Shalle's Late Homework Posting

I forgot to post the homework last week. I'm sorry about that! (It was a busy week.)Here it is:

1) 2nd draft of your essay - If you send it to me before 12 noon on Tuesday, I will give you feedback on Wednesday.

2) Present and future unreal conditionals in FOG - Read p. 336-40. Do p. 341-344, "Focused Practice" exercises 1- 4. Bring your homework and your book on Wednesday.

Homework for Wednesday from Clare

1. Grammar
On pages 353-356, do exercises 2,4, and 5.

Bring your grammar book to class on Wednesday. You don't have to bring your reader.

2.Presentation practice
Bring a copy of your essay. I won't collect your essay. Just bring a copy to use in class.

Bring a rough draft of your presentation script.

Homework for Monday

On Monday you will practice your presentation in the lab, and record yourself using the Photo Booth application. To prepare for this, bring these things to class on Monday:

A rough draft of the script of your presentation
A draft of your final essay

Wed. 11-23: What we did in class today

We talked about what makes a good introduction to your presentation.

A good introduction gives the basic details about your subject: person's name, their field, their medium, the work you are going to analyze, and the date that the word was created.
It's also good to use an attention-getting technique in your introduction. An attention-getting technique is anything that makes your audience listen and be interested.

Today we practiced using this attention-getting technique: tell a short story of how you first became interested in your subject. For example, Kelly first became interested in the film director Michaelangelo Antonini in 2004, when she saw a famous film by Antonini that had been banned in China since he made it in 1972. 2004 was the first time that anybody could see this film in China, and it was exciting to finally be able to see this famous, controversial film that the rest of the world had seen 32 years earlier.

You also practiced saying your key words. Key words are the words that are most important for your presentation. For example:

documentary
vision
inspiration
black-and-white
character
one-point perspective
Guggenheim

It's important to make sure you can pronounce these words clearly, so your audience can follow along with your presentation. Also, you should write your key words where the audience can see them, for example in a power point, in a handout, or on the board.

art analysis essay

Please bring your 1st draft to class on WEDNESDAY if you didn't send it to me yesterday. Students who sent their first draft yesterday can bring a second draft for more feedback if they want to.

Also, as a reminder, please save all work, which might include:

• early drafts: exploratory writing, listing, freewriting
• proof of visit to the writing lab, and/or
  
• feedback from me/classmates.

You need to show your process. It's part of the grade. To see the grading criteria for the essay, see p. 136 in the course reader.

Homework for Wednesday from Clare

Bring in your essay rough draft (your first or second draft) and a color copy of your essay image.

This is what I will collect on Wednesday:

-Write 10 key words from your essay. Key words will include words about the artist, the field, the medium and your analysis, and any other important words. Some of your key words should be about color (p. 175, 176, 178), compositition (p.145-163), pattern&rhythm (p.185-189), or emotion (p. 177).

-Write one sentence about how you became interested in this artist.

On Wednesday you will use the image, key words, and sentence for an activity in class.

Monday-what we did in class today

Some of what we covered in class today:
Presentation Practice
Compensation Strategies
When you give a presentation in English, you should use compensation strategies. These are ways to help your audience understand you in case your pronunciation, word use, or grammar are incorrect.
3 Compensation Strategies:
-Write your key words where you audience can see them.
-Start with an introduction that explains your topic.
-Use visual aids: words and pictures for your audience to see.

Eye Contact
You practiced making of eye contact with each person in your audience.

Pattern and Rhythm
You looked at examples of the 5 basic types of patterns:
Random, Regular, Alternating, Flowing, Progressive
You analyzed the print of the zoo by Saul Bass.
You used new pattern words from page 186 to describe the zoo print.
You presented your group's ideas to the class. In your presentation, you used compensation strategies.

The key words you used to talk about the zoo print were:
continuous
repetition
movement
lively
wavy
visual rhythm
motif
pattern
regular
progressive
random
flowing
alternating
combined
element

Shalle's Homework from today (11/20)

1) Focus on Grammar, Unit 21, Present Real Conditionals - Do exercises 3 and 4 on p. 319-321. Clare will check it with you on Monday.

2) Write a first draft of your art analysis essay. Send it to me by the end of the day Monday if you want feedback before the Thanksgiving holiday. Focus on having a good thesis statement and developing your body paragraphs. The body paragraphs will focus on the analysis of the image you chose. The 3 artistic elements you will discuss should be clear to the reader.

If it works with your schedule, I hope to see you all at AAU Thanksgiving Lunch on Tuesday, 11/24 at 11am, 860 Sutter Cafe. Today is the last day to RSVP. Email campuslife@academyart.edu if you are planning to go.

Clare's Homework for Monday

1. Grammar--Modals in the past.

In the Grammar book:

Read pages 239-240

Do these exercises:

Page 241: "After You Read"

Page 243: Ex. 1

Page 244-5: Ex. 3

Do them in the book.

2. Pattern and Rhythm Vocabulary

In the Reader:

Read pages 185-188

Page 187: fill in the blanks in the book.

Page 186: read the list of pattern and rhythm words. Do you already know any of these words? Write a number next to each word:

Put a 1 if you use that word in your speaking or writing.

Put a 2 if you know the word, but you don't use it.

Put a 3 if you've never seen or heard that word before.

On Monday, I'll ask you what number you put next to each word.

Topics for the Final Essay and Presentation

It's important to have your topic for the essay (chosen image/clip and artist) soon. Remember, this is NOT a research paper. You are simply choosing an important artist from the past and analyzing ONE PIECE (or very short video clip) by that person for the essay. Here are the students who have approved topics:

TOPIC LIST UPDATED 11/18

Student Image/clip from this artist

Elina Robert Wise

Seol Kee Coco Chanel

Walt Max Miedinger

Charles Fred Moor

Gloria Leni Riefenstahl

Haddad Stanley Kubrick

Lisa A. M. Cassandre

Elaine Frank Lloyd Wright

Lynn Walter Cronkite

Luna Edward Yang

Camera Stan Winston

Kelly Michelangelo Antonioni

Ariel Roy Lichtenstein

Heather Yoshito Usui

Doven ???

HOMEWORK for 11/20 (FRI).

1. Bring color print of the image that you will write about to class on Friday.
2. Review the grammar concept from class (PRESENT REAL CONDITIONALS) in the book. Read p. 314-315. Also read the grammar notes on p. 316-317.
3. Write at least 4 present real conditional sentences based on the final section of the reading "You Say Tomato".

Clare's Homework for Wednesday

1. Practice writing art analysis sentences:
In the Reader, page 180-181, look at the example of how to do the activity.
Pick three colors. For each color, write one sentence, following the example in the book.
Write all three sentences on a sheet of paper. I will collect them on Wednesday.

In your sentences, use words from these pages:
-the emotion adjectives on page 177
-the analysis verbs on pages 178 and 179 (see examples on page183)

EXAMPLES:
Pink conveys sweetness, so it makes me feel serene.
Pink evokes an unsettling feeling of nausea in me, because I associate pink with the medicine Pepto Bismal.

2. Practice using modals
In the grammar book, do the exercise on page 234.
Do it in the book. I won't collect this. We will correct it in class.

Shalle's homework for next week

1. For Monday:
   
   • Choose one of the 3 topics you turned in today; it should be the one that interests you the most. Why does this artist and this artwork interest you? Explain in exploratory writing. (Don't do listing. Write your thoughts in sentences.)
2. For Wednesday:
   
   • Analyze the lyrics (verb changes) in Change of Heart, sung by Teddy Thompson. Many of the verbs are in the simple past. Why do you think the present perfect is used at the beginning? Why does the verb tense change (for the first line) change at the end of the song? Be prepared to discuss this in class on Wednesday. If you missed class, see the links to the lyrics and song above.
     
   • Read all of "You Say Tomato". Focus on the 2nd example in lines 14-26. Instead of writing a summary, answer these questions in your own words:
   1. What 2 groups are talked about in the example?
   2. What problem did the 2 groups have with email?
   3. How did they resolve their problem?

FYI - Here's a link to the song "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off". The title of the reading is a cultural reference to this song by Ira and George Gershwin, famous American songwriters.

Shalle's homework for tomorrow.

For tomorrow, 11/ 13, here is the homework:

"You Say Tomato" by Lalita Khosla

• BEFORE READING: Write! Respond to one of the question on p. 44. This is exploratory writing, so you should focus on your ideas. Don't worry too much about organization, spelling, grammar, etc.
• READ: " You Say Tomato"
• AFTER READING: Demonstrate your understanding of the 1st example; summarize the situation and outcome of the first example - lines # 1-13. (See question #1, p.46, for more detail.) In class, I said you should just mention MITI, the hours of negotiation, 3M and the "little gesture of trust", but you really need to talk about the Sumitomo Trading Co. , the result for the join venture and Harry Helzer too.Try to mention all of these in your summary.

Topics for Art Analysis Essay and Presentation

• Read about the assignment and topic selection. ESSAY - p. 132-134, PRESENTATION - p. 238.
• Complete the topic proposal form. (Clare gave this to you on Monday.) It can be handwritten or typed, but please give all the information that you see on the example. Clare gave mewhat you turned in on Monday, but most of these forms are incomplete. Please include the "3 artistic elements". (The artistic elements are explained on p.132. Examples of them are given on p. 134 in the column "what to describe/analyze".) I can answer other questions tomorrow.
  

  
  

  
  

Clare's Homework for Monday

1. Presentation 2 Transcriptions
Finish the transcription and correction of 2 minutes of Presentation 2. The instructions are in my earlier blog post.

2. Emotion words for analyzing artwork:
In the Reader, do the exercise on page 177. Look at the list of adjectives at the top of the page. Write each of these adjectives under the correct emotion category words on the bottom half of the page.
Ex:
HAPPINESS
joyful
ecstatic
(add other adjectives)

You can do this homework right in the Grammar Book, and show it to me on Monday. I won't collect it.

3. Modals
In the Grammar book, do the exercises on pages 232 and 233.
For help with the homework, read pages 228-231.

You can do this homework right in the Reader, and show it to me on Monday. I won't collect it.

Shalle's home work for WED

In class, I introduced he final essay assignment. As we discussed, the topic will be similar to the final presentation, but the content and focus will be different.

Homework:

• Read p. 132-133 in the course reader.
• Do some “light” research on the artists in your field from the list on p. 133. Do internet searches and find some of the work of the artists on the list. Read a little bit about them.
• After exploring the artists on the list, choose 3 artists/artwork that interest you. You CAN choose someone NOT on the list if the person is well known in the field. However, don't choose a living artists (must be deceased) and I must approve your choice.

Also, here are the the important dates and deadlines for the 2nd half of the semester.

• 11/27 No class (Thanksgiving holiday)
• 12/9 Final exam
• 12/11 Writing Assignment #3 (Art Analysis Essay) due
• 12/14 & 12/16 Presentation #3 (Final Presentation)

Shalle's class 11/4 and homework for Friday

Today we continued with grammar practice with The Wrong Trousers by Nick Park. We looked at some good sentences from last week's practice and corrected some of the errors from each group. Next, we watched the end of the story and took notes.

HOMEWORK: Write sentences about the end of the story. Write 2 of each sentence type on the handout that I gave out in class. We'll write more sentences in class.

IF YOU WERE ABSENT, the error correction practice and the homework handout are on the course website in the "Downloads" section. The Wallace and Gromit DVD is in the library. You might try to view it before class: Wallace & Gromit [DVD] : in three amazing adventures directed by Nick Park.
Call #: AC Park Wallace Three

Homework for Monday from Clare

1. Watch the video of your presentation. (See post below for where to view the video.)

2. Pick a 2-minute section of yourself speaking.

3. Transcribe those two minutes of speech. Write down exactly what you said. Write every word.

4. Read your transcription.

5. Look for grammar errors, and correct them. Also correct any other errrors, such as using the wrong word. Be sure to spell check both the transcription and the corrected version.

6. Type both the transcription and the correction. Make the correction double-spaced.

What to turn in to me:

One typed page, with two sections:

Section 1: The transcription of your actual speech. Write down the time code of the beginning and end of the section you are transcribing.

Section 2: The corrected version of your speech.

Example of what to turn in:

Presentation 2 Transcription and Correction 11/8/2009 Your Name/Nickname

1. Transcription of 00:05:01 to 00:07:09

Now I showing you a few image of our product. It is the car with comforting chairs that turns into a bed. …

2. Correction of Transcription

Now I will show you a few images of our product. It is a car with comfortable seats that turn into a bed. …

How to View Your Presentation 2 Videos

The videos are on the computers in the Multimedia Lab, in this folder:

Instructors/ccorcoran/Public/Presentation 2 Videos

You have to go to the Multimedia Lab to view the videos. At the lab, you can copy your video onto a flash drive if you want to work on them at home.

How to find the videos:

-Go to the Multimedia Lab.

-Log into a computer.

-Look for a folder icon at the bottom right menu bar of your desktop, next to the Trash icon. When you put your curser over the folder, the title “Instructors” will appear.

-Click once on the Instructors folder. You will see a list of names.

-Find “ccorcoran.” That’s my folder.

-Open “ccorcoran”, then open my “Public” folder.

-Inside my “Public” folder, you will see a folder called “Presentation 2 Videos.” Your video is in that folder.

Homework for Wednesday from Clare

We will start a new topic in grammar on Wednesday: modals (ex: would, could, should, might).

Homework:
Read Grammar Book pages 226-228
Do "After You Read" exercise on page 228

On Wednesday, we will practice using modals in class. You will also use modals in your homework for next Monday.

Presentation Videos

Good work today on the presentations! You all came up with intriguing products, and gave lively presentations. I wish I could have some convertible shoes, a digital flower, a Luv-rella, a Lightcom, and some camera-glasses.

The videos aren't quite ready for you to view yet, because of a technical problem. Matt is fixing the problem. On Wednesday, I'll tell you how to view the videos, and I'll give you a self-critique assignment to do with your own presentation video.