Next Blog Post

Hi Everyone,

Here is the next question for our blog post.
It's a 2 part question.

1) What has the comments others have posted on my blog taught me about my own writing?

2) What have the comments I have posted on other blogs taught me about writing?

Please post on your blog by 23:59 Sat. Oct. 31st.

Please email me your comments to three other students by 23:59 Mon. Nov. 2nd.

Thank you very much and Happy Halloween,

g

Audio Unit

Assignment/Rubric

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzAQCX_ntyV1VXdOME52ZXYxREE/view?usp=sharing

Kali the Creator

            My cat, Kali the Destroyer, is actually a creator. She got her name, Kali the Destroyer, because the first day she came to our home, as just a little bitty kitten no bigger than the palm of my hand, she jumped up onto the sofa and scratched the noses of my seven year old cat, Dima, and my five year old dog, Uju. Everyone knew, from that first moment, that she was a tough little kitty. After that, she definitely left her mark on the arm of the sofa scratching it to smithereens. As the weather got warmer, Kali began venturing outside, and soon enough she was bringing little ‘presents’ back to the house: dead mice and dead insects were her favorite gifts to bring home. However, she is not just a ‘killing machine’. She also fancies herself as quite the little artist. Every morning she sits in front of her, and her sisters, two water bowls and waits for me to come add some water to them from my tea kettle. As I pour the water from the kettle, she rubs against my legs and sits down to contemplate her canvas. While I am boiling water for my morning coffee, she takes the little green bowl, which sits in front of my stove, and tips it just right so that the water spills out onto my kitchen floor. She then walks around with her front paw and moves the water in little directed puddles creating very interesting abstract paintings. Afterwards, she sits and stares at the reflection of the kitchen light into her water paintings as they evaporate upon the kitchen floor. While some might feel my cat Kali is a fearsome creature with an appetite for destruction, I know that deep down inside, she is just a cute little artist looking for new ways to express herself. 

Audio Unit for Mid-Term Exam

Hi Everyone,
Here is the Rubric for the Audio portion of the Mid-Term-

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzAQCX_ntyV1VXdOME52ZXYxREE/view?usp=sharing

Here is an easy program to use to upload your recording.
https://soundcloud.com/
Please include the recorded version when you send me your URL by 23:59 Sat. 17 Oct.

To submit, once again-
1) Post your final draft onto your blog.
2) Add an audio recording of you reading your final draft above or beneath the written version, so we can listen to your recording and read it at the same time.
3) send me an email with the subject heading:
Class #, Name, Student ID, MXM Final Draft/Recording
Add your blog URL in the email.
ex.> garyaldridge@blogspot.com

We will listen to the recordings during our either 21 Oct. or 22. Oct.

That's it.
Have fun,

g

Hangeul Day

Hi all,
Happy Hangeul Day- What an awesome holiday. Here we are in a writing class enjoying a day off dedicated to writing. What could be better?
For those of you in my Wednesday-Friday classes- first off, I did not record a video of my lecture because quite honestly, we did not really go over much more than what I had talked with you about in Wednesday's class.

However, I did make two very important points that I would like to share with you.

1) Remember, the job of the supporting sentences is 'to prove the controlling idea.' With that said, be very clear and specific with your controlling idea. Do not offer any abstract ideas here.

Seoul is a great city to live in. (define great and prove to me that your definition and my definition are the same- as you know- I love to play the devil's advocate)

Seoul provides three key elements which improve a person's quality of life.
1) education 2) medical facilities 3) cultural facilities 4) restaurants 5) public transportation 6) Han River Park 7) shopping 8) do you see the difference?

2) Part of my rubric states, "The vocabulary used is rich and interesting." One thing I told my students in my Thursday classes was, "I can think of no more boring word than the word interesting."
Then I showed them the thesaurus section of the Merriam Webster dictionary site which offers alternative words for 'interesting.' http://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interesting

I encourage you all to make use of the thesaurus. It can help make your writing riveting.

Write well my scribes and have a great weekend,

g

Mid-Term Exam Paragraph Rubric

Hi All,

 The following link will take you to the Rubric for the paragraph section of the Mid-Term Exam.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzAQCX_ntyV1ZlI5R0RHOXd1dms/view?usp=sharing

I will be posting the Rubric for the Audio Section sometime in the near future.

Thanks a lot and do good work,

g