Course Blog vs. Individual Blogs

English 102 Classes,

I would like to make an announcement about the blogs and remind you that this course blog is a platform for all students from the 3 different sections to get in contact with each other outside of class. However, you must not post your weekly blog entries here! Note that I will NOT accept it if it is here. Also, this is a place for me to get in contact with you to post information that may have changed in the syllabus or in the homework and post assignment information etc. By the end of Sunday, I will delete all the weekly blog entries that you have posted here! Make sure you copy/paste the info in your own blogs as I will delete it in order to free up space to be able to have access to the important information/announcements for the classes!

Thank you,

Salamat

Student Blog Links

For the extra credit opportunity you have, you may comment on any of the blog links of your classmates. Keep in mind that each blog comment must be placed within a different week (one comment per week)! Each comment should be at least 4-5 sentences and in depth!
Here are the links to the student blogs I have received from you in emails for all three sections of the English 102 Class:

http://amyfurey.blogspot.com http://yone809.blogspot.com/ http://sammylin1.blogspot.com/ jairomacancela.blogspot.com http://martina102-0823.blogspot.com/ janethmayorga3.blogspot.com lizetteramirez86.blogspot.com http://zulianiburgosenglish102.blogspot.com http://dyoungweeklyblog.blogspot.com/ http://glorimiv14.blogspot.com/ mdahabib.blogspot.com http://azailejan.blogspot.com http://sukhmeetkaur26.blogspot.com/ http://richardjruiz.blogspot.com/ http://eng102-luanromo.blogspot.com/ http://derekayala.blogspot.com/ http://editheg.blogspot.com/ http://johngonzalezsection0882.blogspot.com/ http://selbritt.blogspot.com/ http://jingjingl234.blogspot.com/ http://english10456.blogspot.com/ If you do not find your blog link here, please post a comment to this blog to do so. In the comment box, write your full name, class section, and the link to your blog. Best Wishes, Salamat

Reading Changes for Weeks 4 + 5!!

English 102 Classes,

Here are some changes I've made to the course schedule beginning this upcoming Monday (Mar. 24):

Reading assignment for this week: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman p.345
Week 4
Sections 823 & 838:
Monday-Mar. 24>We will continue going over the readings from last week & I will return the essays.

Wednesday-Mar. 26>You must make sure you finish "The Yellow Wallpaper" before class as I will conduct a quiz on it during the 2 hours. This is the only reading you have for this week so please make sure you do it. We will then discuss the story. In addition, we will go over the essays.

Section 882:
Friday-Mar. 28
We will continue going over the readings from last week, I will return the essays, and I will conduct a quiz on "The Yellow Wallpaper". This is the only reading you have for this week so please make sure you complete it. We will also go over the essays.

Week 5(Mar. 31-April 4)
Sections 823 & 838 & 882:
I'm taking out "Araby" from the reading assignments. We will begin to focus solely on poetry from this week on.


Best Wishes,
Salamat

Change of Syllabus/Homework for Week 3 (March 17-21)!!

Hey everyone,

I hope you have been enjoying your weekend so far. There has been a change in your syllabus for the readings that are due this week. Your syllabus states that for this upcoming week, you must read "Young Goodman Brown", "The Storm", and "The Metamorphosis". However, I would like to take out "The Metamorphosis" and instead add "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury on page 135 of your textbooks.

Also, this week your first essays are due! For sections 0823 and 0838, you must hand in your papers on Wednesday and for section 0882, you must hand in your papers on Friday in class. Please check an earlier entry in this blog for more information about your papers. Keep in mind that you can also email me a draft for comments.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!


-Salamat

Cathedral Analysis (Opinion)

After reading Cathedral by Raymond Carver a piece of Carver's symbolism of the Cathedral and the Blind man opened my eyes to look further than possible. Because we see it doesn't mean we understand. For one to truly appreciate what one see, the person must look beyond the obvious. A Cathedral is a building that we know. But what does a Cathedral symbolize?, what does the building consists of? Why must it be so enormous in size? Why are there monsters outside the Cathedral? I love this short story i'll admit in the beginning of the story I felt envious towards the blind man because everything seemed to focus around him but in all actuality the old man symbolized what we take for granted.

Essay One Assignment Sheet

I am posting the description for your first essay here. You can view the google doc by clicking HERE.

NOTE: Pay attention to the due date based on your section as it may be different from the syllabus.

How to Create a Blog on Blogger - 2013 [part 1]

Syllabi

Welcome English 102 Classes!

As you know already, this is your blog--a blog that will keep the class, all three sections that I'm teaching, connected outside of the classroom.

I have uploaded all your syllabi so please click on the link for your syllabus based on the section you are registered for; save the link.

Everyone will be invited to this blog to be able to post or comment on anything from discussions pertaining to our class or other school events you want to share with the rest of the students in these three sections! In addition, I will send you the link to this blog so that you can get access to it even if you cannot necessarily post something here.

I will make a post shortly showing you the steps to make your individual blogs to begin posting as soon as you wish to do so. During the weekend, I will also post the description for your first essays so that you can have access to it and start thinking about it before the deadline.

Let's have an awesome semester together! :)

Sincerely,
Salamat

Syllabi:

English 102.0882

English 102.0823

English 102.0838