the Pursuit of Heroism. New York: Crowell, 1968. This book is part of a series called "Twentieth Century American Writers": a Brief Introduction to the Man and his Work. After fifty pages of straight biography, Gurko discussed Hemingway's writing, novel by novel. There's an index and a short bibliography, but no notes. The biographical part is clear and easy to read, but it sounds too much like a summary.

Links

http://wordsworth2.net/writing/annotbibguide.htm

http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/specific-types-of-writing/annotated-bibliography

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/

Message to English 213 and English 117

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