miracosta college: puente english
 
   

quo vadimus / puente home

Our Guiding Questions

    What cultural forces shape the lives of young Latinos in the United States?

    How do these forces work and how have Latinos responded to these influences?

    Reminder:

    If you have not already done so, please make sure that you have emailed me the final version of your "They Say, I Say" paper so that I can grade it over the weekend.

    Due Tuesday, November 27

    Reading
    (1-2 Hours)

    • Always Running Prefaces

     

    Writing
    (3-4 Hours)

    Continue expanding "Who Am I Paper." Revise your "second memory" and "my name" sections and add an analysis of your favorite passage from the literature we have read this semester.

    You should end up posting a new draft to Blackboard that has these parts:

    1. revised name
    2. revised heritage
    3. revised first memory (happy or sad)
    4. revised second memory (happy or sad)
    5. Draft favorite passage from literature analysis section.

    Bring a printed out copy of your work to class. We will be working on the paper during both parts of class.

     

    Call or email for help:
    puentista@mac.com
    cell: 951-505-2232

    Jim is available in 4612 from 7:45-8:45 each Tuesday and Thursday

    November 30
    Olive Elemtary Reading Service Learning Visit
    9:30-11:30

     

    Due Tuesday, November 20

    Reading
    (1-2 Hours)

    • Always Running Epilogue

    • Discussion card for Always Running Epilogue

     

    Writing
    (3-4 Hours)

    Please email Jim your final draft of your "they say / i say" paper so that he can begin grading those and setting up a new conference schedule.

    Continue expanding "Who Am I Paper." Revise your happy / sad experience draft and draft a second experience section (if you did a happy section for Thursday's class, do a sad section for Tuesday's class).

    You should end up posting a new draft to Blackboard that has these parts

    1. revised heritage
    2. revised first memory that shaped who you are today (happy or sad)
    3. drafted second memory that has shaped who you are today.

     

    Jim is at home on doctor's orders, please call or email for help:
    puentista@mac.com
    cell: 951-505-2232

    November 30
    Olive Elemtary Reading Service Learning Visit
    9:30-11:30

    Due Thursday, November 15

    Reading
    (1-2 Hours)

    • Always Running Chapter 10

    • Discussion card for Always Running Chapter 10

     

    Writing
    (3-4 Hours)

    • Post draft of mentor's profile if you have not already done so.

    • Revise heritage section of Who Am I essay and draft a section about either one happy or one sad memory that has shaped who you are today. Remember to show rather than tell and explain how this experience has shaped who you are today.
    • Post a copy of this revised heritage section and draft memory section to blackboard.

    Jim is at home on doctor's orders, please call or email for help:
    puentista@mac.com
    cell: 951-505-2232

    November 30
    Olive Elemtary Reading Service Learning Visit
    9:30-11:30

     

    Due Tuesday, November 13

    Reading
    (1-2 Hours)

    • Read and study sample "Who Am I" essays

     

    Writing
    (3-4 Hours)

    • Draft mentor's profile: put in blackboard and bring print out to class.

    • Complete expanded draft (minimum 500 words) of heritage reflection
      • How has my heritage--ethnic, racial, linguistic, religious, or national culture--shaped who I am today?
      • Bring print out and post to blackboard.

     

    Computer Classroom
    Study Hall
    OC 4612 8:00-8:45 AM

    Come for help or verbal feedback on your writing.

    November 10
    Orphanage Trip
    7:30-4:00

    November 30
    Olive Elemtary Reading Service Learning Visit
    9:30-11:30

     

    Due Thursday, November 8

    Reading
    (1-2 Hours)

    • Read and study Heritage Handouts (distributed in Freddy's Class on 11/7)

    • Read Coordination web page on sentence development strategies.

     

    Writing
    (3-4 Hours)

    • Complete Final Draft of They Say / I Say Paper. Post in blackboard and bring a print out to class.

    • Check conference schedule and attend schedule conference.

    Computer Classroom
    Study Hall
    OC 4612 8:00-8:45 AM

    Come for help or verbal feedback on your writing.

    November 8
    Learning Community
    (after class)

    November 10
    Orphanage Trip

    November 30
    Olive Elemtary Reading Service Learning Visit
    9:30-11:30

    Due Tuesday, November 6

    Reading
    (1-2 Hours)

    • Read and study Always Running Chapter 9

    • Complete a discussion card for Chapter 9.
    • Review the comma splice / run-on powerpoint if you did not already do so for our last class.

     

    Writing
    (3-4 Hours)

    • Tell Jim which paragraph you wish him to comment on in your latest draft in Blackboard.
    • Complete an edit log for that paragraph after Jim has commented on it.

    Computer Classroom
    Study Hall
    OC 4612 7:45-8:45 AM

    Come for help or verbal feedback on your writing.

    November 3
    Puente Motivation Conference

    November 10
    Orphanage Trip

    Due Thursday, November 1

    Reading
    (1-2 Hours)

    • Review and study All readings before Novena Narrativas in the newest packet:

      • The Doll
      • Guadalupe the Sex Goddess
      • Extraordinarily Woman
      • The Battle of the Virgins

    • Please complete a Novena Narrativas discussion card.

     

    Writing
    (3-4 Hours)

    • No new writing.
    • Continue revising intro and body paragraphs
    • Post all work to blackboard; I will be entering "they say, I say" grades in blackboard after class on Thursday.
    • Review and study the Powerpoint on comma splices and fused sentences" CSRO

    Computer Classroom
    Study Hall
    OC 4612 7:45-8:45 AM

    Come for help or verbal feedback on your writing.

    November 1
    Learning Community

    (After Class) November 3
    Puente Motivation Conference

    November 10
    Orphanage Trip

     

    Due Tuesday, October 30

    Reading
    (1-2 Hours)

    • Review and study Novena Narrative (Begins on Page 153 of handout)

    • No Study Card Necessary

     

    Writing
    (3-4 Hours)

    • Draft Intro and Conlcusion to They Say, I Say Essay
    • Revise They Say, I Say Body Paragraphs
    • Combine these two pieces into one paper and submit to Blackboard
    • Bring copy to class!

    Computer Classroom
    Study Hall
    OC 4612 7:45-8:45 AM

    Come for help or verbal feedback on your writing.

    November 3
    Puente Motivation Conference

    November 10
    Orphanage Trip

     

    Because of "fire week," we will not be having our third round of conferencing. We will begin our fourth round next week.

    Have you completed your Conference #2 with Jim? Please schedule something today!!

     

    Puente Photos

    • Puentistas in Action at El Hogar Infantil, La Gloria

      DJ Money and friend hang out a treehouse.

      Yolanda supervising as a few of the children play.

      Thanks to DJ Money, Alma, Agustin, and Yoli for spending the day with the children at the orphanage!

Course
Resources
Syllabus
Dictionary.com
Freddy's Page:
Counseling 110
Luis Rodriguez
Links
Michelle Serros Home Page
Grammar Guide
Comma Splice Powerpoint
"They Say" Rubric
Code It Exercise
Michelle Serros NPR Interview
"I Say" Rubric
They Say, I Say Instructions / Overview
They Say, I Say Intros PowerPoint
They Say, I Say Conclusion Powerpoint
quo vadimus / puente home (top)

Page Updated: November 20, 2007

Jim Sullivan
MiraCosta College

   
   
Jim Sullivan • Letters Department • MiraCosta College
Office: OC 3615 • Office Hours: M/W 12-1 ; T/Th 11-12
Phone: (760) 757-2121 ext. 6303 • Mail: 1 Barnard Drive / Oceanside CA 92056