Out of class assignment

English 101 Course Goals
1) I understand that inquiry is the beginning to all writing and am comfortable in this goal. In my papers I try to formulate better questions to ask the reader and myself
2) I understand that inquiry occurs naturally both visually and verbally.
3) I understand that of you do not have a solid connection with inquiry and your audience then the audience will not care what you are writing about. It is important to have good points with supporting facts.
4) It is important to be able to connect the audience with inquiry and argument. If not then your credibility goes down.
5) The more you write the better you become at it. It is important to write as much as possible so you can develop your style and expand on your writing skills.
6) Research is essential when writing a paper. Without it, then you will not have good supporting facts to back up your claim. I am comfortable with this because I research everything that I write about
7) I feel as though I can work well with others. I am respectful of people and also help the group accomplish the task.
8) I am confident in my writing. I have developed a style and feel that I can express myself through my writing.
9) I take responsibility in my progress. I do this by trying to make my writing better through revising, and listening to what others think about my paper.


Course Content and Format

1) I am comfortable with this and feel that I know the role of inquiry and am able to read and write is in different genres.
2) I am able to analyze verbal and visual texts as well as examine its rhetorical situation. I am able to understand what I am reading and am able to discuss it
3) I am able to write effectively through brainstorming, prewriting, and then revising my paper. Prewriting and revising is crucial when writing a paper.
4) In order to get a well-written paper you must write more than one draft. Writing at least two drafts is important as well as relying on your peers to evaluate your paper. All of these allows you to progress your paper and writing as a whole.
5) Organizing your paper is important because without organization, you have no structure which means the audience won’t really care about you have to say. It has to flow from the beginning to the end.
6) I am aware that I have to write for my portfolio and my portfolio must include 4 of the writing assignments in it.
7) I reflect on my writing process by re reading and trying to make sure my writing makes clear sense for the audience.

University Core Curriculum Goals

1) I am aware that I am engaging in lifelong education and I take advantage of that by studying and learning the material I have been given
2) I am able to communicate at the college level. I know how to talk to people and am respectful of them
3) I make sure that I do not offend anyone who has separate values as mine. I try to understand it from a different perspective
4) I identify problems that are evident in society and to find solutions through culture and thorough history.
5) Working with other people is crucial because it is important to be social, as well as solve problems with each other. People can solve many of the worlds problems if they work together.
6) I am aware of my talents and take advantage of them. I make films and enter them into contests with hope of a reward.

Outline

Your Turn Title: Chilly Weather....and it will just get worse..

Thesis: As it gets colder outside, there should be more buses running to help keep the students and staff from getting ill.

I. Intro

II. Students (mainly freshman) have to walk long distances to their classes.
-causes them to become ill more often
1) show a fact on average how many people get sick in the winter

III.
-solution---more buses running so the students can take them to their classes instead of walking.

IV. Conclusion
-restate thesis

Saw V

I am fully aware that as the Saw movies go on the reviews get worse and worse. The latest installment, Saw V, hit theaters today. The reviews were nothing short of spectacular. Many people said that it was boring like the others and that the plot was was too complex. I don't watch Saw movies for the plot line, they are waaaay to confusing for me. I go to see Saw movies to see people get ripped to pieces. I'm sorry if I like watching people get rigged up to these jank machines and get brutally killed, but I find that wicked entertaining. So I am going to see Saw V either this weekend or the next, and I know that its going to be bad....but at least I know that I will get to see random people get tore up by Jigsaw's homeade death devices.

The luck of the Irish....

So I today I was finally convinced that I am a lucky person by nature. For the past three Madden games that I have played I have won by blind luck. I went from losing really bad the whole game to winning at the last second by a field goal. I don't even understand it but when I play people I make them mad because of my luck. I can't even understand it but the only reason why I think I am so lucky is because I'm freakin Irish.

Friday 10-17-08

No class today (Fall Break)

Wednesday 10-15-08

Today we had an in class essay over the freshman reader "Field Notes of a Catastrophe". The prompt asked if the government should regulate carbon footprints. We had to print off two copies of our paper and then we could leave.

Log #8

Monday 10-13-08

Jacob read his log. We then gathered in our "circle of love" and critically reviewed Lacy's and Kaitlin's papers. Kaitlin wrote about how visitors should not be accompanied by students and Lacy wrote about how the one of the smoking areas should not be so close to our dorm.

Fall Break!!!

I am quite excited about fall break. I am going to go to ISU and visit my girlfriend. We are going to go to this haunted asylum that is there and look for some ghost stuff. Other than that I am planning on sleeping the rest of the weekend to catch up on some much needed rest!

Letters to the Editor...

It took me forever to find a topic but I think that I am going to write about the bike issue here at Ball State. They are all over the place. They are constantly zippin around and could potentially cause problems for students who walk.

Victories on the couch...

I room with Jacob Taylor. And we both love the Madden games like really bad. Jacob also is a really bad loser. Over the past two days we have played Madden games and i have beat him by only a few points. This past win was one of the best wins ever. The entire game he was gloating about how he is going to win and talkin all kinds of smack that i cant even blog about. He had this huge lead until i came back by intercepting the ball. I score at the last second on my final drive up the field ending the last quarter and starting overtime. I won the coin toss and proceeded to make my way up the field through carefully called plays that Jacob was unable to defend. I eventually made it to field goal range and went to the game winning field goal. I made it perfectly and end the game making Jacob infuriated. I simply looked at him and smiled making him even more angry. I have celibrated many victories on fields, but some of my favorite victories are the ones that take place on a couch with Madden 09 playing on the T.V. Sorry Jacob...maybe next time....