Monday, August 13, 2007
Journal of Earth and Life
Book Review: You have been designated by this research journal as the lead reviewer for its publication. Your job is to choose one of the following books (or another of your choice)to review. Upon completion of your review,which must contain three independent reviews in addition to your own, you must submit it to the Editor in Chief. Your submission must be posted to the blog no later than March 30, 2007. The Editor in Chief will provide feedback on your article. If the article needs to be redrafted, you will be responsible for providing a redraft within five working days. The goal of this assignment is to get your review published.
our assignment: Tracy & Scott & Mark & Donna
For your assignment:
1. Look carefully at the list of books provided
2. Think about the term "Popular literature" -- post your understanding of what that term means within the field of Geo Sciences. Compare notes with your classmates' postings, and come up with a refined definition. We will also share our comparings in class
3. Think about what makes a popular science book successful. For example, do such books make challenging concepts accessible to the non-specialist reader? Do they make scientific terms easily understood? Do they make scientific concepts relevant to the general public? What other purposes might such works serve? Post your thoughts on this question as well, and respond to your classmates' posts.
4. Read the book. Take notes. Write your review.
5. Post your review on Amazon.com using the class code: FPUIREAD
6. Include in your written book review: the author's main argument; three of her/his main pieces of evidence; his/her writing style and voice; your personal response to the work -- i.e., what struck you as most insightful about the book, most challenging, most frustrating. Conclude with your assessment of the book in terms of its being included in this course's list of readings in popular literature, i.e., does this book do what it purports to do? is it useful for the class? is it a good read for the public? Given the course goals for GEO 200, might this book work as a class text?
1. Look carefully at the list of books provided
2. Think about the term "Popular literature" -- post your understanding of what that term means within the field of Geo Sciences. Compare notes with your classmates' postings, and come up with a refined definition. We will also share our comparings in class
3. Think about what makes a popular science book successful. For example, do such books make challenging concepts accessible to the non-specialist reader? Do they make scientific terms easily understood? Do they make scientific concepts relevant to the general public? What other purposes might such works serve? Post your thoughts on this question as well, and respond to your classmates' posts.
4. Read the book. Take notes. Write your review.
5. Post your review on Amazon.com using the class code: FPUIREAD
6. Include in your written book review: the author's main argument; three of her/his main pieces of evidence; his/her writing style and voice; your personal response to the work -- i.e., what struck you as most insightful about the book, most challenging, most frustrating. Conclude with your assessment of the book in terms of its being included in this course's list of readings in popular literature, i.e., does this book do what it purports to do? is it useful for the class? is it a good read for the public? Given the course goals for GEO 200, might this book work as a class text?
muffins?
Zucchini muffins sound good.
Mariachi suit -- you have cool dreams, Zan.
Has anyone seen Miss Potter, the film?
Mariachi suit -- you have cool dreams, Zan.
Has anyone seen Miss Potter, the film?
I'm in!
No paper in classes at all, says Wini. Very scary. I see Blackberries in the hands of people I respect. They can get online at high school basketball games. They exude confidence, and I am attracted to that. BUT, I am attached to my paper...
Nancy
I just made zuchini muffins and breakfast for 5 at my B&B. Then I ran down to an office to fnish up an application for $15,000 for Shelter From The Storm, a start up shelter for the homeless in Jaffrey.
I've taught College Writing at FP(C)U, Rindge for the past 8 years. That's it for now.
I've taught College Writing at FP(C)U, Rindge for the past 8 years. That's it for now.
Introducing Zan Goncalves
This morning I listened to NPR on my morning commute--a green-quiet ride.
Pakistan was the subject and as I listened I heard names I'd only read--Peshwar, Kyber Pass--pinged in my ears and I remembered an emmersion experience in Mexico.
How each time I listened to the rapid fire causal talk I felt like my tuner was just out of range, catching small pieces of words I knew--seco, sol, mujer. I dreamt while I was there, my first dream in another language. I wore a white mariachi suit as looked at a new me in the mirror.
This morning I listened to NPR and made a note I could link this radio broadcast on Pakistan to the class I am teaching where we are reading already together about an American mountaineer turned builder of girls' schools in Pakistan. And as I thought I imagined making the link on the class web site and all those students listening. Would we be together in the classroom? Or would we be far apart in our rooms and cafes listening on headphones?
I wonder. This week I will decide with your help.
I am grateful for the opportunity to work with you all.
Zan
Pakistan was the subject and as I listened I heard names I'd only read--Peshwar, Kyber Pass--pinged in my ears and I remembered an emmersion experience in Mexico.
How each time I listened to the rapid fire causal talk I felt like my tuner was just out of range, catching small pieces of words I knew--seco, sol, mujer. I dreamt while I was there, my first dream in another language. I wore a white mariachi suit as looked at a new me in the mirror.
This morning I listened to NPR and made a note I could link this radio broadcast on Pakistan to the class I am teaching where we are reading already together about an American mountaineer turned builder of girls' schools in Pakistan. And as I thought I imagined making the link on the class web site and all those students listening. Would we be together in the classroom? Or would we be far apart in our rooms and cafes listening on headphones?
I wonder. This week I will decide with your help.
I am grateful for the opportunity to work with you all.
Zan
Tracy
Hi, I'm Tracy Mendham and just got my invite to this blog. I've taught College Writing I and II at the Keene campus of FPU since 2003. I teach in both the traditional classroom and the hybrid eLL format at Keene.
I've used Blogger occasionally for my traditional classes at Franklin Pierce and at Keene State, where I've taught English 101 for the last 3 years. Beginning in September '07, I'll be teaching a new Thinking and Writing course at KSC called "A Blog of One's Own: Women and Authorship in the Digitial Revolution.
Check out:
I've used Blogger occasionally for my traditional classes at Franklin Pierce and at Keene State, where I've taught English 101 for the last 3 years. Beginning in September '07, I'll be teaching a new Thinking and Writing course at KSC called "A Blog of One's Own: Women and Authorship in the Digitial Revolution.
Check out:
- the fun "Dear Professor Mendham" letters my College Writing II students wrote from their hypothetical future professors at http://ic106.blogspot.com/,
- the "Letters to Next Year's Class" from my College Writing I students at http://ic105.blogspot.com/,
- or my newest venture, "Tracy's Office" for my Blog of One's Own class: http://itw101.blogspot.com/.
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