Sample Works Cited Page

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Hi everyone–it was great to see that many of you were able to make it to the screening before.  Hope that you enjoyed it as much as I did.  We could discuss it briefly in class tomorrow.

Just a quick note: don’t forget to find the readings below in the earlier blog post for our discussion of OWS and CUNY tomorrow.  Also, sorry for neglecting to post the sample Works Cited page that I showed in class a few sessions ago. And, yes, if anyone is truly curious, it is one of my earlier papers from way back when.  Here it is:

Sample Works Cited Page

And here is OWL Purdue’s page with more detailed explanations on formatting your Works Cited:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/

REMINDER: FYI Film Screening, Tomorrow 12:15

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Hi everyone–just a reminder that there will be an exciting film screening with our fellow FYI community members tomorrow (Monday 12/5) at 12:15-1:30 PM in Room 230 of the Rosenthal Library.  The film will be a short documentary entitled “We Like It Like That: The Story of Spanish Boogaloo,” which examines the rise of the music genre of Boogaloo in Spanish Harlem during the 1960′s.  We are very honored that the filmmaker Mathew Ramirez Warren will be joining us for a conversation after the screening.  Also, there will be free pizza and refreshments!  Here is the poster:

boogaloo poster

I will also be there, so I look forward to seeing each of you.  As discussed, I will check your participation for extra credit.  Also, remember our change of readings for Tuesday.  Look below (in the previous post) for the files.  See you all soon!

Schedule Updates & Tuesday’s Discussions

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Hi class–I want to very sincerely express my gratitude for your patience and understanding today.  I know that class definitely did not go as I originally planned, but I was very inspired by your genuine concern and interest in learning more about the developments during the rallies of the last two Mondays at Baruch College against the proposed (and now approved by vote) series of tuition hikes across all CUNY campuses.  This is a deeply political issue–with substantial social and economic implications–that affects each one of us.  Witnessing and participating in these two events, I feel an especially strong personal reaction to the approval of the tuition hike, along with the acts of police brutality inflicted on friends and colleagues last Monday.  As I also mentioned in class, however, I do not want you to feel discouraged.  Being supported by a group of passionate students, teachers, staff, and workers was extremely inspiring, showing us what might be possible when we–yes, we–organize together.

Apologies–I’ll step off my soapbox now.  Below, I attach several readings, including 2 articles on Occupy Wall Street and others around Baruch.  I hesitate to say that any one of them might be “optional” reading.  They all provide a glimpse into the contexts in which we are currently enmeshed.  I hope that you will read them all and I encourage you to go out and search for more information about all these events.  Just a fair warning, having witnessed the last two events, I have been appalled by some of the blatant inaccuracies and false portrayals offered by much of the more popular media outlets.  (Here, I cast an especially scathing glance at NYT and HuffPost.)

Here are links to the readings:

12.6 HARTMAN OWS Not Culture War

12.6 WOLF OWS Shocking Truth

12.6 LEE Frontline of Privatizing Higher Education

12.6 Statement Condemning Police Violence at CUNY Board of Trustees Public Hearing

**”OPTIONAL”**

12.6 Conor Tomas Reed on Unfair Arrest

12.6 Our University On Police Violence at CUNY

I will also screen some clips filmed inside the Baruch lobby during the acts of police violence, along with other relevant interviews.  For Thursday, bring back the readings for today.  We will screen and discuss some of the poetry performances, along with some clips from SNL on the 2008 election.

Update!–RE: “140 EngC1stDraft”

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There seems to be some misunderstanding.  Many of you who have sent me your first draft have named the subject line with the requested format of “140 EngC1stDraft.”  This is NOT what I meant.  The name of your FILE /document needs to follow this format.  That means, instead of something like “eng 110 first draft.doc” you should be using the format of “140 EngC1stDraft” so that I can actually tell which file is yours when I download forty documents.  If you did not name it correctly the first time and are reading this post now, resend me an e-mail with the properly named file.  Also, “Work Cited” pages are included at the end of your paper within the same file.  Do NOT send me multiple files.  Thank you.

Update Regarding Tuesday 11/22

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**IMPORTANT: If you are e-mailing your first draft to me by Tuesday, please name your file in this format: 140 (which is the time our class starts), followed by Last name, then first letter of your first name, and “1stDraft.”  Sound confusing?  Here’s an example for me: ”140 EngC1stDraft”  If it were Joe, it would be “140 AlbaneseJ1stDraft”  Make sure that your file is either .doc, .docx, or .pdf.  Do NOT send it in .pages, .rtf, or any other special formats.  If you do not follow this format, your paper may not be eligible for the extra points.  Follow the format.

Hi class–In a ([very regrettably] belated) show of support for last Thursday’s strike, I have decided to cancel our class for Tuesday.  Please use the time to work on writing and sending me a first draft of your final paper.  If you submit this draft by Tuesday 11:59PM, you will receive 1/3 of a grade point for the final version of your paper.  That being said, certain requirements are in order.  Make sure that this first draft is AT LEAST 4 FULL pages.  Include a preliminary “Works Cited” page at the end (this does NOT count as part of the 4 pages). Also, if I sense that you have not put in any effort to the paper, you will not be receiving the extra point.  For example, I do NOT want to read a paper that is entirely composed on just mashing together your annotated bibliography and proposal.

All readings originally assigned for Tuesday wil be discussed when we return the following Tuesday (11/29).  We will be reading one last academic article, by Mahon, and a short beautiful essay by Audre Lorde on poetry.  These texts will serve as an anchor for our discussion as we watch, in class, several performances of spoken word/def-jam poetry.  We will see how these poets treat issues of race and notions of “cultural identity” in a way drastically different from the humor of Harold & Kumar.  If you have yet to submit your Annotated Bibliography, it is your responsibility to do so.  I will not be reminding you.  I will inform you of an updated schedule when we return.

Below, to extend our quite fun discussion on Harold & Kumar this past week, I want you to write below (in at least one chunky paragraph) one stereotype portrayed in the film and, more importantly, how the film uses humor to challenge this stereotype.

Have a nice break everyone.  I hope to read your first drafts soon.  See you soon!

Progress on Research?

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Hi class–hope you found that our last class session in the computer room was a helpful one.  I enjoyed reading your proposals and our subsequent one-on-one conversations.  Through our conversation, hopefully you now have a clearer sense in how to move forward with your research and the writing of your paper.  In an attempt to assess the current state of your progress on your research, I would like you to write the following below: 1) what you were able to work on in the computer room and 2) the next steps for your research.

For Thursday’s Class (11/10)

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Hi class–as discussed yesterday, we will be meeting in the I-Building, Room 205.  This building is located next to the Q Cafe near the Q Cafe Help Desk entrance.  This entire class will be dedicated to working on your own research and paper.  You can work on finding more sources, writing your annotations, or writing the actual first draft of your paper.  Bring a USB memory stick so that you have access to your own documents (annotated bibliography, proposal, first draft, sources).  If you don’t have a USB drive, you might want to e-mail your own word files to yourself and have a printed copy of your sources.  If a few of you can bring in your laptop to do some work, that would be great since there will only be 18 computers available.  The ideal goal would be for you to work on one of the computers.  I will also be returning your proposal and giving comments to each of you briefly.

I want to stress the importance of this class.  Take this opportunity to really sit down and spend time to work on your research.  You may consult with classmates about topics pertaining to these assignments.  If I see any students engaged in irrelevant side conversations or procrastinating online, the student will be asked to leave and marked absent.

See you in the I-Building tomorrow.

Your Annotation Here!

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Since our reading for Tuesday will be short, take the time to read your source (if you haven’t had the chance yet) a little more closely.  Use the skills that we have been practicing throughout the semester to locate the main points, examples, and most relevant parts of the text.  Refer to the list of questions on how to assess sources (attached to this post for your review).  In your annotation, think about how PIE can be useful in structuring your annotated citation: P (2-3 sentences giving an overview of the article’s main points); I (key terms, quotes, passages); and E (explain how it is relevant to your paper and topic).
 Make sure to keep this as one paragraph instead of keeping each part separated.
Remember, your citation comes first and then this paragraph.  Here is the link from OWL Purdue that guides you through the steps for writing an MLA citation:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/
Take the time to look through it closely and see which one fits the criteria for your specific source.  Look through the different section headings and the tabs on the left column to find the right way of citing your specific format.
Also, if you would like to schedule your appointment, please e-mail me to let me know.  Looking forward to reading your annotations!

Your Investigative Proposal

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Hope everyone is having a nice weekend despite the snow/rain!  Just wanted to further explain the proposal since some changes have been made.  Remember, the point of this proposal is to think further about how you plan to approach your final research paper.
 You are not expected to have all the answers about how your paper will turn out.  Instead, this is just a beginning process.  That being said, I need you to make sure that you actually put the time and effort into planning this out.  There should be no question about receiving a good grade so long as I can tell that you have spent the time thinking about this.  This proposal is an opportunity for you to get some feedback about possible directions for your paper.
Your first paragraph follows exactly what you have expressed on this blog next week.  What is your topic?  Why did you choose it?  Why does it seem important to you?  For the second paragraph, examine why your issue is important for the study of cultural identity.  In very basic terms, connect your topic with the discussions that we have been having in class, from Cohen’s definitions of culture to Thomson’s arguments about the culture wars.
The third paragraph is where some adjustments have been made.  Take the space here to briefly outline how you plan on structuring your paper.  This means thinking about more specific parts of the issue that you want to discuss, etc.  For the last paragraph, tell me a little about some sources you’ve found and how they seem to relate to your paper. So, you may tell me the author and title of the two sources you brought into class on Tuesday.  To examine how they might be relevant to your paper, take a look at the sheet of questions I handed out.   Remember to attach your sheet with answers to the questions on the sheet.
Also, bring in one of your sources, along with the sheet of questions and Gaipa’s 8 strategies (the one with the stick figures) for class on Tuesday.
Stay warm and safe this Halloween weekend.  See you Tuesday!

Proposing a Research Topic

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Hi everyone–thanks so much for being so engaged with our library session on Tuesday!  As I hope you were able to experience, there are many resources available for you in thinking about your assignments throughout college.  Part of our research process is finding and making sense of some of the conversations among different scholars.  Our wonderful librarian introduced us to these different tools and resources that we can access through the Queens Library.  Most importantly, we looked at several different databases that collect key academic journals.  Take the time to look through these databases (Opposing Viewpoints, Academic Search Complete, CQ Researcher, and Lexis Nexus (for newspaper and magazine articles) ).  See what some of the main arguments and conversations around your issue of interest are.  Are there certain key terms that are discussed often?  Are there certain events, places, times, or peoples/organizations that are constantly mentioned?
This is directly linked to considering your proposal.  This proposal is meant as an opportunity for you to do some beginning research and further think about an issue that you are interested in exploring further for your final paper.  Below, I want you to begin to write out what can become the first paragraph of your proposal.  This means discussing (1) what issue (try to start narrowing it down to think about more specific parts of this issue that you wil look at) (2) and why you are interested in exploring this issue.
For class next Tuesday, bring in TWO sources that you’re interested in engaging further, at least one of them should be an academic article from a journal.  For our readings, we will look at President Obama’s famous speech discussing race in America.  Think about the choices he makes with the words and organization of this speech.  We will think about this in connection to our readings on the culture wars to consider the heated role of race and how he approaches this issue.
Also bring in a copy of your paragraph proposing your topic of interest.  We will be looking more closely about what makes a good source and HOW we can actively make sense of them in our own papers.  Toward this end, take an extra weekend for your proposal.  We’ll have it due on Tuesday, November 1st.  I’ll let you know about rescheduling all subsequent assignments in a timely manner.
Have a great weekend.  See you soon!