Discussion Board Posting 7, due 11/17, by 11pm, est.In preparation for your final project, in your seventh posting you will assert a thesis in your seventh posting regarding Never Let Me Go that you will support by analyzing evidence, including least one quotation from the second third of the novel one quotation or point from a scholarly journal article that you select on your own. Your response can continue along similar lines as those you explored in Posting 6, addressing different examples.
You will respond to one of the following questions: 1.) How is Never Let Me Go relevant in today's world? What in them should readers know about? What in the text allows us to better understand our world and what light does our world shed on that of the text? 2.) What is the role of power in Never Let Me Go? How is it similar to or differ from the ways we have seen power function in at least one other text we have read this term? Why is this similarity or difference significant? 3.) How does Never Let Me Go allow us to better understand technology, art, or the intersection of the two? What does it teach us? You can select a journal article from the folder in our Google Drive. Your posting will be 250 words and can take the shape of one paragraph or a short introduction and a body paragraph. As you write about your secondary source, use at least one template from They Say, I Say. Take a look at the sample essay in the chapter devoted to revising for examples of ways to incorporate and analyze secondary sources. You might ask yourself what you were able to see in Woolf’s essay as a result of what you learned in the secondary source, or what you agreed or disagreed with in the article and why this matters. Make sure to cite all sources you consult, use quotations appropriately, and cite page numbers in parentheses when referring to or paraphrasing an idea. Depending on the form your final project takes, you might incorporate analysis of a similar kind in it (or incorporate the contents of this posting if it fits), or revise it as a dialogue. If you work on a different text or writer or text, you will take a similar approach, investigating what has been written in journals and considering ideas and concepts that are related to what you would like to discuss (there is also a folder of articles on Frankenstein and film adaptations, for instance, in our Google Drive folder). Check out the sample script in our Google Drive folder for an example. You can add your posting to the Discussion Board by clicking 'create thread.' The postings will be graded using the Discussion Board Posting Rubric.
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Discussion Board Posting 6 due 11/10, by 11pm, est.In preparation for your final projects, you will each make three to five minute screencasts using Screencastomatic. In your video, you will answer one of the following questions, analyzing at least two quotations from the first third of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go to support your point, and showing passages, highlighting words, and explaining how the text makes meaning as you analyze them in your video.
It may help to pair passages that address different facets of a concept or show the progression of a theme. Remember to draw conclusions and begin by stating them. You can also include typed passages or images or media as you explain your points. Get creative!
You can either share your video to the discussion board, clicking ‘create new thread,’ or if the file is too large, share it to our folder on google drive and put a link to it on the discussion board. On Google Drive, go to Advanced and under sharing options, you should limit access to 'certain members,' which makes it accessible to those who already are added to the folder. Remember to cite all sources you consult, including a works cited page in your video. This list should include sources and links for images or media you include. You will be graded using the Discussion Board Posting Rubric from the Posting 1 assignment. You should comment on at least one of your classmates' videos within 48 hours of the deadline. Discussion Board Posting 5 - Due 10/26, by 11pm, est.2018 marked the two hundredth anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, a pioneering novel that draws our attention to the ethical complexities of technology and humanity. This novel has also inspired innumerable film adaptations that reshape and revisit issues at stake in the novel. This recent video addressing the impact of these adaptations is useful for considering the impact of these ideas and is a great example of the type of format that you might take on in your final projects this term, though your projects will be on a smaller scale.
For this discussion board posting, you will view one film adaptation of the novel, such as Mel Brooks’s comedy, Young Frankenstein or the early film, Frankenstein (1931). Responding to the following prompt in at least 250 words, your discussion board posting will assert a thesis that analyzes evidence to support it. Make sure to identify what film you selected. Laura Mulvey argued that films depict women through the male gaze. How is this or is this not present in the film? Select one moment on which to focus. How is this made more complex by the fact that the novel the film adapts is by a female writer? Note: Your response need not focus on a female character. How do you think, in light of Mulvey's view, we see Dr. Frankenstein or his creation, the monster, differently? Do you think the text or its adaptations reflects the fact that it is by a woman writer? How might the film adaptation complicate the perspective of the novel? Analyze at least one quotation from and one moment in the film, including a screenshot (Jing may be helpful for this). Use the strategies from They Say/I Say for incorporating quotations and introducing sources. The sample essay in chapter 11 devoted to revising your work may be helpful. You will be graded using the discussion board posting rubric. You are also required to comment on at least one of your classmates' postings within 48 hours of the deadline for this assignment. Remember to use your own words, quote appropriately, and cite all sources you consult. Discussion Board Posting 4, Due 10/20 by 11pm, est.Nnedi Okorafor’s novel Binti depicts a STEM heroine in space. Your posting will assert a thesis that responds to one of the following questions:
In discussions of ______________, one controversial issue has been ____________. On the one hand, ______________. On the other hand, ____________. My own view is ______________. Your posting will be at least 250 words and you must support and develop your argument by analyzing at least two quotations from the novel. Use the templates in They Say, I Say for introducing quotations and review the sample paragraph in Issue Four of Understanding Rhetoric. Your posting must also address at least one point from the interview with Okorafor on the syllabus. You can quote or refer to what Okorafor says. Include the link in your works cited. Remember to use your own words, use correct MLA format for in-text citations, and include a list of works cited acknowledging all sources you have consulted, including Binti. Discussion Board Posting 3, Due 9/22 by 11pm, est.Sylvia Plath was a visual artist and a writer. A selection of her drawings were sold and made available online. In your third discussion posting, you will pair one of Plath’s drawings with one quotation from chapters 5-8, asserting an argument regarding what the similarities or differences teach us about the novel. As you analyze the drawing and the passage from the novel together, take into account the visual elements that make the drawing a drawing and the written elements that makes the novel a novel. Include a screenshot of your image with your posting. You can capture it using Jing.
Click "create thread" to post your response on our Blackboard Discussion Board. Your response will be at least 250 words and take the shape of the "sandwich paragraph" from Understanding Rhetoric. Postings will be graded using the discussion posting rubric. You are also required to respond to at least one of your classmates’ postings within 48 hours of the deadline. Remember to cite all sources you consult and add a list of works cited that includes the edition of the novel that you quote from. You must use your own words, cite, and quote appropriately. If you are using an e-book, you can cite chapters rather than page numbers in parentheses. For further information regarding Plath’s artwork, see Kathleen Connors and Sally Bayley, eds. Eye Rhymes: Sylvia Plath’s Art of the Visual (Oxford UP, 2007). You can hover over the cover to “look inside” on Amazon. Discussion Board Posting 2, Due 9/15, by 11pm, est.After reading Sylvia Plath’s novel The Bell Jar, pages 1-50 (Ch. 1-4), answer one of the following questions, analyzing at least one quotation from the novel to support your response to each question. Analyze the quotation or quotations you select to support your argument.
Click "create thread" to post your response on our Blackboard Discussion Board. Your response will be at least 250 words and take the shape of the "sandwich paragraph" from Understanding Rhetoric. Postings will be graded using the discussion posting rubric. You are also required to respond to at least one of your classmates’ postings within 48 hours of the deadline. Remember to cite all sources you consult and add a list of works cited that includes the edition of the novel that you quote from. You must use your own words, cite, and quote appropriately. If you are using an e-book, you can cite chapters rather than page numbers in parentheses.
Discussion Board Posting 1, Due 9/8 by 11pm, est.For the first week, we will read Zadie Smith’s essay “Generation Why?” (2010) and E. M. Forster's story, “The Machine Stops” (1909). Composed nearly a century apart, both texts address society, technology, and personal relationships. The questions below invited you to respond to both readings, sometimes separately and sometimes together.
Select one of the following questions to answer:
Your responses will be at least 250-words and analyze at least one quotation from at least one text to support your response. See here for instructions as to how to fluidly incorporate quotations as part of your text. You are also asked to respond to at least one of your classmate’s answers. Please see the rubric below for further information. You will also include a list of works cited in MLA style including the essay or story that you address and any sources you consulted, including web sites. You must use your own words, quote appropriately, and cite all sources you consult. See here for instructions. Discussion Board Postings You will post on our Blackboard Discussion Board on dates indicated on the syllabus. Your postings will engage the question or topic in depth, analyzing quotations and examples when appropriate. Because these postings are short, you are encouraged to develop your own impressions, rather than consult internet sources. If you do consult internet or any other sources, you must cite them. Discussion board postings will be assessed using the following rubric: 4: Exceptional. The discussion board post is focused and coherently integrates examples with explanations or analysis. The post demonstrates awareness of its own limitations or implications, and it considers multiple perspectives when appropriate. The entry reflects in-depth engagement with the topic. 3: Satisfactory. The discussion post is reasonably focused, and explanations or analysis are mostly based on examples or other evidence. Fewer connections are made between ideas, and though new insights are offered, they are not fully developed. The post reflects moderate engagement with the topic. 2: Underdeveloped. The discussion board post is mostly description or summary, without consideration of alternative perspectives, and few connections are made between ideas. The post reflects passing engagement with the topic. 1: Limited. The discussion board post is unfocused, or simply rehashes previous comments, and displays no evidence of student engagement with the topic. 0: No Credit. The discussion board post is missing or consists of one or two disconnected sentences. Adapted from https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/a-rubric-for-evaluating-student-blogs/27196 |