Wed nite class, tonight, March 26th is cancelled...read post for more info

hey there, i cannot make tonights class, I'm very sorry, i have to leave campus this early evening and attend to home issue....meanwhile
can you send your draft to me via email, and i will get back to you about it...paper 2 is due next week,  april 2nd....

hope all is well

Homework for the classes that meet twice a week....(draft day is tomorrow...Wed Mar 26)

hey there, so for next class pls bring 2 copies of your paper bc it is draft day...

the goal is to have 12 or so body paragraphs...dont worry about hook book cook at this point if you don't have them...

try to get 2 (two!) quotes into each para....

you have a lot of different sources to use:
Last Hours book
Crude Awakening
The Story of Stuff
11th Hour
the Cosmos TV show, (its on Hulu)
and sources that you find yourself...
Channing Tatum movies, lol


you should think about  answering 4-5 of the questions--if you want to do more, thats fine...in that case you can prob get away with doing Rule of 2, (bc 6 times 2 = 12)


see you tomorrow

tonights tuesday class cancelled...

hey there, i cannot make tonights class, I'm very sorry....meanwhile
can you send your draft to me via email, and i will get back to you about it...paper 2 is due next week,  april 1st....

hope all is well

Weekend homework for the classes that meet 2 times per week

Hey there, use the WEEKEND to get stuff done! here is what is due next monday, March 24.

1. Pls bring at least 9 body paragraphs.
2. Pls read up page 227 in Last Hours. (that is up through part 2.)
3. You should finish watching "The 11th Hour" documentary that we started in class. Here is a link to it:

http://vimeo.com/10588445


also, if you havent finished the other movies, like Story of Stuff, and Crude Awakening, you should do so. This is a good weekend to catch up on the different prompts in order to get good quotes for your paper.

Homework for the 1A classes that meet once per week (tues class, wed class)--due March 25

Hey there, first of all, I forgot to post the Homework last week that was due this week---that homework was to pick 2 questions from the essay assignment, and do Rule of 3 for each one, that means write 6 body type paragraphs.  In addition you were asked to read up to page 164 in Last Hours. This is due on March 18 for the Tues class, and March 19 for the Wed class......


Now, for  the NEW homework, which is due next week, (March 25 for Tues, and March 26 for Wed class):

1. It is draft day next week. Pls bring 2 copies typed of your draft. Pls do 10-12 body paragraphs.
2. Pls read up page 227 in Last Hours. (that is up through part 2.)
3. You should finish watching "The 11th Hour" documentary that we started in class. Here is a link to it:

http://vimeo.com/10588445

Home work due on Monday , 3-17 for the M/W classes

SORRY! i forgot to post this!

but here is what the homework is, or was, lol

1. Pick any 2 questions of the 8 possible questions from the essay assignment, and do  a Rule of 3 on each question, so that you create 6 body paragraphs. Add support, etc.

2. Read to page 164, in Last Hours.

3. Watch the movie Crude Awakening

 

 

We watched the movie "The Story of Stuff" in class. If you havent seen it you should watch.

 

 

it. 

Essay #2 -- Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight

English —2^nd  Formal Essay —McFarland--Spring—2014

For this essay we will be investigating issues related to our book, Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight, and to the movie, Crude Awakening. One of the intriguing arguments that gets built in both the book and the movie is that this contemporary life that many of us take for granted, is actually the result of specific events in history, especially including the discovery and rise of Oil.

For this paper you will be examining this claim and taking a stand about whether or not you think this is true.  The following questions are intended to offer some guidance to you as you build your paper. You don’t need to answer every question. You can come up with your own questions. And it is OK to argue more than one side of a question if that is how you feel. There are a lot of questions here. You don’t need to answer them all. And you can explore other questions that you come up with yourself, but be sure to run them by me first.

1.     How do you explain the amazing population growth that we see in the chart in the book on page 15?

2.     What are some consequences of adding this additional 5 billion people to the planet?

3.     Why do we allow these consequences to happen?

4.     What is your own relationship to energy use?

5.     Hartmann argues that we are modern day Slaves; what is your opinion of this metaphor as a way to explain our situation?

6.     How do we gain freedom from this slavery?

7.     What is your own relationship to nature?

8.     How do you feel about the fact that we rarely find worms in our perfect apples anymore?

In order to support your points, you need to use the ideas found in the book, the movie, your research, and in any other handouts, books, etc. that we have access to.

You must average a minimum of 3 short quotes per page. You should try to include more than one quote per paragraph whenever possible, two is good! Quote length in a paper of this length should be no more than 1-2 lines.

The essay’s page minimum is 6 full pages…(BNDJTM…)

Be careful that you don’t simply retell the history of the how humans have used energy over the years. Use these moments in history to SUPPORT the analytic points you want to make. Paragraph topic sentences should start with concepts. Paragraph topic sentences should also feature KEYWORDS, which are taken from the essay assignments tasks.

The paper is due: for the Tues night class, the paper is due April 1st. For the Wed night class, and the M/W classes, the paper is due Wed, April 2nd. 

Best of Luck!!

Homework for M/W (twice per week) classes---assigned mon March 10, due Wed March 12

hey there,

You have two things to do by this Wednesday. You should post this HW to your blog site. Your should also bring hard copies to class.  

1. pls check out Chris Jordan's website... snoop around on it, and then answer this question: What are you thinking? (2 paras typed)     here is link to it. Chris Jordan

2. pls read pages 20-83 in Last Hours. then answer this question: What are you thinking? (2 paras typed)

Chris Jordan's face.....

Homework assignments for the once per week classes. (tues nite and Wed nite)--Last hours of ancient sunlight...

Welcome to our book! To get introduced to it, here is a set of activities/questions for the classes that meet once a week. This Homework is due on the next class.You are doing 3 main things, Pre-Reading, Reading, and Writing.

Pre-Reading activities are ones that help introduce you to a book, and help you begin to get an early sense of it. Here are 4 Pre-reading questions:
1. What does this book seem to be about? (one typed para.)
2. How does the book seem to be organized? (check Table of Contents for some guidance around this.)
3. How many illustrations/graphs/pics does the book have? (Hint: it is not a big #!)
4. Once the book ends, what are some things that come after?

Reading: Please read the Forward, the Introduction, and then pages 5-83.

Writing: You have 3 questions to do after you read.
1. What seems to be the TONE of the book at the start? (Tone is like the feeling that the book gives off--is it funny, or somber, or aggressive, or dry, etc.....there may be a mix of tones.) (one typed para.)
2. As you read the early parts of the book, what are some things that you did not know about? (one typed para.)
3. What are some things that you DID know about? (1-2 paras)

You have 6 questions all together. Pls print out the homework and bring to class on  Tuesday, March ll for tues class, and Wednesday, March 12 for the Wed nite class.


Second HW assignment. Please watch this movie, "A Crude Awakening" It will form an important part of our next essay, essay #2.  What you will want to do is to keep track of quotes that you find especially interesting. Next class bring in the 5-7 most interesting quotes, along with a paragaph discussion for each one, telling us what or why you find it interesting.

By Thursday, March 6, I will have posted what the #2 essay will be about. There will likely be some Homework related to that, in order to get started on the essay.

Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: First Home Work

                                                                    
                                                                     





                                                                    

Welcome to our book!  To get introduced to it, here is a set of activities/questions for the classes that meet twice a week. This Homework is due on the Wednesday class, March 5.You are doing 3 main things, Pre-Reading, Reading, and Writing.

Pre-Reading activities are ones that help introduce you to a book, and help you begin to get an early sense of it. Here are 4 Pre-reading questions:
1. What does this book seem to be about? (one typed para.)
2. How does the book seem to be organized? (check Table of Contents for some guidance around this.)
3. How many illustrations/graphs/pics does the book have? (Hint: it is not a big #!)
4. Once the book ends, what are some things that come after?

Reading: Please read the Forward, the Introduction, and then pages 5-19. 

Writing:  You have two questions to do after you read.
1. What seems to be the TONE of the book at the start? (Tone is like the feeling that the book gives off--is it funny, or somber, or aggressive, or dry, etc.....there may be a mix of tones.) (one typed para.)
2. As you read the early parts of the book, what are some things that you did not know about? (one typed para.)

You have 6 questions all together. Pls print out the homework and bring to class on Wed, Mar 5.