Sunday, November 18, 2018

Final Due Date & Schedule

Final Essay Due: 11/24/18

  • Send by electronic submission
  • Send to: jreyna_4342@southtexascollege.edu
No class meeting: 12/1/18
  • I will be attending graduation ceremonies 
  • Make the most of your time and work on revision during the break
I will see everyone on 12/8/18


Note: please continue to check blogger for any updates

Saturday, November 10, 2018

Final Essay Prompt


Final Research Paper Options
1.       Write a 3-4 page paper on any subject related to PEDAGOGY. The essay can be off an academic article you find on JSTOR or EBSCOhost. Subjects can be related to the following:
·         Education
·         ESL
·         Critical Pedagogy
·         Art
2.       Write a 3-4 paper on one short story, or essay that we have read this semester.  Don’t just summarize; Provide your own insight and response to each work. Choose from the following:
·         Never Marry A Mexican – Sandra Cisneros
·         Eleven – Sandra Cisneros
·         Indian Camp – Ernest Hemingway
·         Three Day Blow – Ernest Hemingway
·         The End of Something – Ernest Hemingway
·         Movimientos de rebeldía y las culturas que traicionan – Gloria Anzaldúa
·         How to Tame a Wild Tongue – Gloria Anzaldúa
3.       Using a film studies approach, write a 3-4 page feminist critique on The Little Mermaid.
Essay Instructions:
-          3-4 pages
-          APA Style
-          Works Cited
-          12 pt. font
-          Times Roman
-          1 Sources (Must be from JSTOR or EBSCOhost)


MLA/APA LAB 1

Question 1:

JSTOR
Key Word: film studies
Find: Introducing Film Studies
p. 94

Cite the following APA:

“They get an introduction to film history from a point of view reflective of and grounded in my published research”

Question 2:
EBSCOhost
Key Word: film studies an introduction
Find: Irish Film and Media Studies Publication. Introduction
Cite the following in APA:

“Irish cinema has tended to be read this way too – as reflecting and reflecting on national and social concerns”

Question 3:
Book, pg. 81
Borderland / La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldúa
Cite the following in APA:

“Until I can take pride in my language, I cannot take pride in myself. Until I can accept as legitimate Chicano Texas Spanish, Tex-Mex and all the other languages I speak, I cannot accept the legitimacy of myself”

In the above passage, Anzaldúa questions her legitimacy as a person through her language and culture.



In the above passage, the author questions her legitimacy as a person through her language and culture.

JSTOR LAB 1

JSTOR & EBSCO LAB 2
Using JSTOR
Keywords: Cisneros, colonialism, Malinche
·         How many search results do you get?
·         Locate the article: “Los Milagros de la Virgen de Guadalupe: Transcion al Nuevo/Nuevo Mundos
·         Who wrote the article?
·         What journal does it appear?
·         What hear was it published


Using JSTOR
Keywords: Hemingway, Michigan, The End of Something
·         How many search results do you get?
·         Who wrote “Ernest Hemingway’s West”?
·         What journal does it appear?
·         What volume and issue?
·         How many pages is it?

Using EBSCO
Keywords: Hemingway, Michigan
·         How many search results appear?
·         Locate “Hemingway’s Michigan Landscapes” journal article
·         Who wrote it?
·         What year was it published?
·         What is the article about?
·         Where did you get the information?

Using EBSCO
Keywords: Anzaldua, Language
·         How many search results appear
·         What is “Collapsing the Binary in Gloria Anzaldua’s “Borderlands” about?
·         Who wrote it?

Friday, November 2, 2018

UPDATE

Please check previous BLOG POST.  I will see you next week.