Unit #4 Blog #3
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233 Interdisciplinary Composition I
Prof. Rhonda Kyncl
Caleb chose to go with the assignment of analyzing There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury. I looked at doing this assignment, but I was a little intimidated by it being that the professor has such a close tie to it. I wasn't sure I could do the piece proper justice, but according to what Caleb says about his feedback it appears he did. I have alot of the same problems as you do on that kind of paper where I get too factual and don't make it as fun for the reader as I could. I learned this in Unit #2 when we did the community profile. At the end of the day though, I personally believe this class made us all better writers than we were three months ago.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Friday, October 7, 2011
Unit #4 Blog #1
Unit #4 Blog #1
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233 Interdisciplinary Composition I
Professor Rhonda Kyncl
Chapter four in our book focuses on proofreading and revision of papers. It tells you all the steps to take to make sure that you are taken seriously as an author and your paper is taken seriously by the reader. After writing your paper you should wait one day before you come back to proofread the paper so that your mind has time to "cool off" and you can clearly think about what you have written. When rereading the paper you want to read it as though you are someone who has an opposing view of the topic that the paper is written about. Does the author give enough information about the subject so that if you had no clue about the topic you would be able to make a formed opinion after reading the text? The biggest key to proofreading is being able to slow down and digest every word that has been written to decide how it can be improved. For example, make sure that the text is not too wordy when you can get the same point across with less words. Try to use action verbs when at all possible to make the paper seem more exciting.200 When responding to a writers draft you should read the paper a total of three times. During the first reading you are just trying to get the main idea of the paper. On the second reading you want to look at content, organization, and completeness of the draft. On the third reading you should focus on audience, style, and tone. Keeping these ideas in mind will make sure that the final draft of your text will be the best it can be.
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233 Interdisciplinary Composition I
Professor Rhonda Kyncl
Chapter four in our book focuses on proofreading and revision of papers. It tells you all the steps to take to make sure that you are taken seriously as an author and your paper is taken seriously by the reader. After writing your paper you should wait one day before you come back to proofread the paper so that your mind has time to "cool off" and you can clearly think about what you have written. When rereading the paper you want to read it as though you are someone who has an opposing view of the topic that the paper is written about. Does the author give enough information about the subject so that if you had no clue about the topic you would be able to make a formed opinion after reading the text? The biggest key to proofreading is being able to slow down and digest every word that has been written to decide how it can be improved. For example, make sure that the text is not too wordy when you can get the same point across with less words. Try to use action verbs when at all possible to make the paper seem more exciting.200 When responding to a writers draft you should read the paper a total of three times. During the first reading you are just trying to get the main idea of the paper. On the second reading you want to look at content, organization, and completeness of the draft. On the third reading you should focus on audience, style, and tone. Keeping these ideas in mind will make sure that the final draft of your text will be the best it can be.
Unit #4 Blog #2
Unit #4 Blog #2
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233 Interdisciplinary Composition I
Professor Rhonda Kyncl
The assignment that I found most gratifying was the writing assignment in Unit #3 in which we got to add a new chapter to a short novel we had read. It has always bothered me that the novel I had added to had never really finished the story in my opinion about what happened to the characters as they got older and became adults. Many authors do not ever tell you what happens to the characters in their novels as time goes on from the end of the story. I really enjoy books that tell you what happens to them later on. It does not have to go for 10 or 20 years, but a simple Joe went on to become a famous hockey player would suffice in many circumstances. A good example of this is at the end of the movie Stand by me, which is based on the novel The Body by Stephen King, the author tells you what happened to each of the main characters as they got older. For some of the characters things turned out well. For others it did not turn out so well, but you feel like you know more of the story by knowing the outcomes of their lives.This whole spill of mine may sound dumb to some who read it, but it's just the way I feel about the particular subject. I'm obviously not a literary expert by any means. There aremany who are smarter than I am on this subject that can probably explain why it is better not to reveal further lives of characters.
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233 Interdisciplinary Composition I
Professor Rhonda Kyncl
The assignment that I found most gratifying was the writing assignment in Unit #3 in which we got to add a new chapter to a short novel we had read. It has always bothered me that the novel I had added to had never really finished the story in my opinion about what happened to the characters as they got older and became adults. Many authors do not ever tell you what happens to the characters in their novels as time goes on from the end of the story. I really enjoy books that tell you what happens to them later on. It does not have to go for 10 or 20 years, but a simple Joe went on to become a famous hockey player would suffice in many circumstances. A good example of this is at the end of the movie Stand by me, which is based on the novel The Body by Stephen King, the author tells you what happened to each of the main characters as they got older. For some of the characters things turned out well. For others it did not turn out so well, but you feel like you know more of the story by knowing the outcomes of their lives.This whole spill of mine may sound dumb to some who read it, but it's just the way I feel about the particular subject. I'm obviously not a literary expert by any means. There aremany who are smarter than I am on this subject that can probably explain why it is better not to reveal further lives of characters.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Unit #3 Blog #3 Response to Shelly's Blog
Unit #3 Blog #3
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233 Interdisciplinary Composition I
Dr. Rhonda Kyncl
I agree with Shelly about reading to your children. My mother used to read to me all the time as a small child and I can Personally remember alot of the stories to this day. I also remember the time that we spent together reading. I read with my little girl every night. Though at this point there are some books I can read to you word for word without ever seeing the book, I don't mind too much because I know she will have memories of her daddy reading to her and hopefully it will spark a lifetime love of books for her as well. Though with the advances in technology her generation may not know what real books are because they will all be ebooks before long. Hopefully she'll at least remember the fun times we had acting out the books.
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233 Interdisciplinary Composition I
Dr. Rhonda Kyncl
I agree with Shelly about reading to your children. My mother used to read to me all the time as a small child and I can Personally remember alot of the stories to this day. I also remember the time that we spent together reading. I read with my little girl every night. Though at this point there are some books I can read to you word for word without ever seeing the book, I don't mind too much because I know she will have memories of her daddy reading to her and hopefully it will spark a lifetime love of books for her as well. Though with the advances in technology her generation may not know what real books are because they will all be ebooks before long. Hopefully she'll at least remember the fun times we had acting out the books.
Unit#3 Blog #1
Unit #3 Blog #1
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233 Interdisciplinary Composition I
Dr. Rhonda Kyncl
In this blog I am going to talk about planning & drafting a paper. The first thing you need to is to establish your goals. What does the professor want? Often the assignment will contain key words such as analyze, compare and contrast, define, describe, evluate, or propose that will assist you in determining what direction to take. (Fagley, L., 2009, The Penguin Handbook Third Addition, p. 17). Next, find a topic that you care about. Then explore your topic. Ask the Who, What, Where, When & Why questions. Another good thing is freewriting. I freewriting you basically write down anything that pops in your head for a set period of time and then go back and seperate the good ideas from the bad. Another way of getting ideas is by brainstorming. At the end of your brainstorming session, you cn create a list of good ideas for your topic.The next step is that you need to create a thesis statement. A thesis statement is basically where you tell your idea of what your paper will be about. a good idea would then be to create an outline. This is basically done by starting with your thesis and then outlining all your supporting data in headers underneath in order that you will be writing about them.The final thing you are going to want to do is to write a rough draft of your paper. You should be aware that this will not be a perfect draft or final draft of your paper and that it will be revised some. If you follow these steps, you should not have any problems with writing assignments.
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233 Interdisciplinary Composition I
Dr. Rhonda Kyncl
In this blog I am going to talk about planning & drafting a paper. The first thing you need to is to establish your goals. What does the professor want? Often the assignment will contain key words such as analyze, compare and contrast, define, describe, evluate, or propose that will assist you in determining what direction to take. (Fagley, L., 2009, The Penguin Handbook Third Addition, p. 17). Next, find a topic that you care about. Then explore your topic. Ask the Who, What, Where, When & Why questions. Another good thing is freewriting. I freewriting you basically write down anything that pops in your head for a set period of time and then go back and seperate the good ideas from the bad. Another way of getting ideas is by brainstorming. At the end of your brainstorming session, you cn create a list of good ideas for your topic.The next step is that you need to create a thesis statement. A thesis statement is basically where you tell your idea of what your paper will be about. a good idea would then be to create an outline. This is basically done by starting with your thesis and then outlining all your supporting data in headers underneath in order that you will be writing about them.The final thing you are going to want to do is to write a rough draft of your paper. You should be aware that this will not be a perfect draft or final draft of your paper and that it will be revised some. If you follow these steps, you should not have any problems with writing assignments.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Unit #3 Blog #2
Unit #3 Blog#2
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233 Interdisciplinary Composition
Dr. Rhonda Kyncl
Though some people might find it kind of weird, my favorite book of all time is "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton. The story takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1965. On the surface it is the story of a gang of poor kids vs. the rich kids. Actually, it is a story about a 14 year old who winds up finding out who he really is and what he wants to be in his life. When the story opens we meet Ponyboy Curtis who is a 14 year old greaser who lives on the wrong side of the tracks with his older brothers Darryl "Darry" and Soda Pop. Their parents were killed a year ago in a car accident and since then Darry has been taking car of his two younger brothers. Ponyboy and his friend Jonny meet up with two girls at the movies who are rich kids or socs as they are called in the book. After the movie they have a runin with the girls boyfriends who are some of the most popular socs in town. After the girls leave with their boyfriends Pony and Johnny go to a vacant lot where their gang hangs out and start talking, but wind up falling asleep. Long story short, Johnny winds up killing one of the socs and he and Pony run away to hide in an old church in Windrixville. When they go to town one day they come back to the church a school had been up there on a field trip and the kids caught the church on fire. In the process of saving the kids Johnny is paralyzed when a board falls on him. In the end he dies and Pony learns that his family is the most important thing and that people are just people not greasers and socs.
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233 Interdisciplinary Composition
Dr. Rhonda Kyncl
Though some people might find it kind of weird, my favorite book of all time is "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton. The story takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1965. On the surface it is the story of a gang of poor kids vs. the rich kids. Actually, it is a story about a 14 year old who winds up finding out who he really is and what he wants to be in his life. When the story opens we meet Ponyboy Curtis who is a 14 year old greaser who lives on the wrong side of the tracks with his older brothers Darryl "Darry" and Soda Pop. Their parents were killed a year ago in a car accident and since then Darry has been taking car of his two younger brothers. Ponyboy and his friend Jonny meet up with two girls at the movies who are rich kids or socs as they are called in the book. After the movie they have a runin with the girls boyfriends who are some of the most popular socs in town. After the girls leave with their boyfriends Pony and Johnny go to a vacant lot where their gang hangs out and start talking, but wind up falling asleep. Long story short, Johnny winds up killing one of the socs and he and Pony run away to hide in an old church in Windrixville. When they go to town one day they come back to the church a school had been up there on a field trip and the kids caught the church on fire. In the process of saving the kids Johnny is paralyzed when a board falls on him. In the end he dies and Pony learns that his family is the most important thing and that people are just people not greasers and socs.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Response to Tanya's Home Sweet Home
Unit #2 Blog #3
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233 Interdisciplinary Comp. I
Dr. Rhonda Kyncl
I found your blog on growing up in New York City very interesting. New York is exactly opposite of the place where I grew up. You said that it was the city that never sleeps and my town was the city that never woke up. I can only imagine what it would be like to see people out and about at all hours of the day and night. The only people we have out at night are criminals. Another cool thing would be all the diversity you must have encountered. All the different races, religions, and cultures mixing into one big melting pot of society is what this country was founded on. Playing in the fire hydrants is something you see on TV, but I didn't know people actually did! You had a very interesting childhood and you should be proud.
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233 Interdisciplinary Comp. I
Dr. Rhonda Kyncl
I found your blog on growing up in New York City very interesting. New York is exactly opposite of the place where I grew up. You said that it was the city that never sleeps and my town was the city that never woke up. I can only imagine what it would be like to see people out and about at all hours of the day and night. The only people we have out at night are criminals. Another cool thing would be all the diversity you must have encountered. All the different races, religions, and cultures mixing into one big melting pot of society is what this country was founded on. Playing in the fire hydrants is something you see on TV, but I didn't know people actually did! You had a very interesting childhood and you should be proud.
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