Collaboration of the Arts

Here is a Flickr account for our class. I’ve uploaded a few pictures from the observations I did of your service…

During the last classes, people will do a presentation on their service learning experience. If you taught at the same school, you may do your presentation together, but this is optional.

The presentation should include the following aspects either on a Powerpoint, in photos or video, a handout or other media alongside an oral presentation:

1. Site: Describe the organization and give a history of it. Talk about the community that immediately surrounds your site. Tell us what the school/hospice does for the particular community it’s in.

2. Activity: This means you’ll give us an explanation of 1-2 lessons that you did with your student/patient OR explanation of the administrative work you did OR explanation of what you observed OR explanation of projects you may have completed for or with your patient. You may show slides or actual artwork. You really need to take us through the lesson almost step by step. You aren’t simply going to say, “We made a memory book” or “We made lephrechauns.” Let us know what steps comprised the interaction/lesson.

3. People Involved: Talk about what you think the staff or students or patients got out of your being there. Be extremely specific. Feel free to explain particular people you met, their interactions with each other and with you. Don’t simply say, “They had fun and learned some things” What did they learn? Were they reassured about something? Did they develop a skill or a feeling? How did they react to you? Did their reactions change over the course of your service?

4. You: What did you get from the experience? Again, be specific. You might describe your initial response to the site and the activities, then talk about how your attitude or outlook or understanding of something or some people may have changed (for better or for worse, be honest) as you progressed through your service hours. What do you take away from this? How does the experience change your attitude towards the future or your plans? What surprised you along the way?

The presentations should be approximately 10-15 minutes long. If you start to go over 15 minutes you may be cut off. Time your presentation before you come to class. You may use the document camera, the internet, or any other Windows application on the class projector and screen.

Please let me know if you have questions.

Presentation time slots:

Monday April 27:

1. Kristin M.
2. Cehara
3. Stephanie
4. Nicole Taunitas
5.

Wednesday April 29:

1. Cindy, Katie and Ashley
2. Breean and Victoria
3. Dennis O’Connell
4. Christine Aletras
5. Ali Sulpizio

Friday May 1:

1. Craig J.
2. Dawn
3. Rachel
4. Kayleigh, Sonia, and Ashish?
5. Jared Joya

6.

Class meets Friday May 1, 2009.

Diana Hacker has a good documentation site. Your paper should be in MLA format, so click on the orange bar under “documentation sources” and decide if your question is about in-text citation or a works cited entry.

Easybib is a good shortcut sometimes, though beware when you’re quoting from a text you got from a database or from an odd source like an interview: it can be wrong. You should CHECK your works cited entries against the directions on the Diana Hacker site above or on this short-cut MLA works citedsheet from the Massasoit Community Library.

When in doubt, you should e-mail me with your source question and as much info as you can, or consult Owl Purdue.

Here’s the .pdf on how to do in-text citations.

This is a powerpoint about portraits.

Here is a link to a portrait project — one portrait every day for a year.

The dates have been corrected. Please refer to this schedule. The syllabus uploaded under the “syllabus” link in the column to the left was updated today as well.

W Mar 25

In-class paraphrasing exercise and research exercise. Homework for Monday: Bring magazines, postcards and a pair of scissors.

M Mar 30

Collaborative collage and poem exercise. Homework for Wednesday: 1) Write an outline of your paper. Use the topic sentence outline provided on the class blog. E-mail it to me before 10AM Wednesday Apr 1.

T Mar 31

Conferences with instructor: Morning slots available.

W Apr 1

Workshopping outlines. Citation refresher. Introductions and Conclusions. Homework for Monday: 1) You must bring a draft of an outline and your sources to your conference. 2) Read pp. 59-68 in Third Mind.

Th Apr 2

Conferences with instructor: Check blog for schedule on front page.

M Apr 6

Peter Elbow. Lecture on portraiture. Exercise: The Portrait Duet. Homework for Wednesday: Write the first two paragraphs of your final paper and e-mail them to me by 10AM Tuesday, April 9. Keep in mind we’re going to imagine the rest of
the paper based on your thorough introduction, thesis, and first body paragraph.

W Apr 8

No class due to precepting.

M Apr 12

Workshopping paragraphs. Burrough’s Walking Exercise. Homework: Write a second 500 word narrative about what you notice while you’re at your service learning venue. You can start honing in on anecdotes pertaining to your paper topic, or simply reflect on the differences you’re starting to notice in your own teaching, feelings about teaching, and so on.

W Apr 14

Workshopping paragraphs. Homework: Collect a few items that represent your weekend. Receipts, tickets, brochures, postcards, pebbles, photos, scraps of fabric or paper, newspaper: anything that represents the activities you did over the weekend. Read pp. 143-153 in Third Mind.

M Apr 20

Collaborative weekend archaeology project. Equivalency Exercise. Homework for next time: Bring three copies of your first draft to class on Wednesday.

W Apr 22

Peer Review. Presentation instructions. Homework: Work on presentations.

Th Apr 23

Last day to withdraw with a W.

M Apr 27

The idea of revision. Presentations begin. Homework: Work on presentations. Send revised version of your paper to me by Friday, May 1 at 10AM.

W Apr 29

Presentations. Homework for Monday (or later): Prepare presentations either by yourself of in groups that describe your service experience so far.

F May 1

2:30-5:00PM

Rest of presentations.

M May 4

Class does not meet according to extended class schedule.

Here is the tentative schedule for my visits to your classes. If you don’t see your name listed, write me an e-mail and let me know what a better time might be.

Monday March 30th:

No visits. I teach from 12:45-8PM

Tuesday March 31st:

10AM
Ally

2:30-6:00 PM
Cindy, Katie and Ashley

Wednesday April 1:

Thursday April 2:

3:15-4:30 PM
Dennis

Friday April 3:

9:30AM Kristen in Trenton.

Monday April 6:

Cehara 10PM-12AM

Tuesday April 7:

9-10 AM Jared
12:30Pm-4:00 Victoria and Breean.

Wednesday April 8:

8:30 AM Craig

10-11
Nicole

6PM Christine

Friday April 10:

Noyes Museum: Kayleigh, Ashish and Sonia (10-11)

Let me know if you want me to observe you later in your shift.

Tuesday April 14:

Jared at Spragg school, 9AM

Thursday April 16:

Chris 11-12

Last class, we discussed directions for the final paper. Here is the handout in case you were absent.

From the Gospel of Beauty by Matt Rohrer and Joshua Beckman.

Oleander.

Hillbillies.

Crashes.

The Emu.

Snowy Mountain Range.

This is a powerpoint on the New York School of poetry.