Essay # 1 for English 1A AND FOR English 102

some of you told me that you didnt have the hard copy of the essay that we handed out last week... so, here it is below. The Home work Questions you are being asked to do refer to the 6 questions below.... 

Essay #1--Your Dream School—McFarland—Chabot Fall 2016

For this first Essay assignment, you are going to dream. You are being asked to dream about creating a different vision for how a college might function. Below are some questions to consider. You should plan to answer all the questions, and it is REALLY important that you do RULE of 3 for each question. (All that really means is that for each question, you should try to come up with 3 separate concepts. Each concept should be developed inside its OWN paragraph.) (If you skip one question, that is OK, and if you do only 2 paras for one or two of the questions, that is OK too. The goal should be at least 12 body paras for this paper.)

1.     When you analyze all the different schools you have attended, what would you say are 3 major problems that you notice?

2.     If you were going to design a school that did the best job of bringing the most out of its students, and uncovering and unleashing student passion, what might be some features of this educational setting?

3.     When a student graduates from your school, what would you want them to Be, or Feel, or Think, or Know?

4.     How might teachers be different?

5.     What role might Student Voice play in your dream school?

6.     What role might Nature play in the school?

You must average a minimum of 1-2 short quotes per paragraph.  Quote length in a paper of this length should be no more than 1-2 lines. Remember that the video prompts you have watched are a great source of quote support.

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

Paragraph topic sentences should start with concepts. Paragraph topic sentences should also feature KEYWORDS, which are taken from the questions/prompts that you have been exploring.

The paper is due ­­­­­­­­________________________First draft is due _______________

(Of course, before the "first draft" date, you will be bringing in and sharing paragraphs from your paper....)

HW for Mon/Wed English 102 class.......

Hey all, so here is the schedule for your HW.

1. You should answer questions 1 and 2 from the essay assignment by this Wednesday. You should do Rule of 3 for each question. So that means you will have 6 paragraphs that you will send. You should be sure to follow the Typical Academic Paragraph Template as you do the 6 paragraphs. You should email these 2 questions to me. 

2.  You should answer questions 3 and 4 from the essay assignment by next Wednesday September 7. You should do Rule of 3 for each question. So that means you will have 6 paragraphs that you will send. You should be sure to follow the Typical Academic Paragraph Template as you do the 6 paragraphs. You will bring these paragraphs to class. 

Here is a list of different videos and movies that you can watch to get ideas for your paper....they are all linked.

The Passion Project,

link to transcript of Passion Project

Recycling the Gift,

link to transcript for Recycling the Gift--part one.

Link to transcript for Recycling the Gift--part 2.

I teach my neighbors kids, Jeff Duncan-Andrade  (he has other videos)

Jeff Bliss, kicked out of class  (he has follow up interviews)

Project Based Learning at High Tech High

The Best kindergarten you've ever seen , Ted Talk

The Written Works, (at minute 46 we get the Good school/ Bad School analysis that relates to Piedmont and Oakland)

Finland School system

Tuning the Voice

HW for the WEDNESDAY NIGHT 1A class

Hey all, so here is the schedule for your HW.

1. You should answer questions 1 and 2 from the essay assignment by this Wednesday. You should do Rule of 3 for each question. So that means you will have 6 paragraphs that you will send. You should be sure to follow the Typical Academic Paragraph Template as you do the 6 paragraphs. You should email these 2 questions to me. 

2.  You should answer questions 3 and 4 from the essay assignment by next Wednesday September 7. You should do Rule of 3 for each question. So that means you will have 6 paragraphs that you will send. You should be sure to follow the Typical Academic Paragraph Template as you do the 6 paragraphs. You will bring these paragraphs to class. 

Here is a list of different videos and movies that you can watch to get ideas for your paper....they are all linked.

The Passion Project,

link to transcript of Passion Project

Recycling the Gift,

link to transcript for Recycling the Gift--part one.

Link to transcript for Recycling the Gift--part 2.

I teach my neighbors kids, Jeff Duncan-Andrade  (he has other videos)

Jeff Bliss, kicked out of class  (he has follow up interviews)

Project Based Learning at High Tech High

The Best kindergarten you've ever seen , Ted Talk

The Written Works, (at minute 46 we get the Good school/ Bad School analysis that relates to Piedmont and Oakland)

Finland School system

Tuning the Voice

HW schedule for the Monday Night 1A class.

Hey all, so here is the schedule for sending me your HW.

1. You should answer questions 1 and 2 from the essay assignment by this Thursday. You should do Rule of 3 for each question. So that means you will have 6 paragraphs that you will send. You should be sure to follow the Typical Academic Paragraph Template as you do the 6 paragraphs. You should email these paragraphs to me. 

2.  You should answer questions 3 and 4 from the essay assignment by next Tuesday September 6. You should do Rule of 3 for each question. So that means you will have 6 paragraphs that you will send. You should be sure to follow the Typical Academic Paragraph Template as you do the 6 paragraphs. You should email these paragraphs to me. 

3.  You should answer questions 5 and 6 from the essay assignment by Monday September 12 when we meet back up. You should do Rule of 3 for each question. So that means you will have 6 paragraphs that you will send. You should be sure to follow the Typical Academic Paragraph Template as you do the 6 paragraphs. You should bring these paragraphs to class on Monday the 12th. 


Here is a list of different videos and movies that you can watch to get ideas for your paper....they are all linked.


The Passion Project,

link to transcript of Passion Project

Recycling the Gift,

link to transcript for Recycling the Gift--part one.

Link to transcript for Recycling the Gift--part 2.

I teach my neighbors kids, Jeff Duncan-Andrade  (he has other videos)

Jeff Bliss, kicked out of class  (he has follow up interviews)

Project Based Learning at High Tech High

The Best kindergarten you've ever seen , Ted Talk

The Written Works, (at minute 46 we get the Good school/ Bad School analysis that relates to Piedmont and Oakland)

Finland School system

Tuning the Voice

102 HW due this Wed, August 24....

1. Here is a claim: If you are pursuing a passion that requires you to go to college, you should plan on and be ready to critique education. Do you agree or disagree with this claim. Support your opinion.  (2-3 paras of writing.)

 

2. Come up with 3 short answers for each of these questions:

• Why do some students have a lack of passion?
• How does it feel to be without passion?
• How might a person go about finding their passion?
• What should a person do once they find their passion?

 

1A Homework for Wed nite class...this HW is due 8-24....

1. Please watch “The Passion Project.” Here is the question to write about: How does the movie speak to you? (3 paras of writing.)   Here is a link to the full written transcript for the Passion Project movie.  For sure you should consult it before writing your 3 para response to the movie....

2. A professor we interviewed once said, “What looks like internal motivation is actually a side effect of the environment a person is in.” What he seems to be saying is that simply TELLING someone to try harder or get some discipline most likely wont work unless there are others supporting factors in play. (It turns out that there is some research in Psychology that supports this theory.) For this homework assignment you will do the following: Write about a time where you felt like you were kicking ass in doing something, and really felt motivated about it. What support systems, if any, did you have in play around you? (2-3 paras of writing.) You may also want to disagree with the professor if you think that you DID have internal motivation.

3. Here is a claim: If you are pursuing a passion that requires you to go to college, you should plan on and be ready to critique education. Do you agree or disagree with this claim. Support your opinion.  (2-3 paras of writing.)

 

4. Come up with 3 short answers for each of these questions:

• Why do some students have a lack of passion?
• How does it feel to be without passion?
• How might a person go about finding their passion?
• What should a person do once they find their passion?

 

Pls type the HW.... and bring to class on Wednesday........

HW for English 102--Due next Monday, August 22....

1. Please watch “The Passion Project.” Here is the question to write about: How does the movie speak to you? (3 paras of writing.)   Here is a link to the full written transcript for the Passion Project movie.  For sure you should consult it before writing your 3 para response to the movie....








2. A professor we interviewed once said, “What looks like internal motivation is actually a side effect of the environment a person is in.” What he seems to be saying is that simply TELLING someone to try harder or get some discipline most likely wont work unless there are others supporting factors in play. (It turns out that there is some research in Psychology that supports this theory.) For this homework assignment you will do the following: Write about a time where you felt like you were kicking ass in doing something, and really felt motivated about it. What support systems, if any, did you have in play around you? (2-3 paras of writing.) You may also want to disagree with the professor if you think that you DID have internal motivation.


Pls type the HW.... and bring to class on Monday........