Friday, February 28, 2014
SWA 2/26
The article "Shitty First Drafts" by Lamott tells a story about the writing process and her view on drafts. To her, first drafts are supposed to be anything you want to write about, and is supposed to be like a raw, uncut gem. It doesn't have to be good on its first draft, it just has to express all the things you want to write about, since you know that you can always change it later. She would try to write as much as she can so that the next time she looks at it, she can write all over it and decide where to go with this draft: take out things, re-write sentences, add in new words, etc.
Monday, February 24, 2014
SWA 2/21
The theme I chose is Prostitution in Compton, specifically on Long Beach
Boulevard
http://articles.latimes.com/1995-07-30/local/me-29606_1_beach-boulevard
In the article, "A Beach Cleanup : Anaheim Targets Prostitution at Motels Along the Boulevard", author Greg Hernandez reports about how police are targeting the motels that condone the prostitution service instead of targeting those involved directly in the act. It looks legitmate, seeing as how its from the "Los Angeles Times" newspaper, and its easy to read with the article divided into sections, with each one focusing on one aspect of the thesis. It sounds good as well, providing evidence and vocabulary to compliment the writing style and topic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX4la7LwwVk "Keisha's Song" By Kendrick Lamar
In this song of the Section 80 album, Kendrick Lamar tell's the story of Keisha who is underage but forced into the vicious circle of prostitution in Compton, Long Beach Boulevard. It don't look like much because it's a song, but it sounds very well and has much more meaning that what's shown. You have to really listen to the lyrics to get the true meaning that Kendrick is trying to depict.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/nixle/uploads/pub_media/user21087-1345578505-media1
In this picture, you see what the normal hooker of Long Beach Boulevard was carrying around. She was caught under a string operation and these items were confiscated from her. It doesn't sound like anything because it's a picture, but it looks like the woman who was carrying this was in trouble and needs help/
http://articles.latimes.com/1995-07-30/local/me-29606_1_beach-boulevard
In the article, "A Beach Cleanup : Anaheim Targets Prostitution at Motels Along the Boulevard", author Greg Hernandez reports about how police are targeting the motels that condone the prostitution service instead of targeting those involved directly in the act. It looks legitmate, seeing as how its from the "Los Angeles Times" newspaper, and its easy to read with the article divided into sections, with each one focusing on one aspect of the thesis. It sounds good as well, providing evidence and vocabulary to compliment the writing style and topic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX4la7LwwVk "Keisha's Song" By Kendrick Lamar
In this song of the Section 80 album, Kendrick Lamar tell's the story of Keisha who is underage but forced into the vicious circle of prostitution in Compton, Long Beach Boulevard. It don't look like much because it's a song, but it sounds very well and has much more meaning that what's shown. You have to really listen to the lyrics to get the true meaning that Kendrick is trying to depict.
In this picture, you see what the normal hooker of Long Beach Boulevard was carrying around. She was caught under a string operation and these items were confiscated from her. It doesn't sound like anything because it's a picture, but it looks like the woman who was carrying this was in trouble and needs help/
Friday, February 21, 2014
3rd draft
My name is Carlo Cedrix De Castro and I'm an 18 year old full-Filipino
freshman currently attending CSU Sacramento. My current major is
Kinesiology with hopes of becoming a P.E. teacher / coach on the side. I
don't have a favorite book since I don't really read for fun anymore,
but my favorite movies are "Back to the Future", "Rocky", and "21 Jump
Street". I have a lot of experience with technology, but none relating
to blogging; I never just did use the internet for that kind of thing. The word that would best describe my feelings towards writing would
be indifferent; it would really have to depends on what I'm writing
about. Usually anything sparks my interests, but there's still a lot
that I don't know(combined this portion with the previous paragraph).
What motivates me to be successful in college is the fear of failure: I don't want to experience it any more than I should or else I will end up on the streets. I think about it everyday: if I fail, where would i be the next day? What would I do with my life? Would it be embarrassing? Things like that stay to my thoughts. This also is part of the fact of why I'm in college. I'm here to get my degree and teaching credentials and just work as a teacher.
I grew up in a stereotypical Asian household: parents didn't support me doing sports, I was on a leash at home, and academics were emphasized. Heavily. It was so emphasized that my dad would buy encyclopedias just to have them around the house and force their kids to look at it for at least one hour a day. This would start a chain of events that impacted my way of writing/perception of the world, most notable the reading/writing tools introduced to me as a child, the readings of Harry Potter books, AVID, and TEEAC.
After reading that one encyclopedia many times, my dad decided to buy a whole new reading/writing material called "Hooked on Phonics". What it is is basically a learning tool/ educational card game all in one that teaches you the fundamentals of the English language and how to use it properly. From compound words to using punctuation, to even Homonyms, this tool taught me a lot, and has shaped my early childhood knowledge by turning me into one of those gifted students. By the time I entered the 1st grade, I was so far ahead that they forced me into the 2nd grade.
Fast-foward a couple years later, my school opens its own library and I'm able to check out books. One of the 1st books I remember reading was the Harry Potter series. I remember being so intrigued by the plot and character development of the main protagonists Harry, Ron and Hermione that I would continue reading the book series for the remaining years of my grade school days, sometimes even re-reading the installments for fun. I felt as if this greatly helped my reading/writing ability because I was getting used to reading 600+ page books and seeing a more sophisticated writing style has helped me develop my own.
In middle school, I joined a program called AVID, which is basically a college preparatory class designed to help advance you to the next level of learning. Here I learned about different writing strategies and readings such as Cornell notes and annotating; it became easier for me to understand texts that I could not before. Another thing about this program was that it introduced me to a lot of different people from different backgrounds which helped me to not be so ignorant. One of those people that influenced me a lot was my 8th grade teacher, Ms. Christopher, who acted like another big sister to me and still gives me advice from time to time whenever I visit her. AVID has changed my perception of the world because it has shown me what life can be without a proper future plan and the tools needed.
In high school, I tried to find my own writing style for papers, but it wasn't until my sophomore year where I learned about one that would help me greatly throughout not only my school but my entire life. This writing style, known as TEEAC, served as a guideline to how all my writings would be. I basically give analysis on every piece of evidence I provide and how it would be important to the topic I'm writing about. This writing style has helped me numerous times in writing assignments and even all my college entrance statements, and I'm grateful to have been exposed and developed this style.
Reading and writing is one of those things that are lifelong; no matter where you go, at what time, who you are with, or even what language, reading and writing will always be there. It has no barrier/line of separation. At that moment in college, reading and writing will serve as a big role for me. If I cannot read and write well, then I will surely fail and then I'm back to the thoughts of: if I fail, where would i be the next day? What would i do with my life? Would it be embarrassing? I'm not at my prime yet though. I still have a lot to learn and polish up; my reading and writing skills aren't perfected yet.
As for reading and writing after school and in my future life, those skills will become even more important than they were in college, because now you are in the real world. There are lots of important things to read and if you don't respond well enough, you might get in a lot of trouble(i.e. fine print on a contract). I feel that after college, you should polish those skills every now and then so that you still stay fresh. There's a saying that's old but I feel that applies well in this case: "If you don't use it, you lose it." In my future career as a P.E teacher/ sports coach on the side, I hope to use my reading /writing skills to effectively communicate to my team on what they should be doing in game, the strategies to win, and how to do each drill in practice to maximize efficiency.
What motivates me to be successful in college is the fear of failure: I don't want to experience it any more than I should or else I will end up on the streets. I think about it everyday: if I fail, where would i be the next day? What would I do with my life? Would it be embarrassing? Things like that stay to my thoughts. This also is part of the fact of why I'm in college. I'm here to get my degree and teaching credentials and just work as a teacher.
I grew up in a stereotypical Asian household: parents didn't support me doing sports, I was on a leash at home, and academics were emphasized. Heavily. It was so emphasized that my dad would buy encyclopedias just to have them around the house and force their kids to look at it for at least one hour a day. This would start a chain of events that impacted my way of writing/perception of the world, most notable the reading/writing tools introduced to me as a child, the readings of Harry Potter books, AVID, and TEEAC.
After reading that one encyclopedia many times, my dad decided to buy a whole new reading/writing material called "Hooked on Phonics". What it is is basically a learning tool/ educational card game all in one that teaches you the fundamentals of the English language and how to use it properly. From compound words to using punctuation, to even Homonyms, this tool taught me a lot, and has shaped my early childhood knowledge by turning me into one of those gifted students. By the time I entered the 1st grade, I was so far ahead that they forced me into the 2nd grade.
Fast-foward a couple years later, my school opens its own library and I'm able to check out books. One of the 1st books I remember reading was the Harry Potter series. I remember being so intrigued by the plot and character development of the main protagonists Harry, Ron and Hermione that I would continue reading the book series for the remaining years of my grade school days, sometimes even re-reading the installments for fun. I felt as if this greatly helped my reading/writing ability because I was getting used to reading 600+ page books and seeing a more sophisticated writing style has helped me develop my own.
In middle school, I joined a program called AVID, which is basically a college preparatory class designed to help advance you to the next level of learning. Here I learned about different writing strategies and readings such as Cornell notes and annotating; it became easier for me to understand texts that I could not before. Another thing about this program was that it introduced me to a lot of different people from different backgrounds which helped me to not be so ignorant. One of those people that influenced me a lot was my 8th grade teacher, Ms. Christopher, who acted like another big sister to me and still gives me advice from time to time whenever I visit her. AVID has changed my perception of the world because it has shown me what life can be without a proper future plan and the tools needed.
In high school, I tried to find my own writing style for papers, but it wasn't until my sophomore year where I learned about one that would help me greatly throughout not only my school but my entire life. This writing style, known as TEEAC, served as a guideline to how all my writings would be. I basically give analysis on every piece of evidence I provide and how it would be important to the topic I'm writing about. This writing style has helped me numerous times in writing assignments and even all my college entrance statements, and I'm grateful to have been exposed and developed this style.
Reading and writing is one of those things that are lifelong; no matter where you go, at what time, who you are with, or even what language, reading and writing will always be there. It has no barrier/line of separation. At that moment in college, reading and writing will serve as a big role for me. If I cannot read and write well, then I will surely fail and then I'm back to the thoughts of: if I fail, where would i be the next day? What would i do with my life? Would it be embarrassing? I'm not at my prime yet though. I still have a lot to learn and polish up; my reading and writing skills aren't perfected yet.
As for reading and writing after school and in my future life, those skills will become even more important than they were in college, because now you are in the real world. There are lots of important things to read and if you don't respond well enough, you might get in a lot of trouble(i.e. fine print on a contract). I feel that after college, you should polish those skills every now and then so that you still stay fresh. There's a saying that's old but I feel that applies well in this case: "If you don't use it, you lose it." In my future career as a P.E teacher/ sports coach on the side, I hope to use my reading /writing skills to effectively communicate to my team on what they should be doing in game, the strategies to win, and how to do each drill in practice to maximize efficiency.
2/10
Written by Richard Straub,
"Responding- Really Responding- to Other Students' Writing" isn't about
simply making comments on a paper you are responding to like in a peer
edit, but rather giving meaningful feed back, to help the writer look
back on their work and make it even better than it was before. He gives
us a hypothetical situation where we are given two choices for feed
back: either complete the assignment and stop at that, without giving a
second thought after giving them your comments, or put effort and time
into it and more than just satisfy whom ever it concerns - which is
ironic since we are giving our feedback and comments on a paper that
teaches you how to give meaningful feed back.
As a specialist on reading, evalutaing, and responding to student writing, Straub gives us some ideas to help better our feedback such as thinking about "How should you look at yourself as a responder?", " What are your goals?", and " How do you get started?". These questions serve as the blueprint/guidelines towards giving better feedback towards material we read. He even addresses how we should sound when we give them the feedback and how much, and where to put it. By reading Straub's article, you get a feeling that by reading his advice and tips, you can become a better write youself, even when you aren't in need of any input from anyone. Personally I feel that his tips were useful, such as focusing on what to address like its shape or flow, how to sound (not like teacher), and how my tone of the feed back should be (whether it should be praiseful or criticizing)
As a specialist on reading, evalutaing, and responding to student writing, Straub gives us some ideas to help better our feedback such as thinking about "How should you look at yourself as a responder?", " What are your goals?", and " How do you get started?". These questions serve as the blueprint/guidelines towards giving better feedback towards material we read. He even addresses how we should sound when we give them the feedback and how much, and where to put it. By reading Straub's article, you get a feeling that by reading his advice and tips, you can become a better write youself, even when you aren't in need of any input from anyone. Personally I feel that his tips were useful, such as focusing on what to address like its shape or flow, how to sound (not like teacher), and how my tone of the feed back should be (whether it should be praiseful or criticizing)
HW 2/3
My definition of "multimodality" is a way to create meanings for words
that would have different meanings in different context, and how people
use them to convey their thoughts. For example, in the music genre "rap"
( rhyme and poetry), rappers like Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole use
multimodality to get their message across. In "Keisha's Song" by
Kendrick Lamar, he says "fancy girls on long beach boulevard". Because
he adds the part "on long beach boulevard", Lamar is referencing the
"fancy girls" as prostitutes. In society, multimodality plays an
important role because it shows how relationships are really conveyed,
which in turn helps us understand its components, whether race, gender
or social class plays a role. It helps us understand the relationship
between us, language, and the media and how it stands. In my day-to-day
life, multimodality plays a big role because it shows me the status quo
of the world I'm in, what's my place in society and what I should be
doing in my family.
HW 1/29
Written by Anzaldua, "How to tame a
Wild tongue" tells the experience of a non-native english immigrant who
has had trouble breaking the language barrier and perservers through it
while remaining true to where they come from. The article "Mother
Tongue" by Amy Tan is from a write who was fasinated by language and
grew up with english. Both articles differ in the sense of their
background, but similar to that where both keep true to their selves.
Personally, I can relate somewhat to both articles, because in Anzaldua's story, I was born in the Philippines, but can barely speak tagalog. I'm comfortable with english, but whenever I go back to my hometown, I feel like a stranger and can't communicate there properly. With Tan's article, I feel at home speaking english and try to find new ways to communicate.
Personally, I can relate somewhat to both articles, because in Anzaldua's story, I was born in the Philippines, but can barely speak tagalog. I'm comfortable with english, but whenever I go back to my hometown, I feel like a stranger and can't communicate there properly. With Tan's article, I feel at home speaking english and try to find new ways to communicate.
Monday, February 17, 2014
2nd draft
My name is Carlo Cedrix De Castro and I'm an 18 year old full-Filipino freshman currently attending CSU Sacramento. My current major is Kinesiology with hopes of becoming a P.E. teacher / coach on the side. I don't have a favorite book since I don't really read for fun anymore, but my favorite movies are "Back to the Future", "Rocky", and "21 Jump Street". I have a lot of experience with technology, but none relating to blogging; I never just did use the internet for that kind of thing.
The word that would best describe my feelings towards writing would be indifferent; it would really have to depends on what I'm writing about. Usually anything sparks my interests, but there's still a lot that I don't know.
What motivates me to be successful in college is the fear of failure: I don't want to experience it any more than I should or else I will end up on the streets. I think about it everyday: if I fail, where would i be the next day? What would I do with my life? Would it be embarrassing? Things like that stay to my thoughts. This also is part of the fact of why I'm in college. I'm here to get my degree and teaching credentials and just work as a teacher.
I grew up in a stereotypical Asian household: parents didn't support me doing sports, I was on a leash at home, and academics were emphasized. Heavily. It was so emphasized that my dad would buy encyclopedias jus to have them around the house and force their kids to look at it for at least one hour a day. This would start a chain of events that impacted my way of writing/perception of the world.
After reading that one encyclopedia many times, my dad decided to buy a whole new reading/writing material called "Hooked on Phonics". What it is is basically a learning tool/ educational card game all in one that teaches you the fundamentals of the English language and how to use it properly. This shaped my early childhood knowledge by turning me into one of those gifted students. By the time I entered the 1st grade, I was so far ahead that they forced me into the 2nd grade.
Fast-foward a couple years later, my school opens its own library and I'm able to check out books. One of the 1st books I remember reading was the Harry Potter series. I remember being so intrigued by the plot and character development of the main protagonists Harry, Ron and Hermione that I would continue reading the book series for the remaining years of my grade school days, sometimes even re-reading the installments for fun. I felt as if this greatly helped my reading/writing ability because I was getting used to reading 600+ page books and seeing a more sophisticated writing style has helped me develop my own.
In middle school, I joined a program called AVID, which is basically a college prepatory class designed to help advance you to the next level of learning. Here I learned about different writing strategies and readings such as Cornell notes and annotating; it became easier for me to understand texts that I could not before. Another thing about this program was that it introduced me to a lot of different people from different backgrounds which helped me to not be so ignorant. AVID has changed my perception of the world because it has shown me what life can be without a proper future plan and the tools needed.
In high school, I tried to find my own writing style for papers, but it wasn't until my sophomore year where I learned about one that would help me greatly throughout not only my school but my entire life. This writing style served as a guideline to how all my writings would be. I basically give analysis on every piece of evidence I provide and how it would be important to the topic I'm writing about.
Reading and writing is one of those things that are lifelong; no matter where you go, at what time, who you are with, or even what language, reading and writing will always be there. It has no barrier/line of separation. At tht moment in college, reading and writing will serve as a big role for me. If I cannot read and write well, then I will surely fail and then I'm back to the thoughts of: if I fail, where would i be the next day? What would i do with my life? Would it be embarrassing? I'm not at my prime yet though. I still have a lot to learn and polish up; my reading and writing skills aren't perfected yet.
As for reading and writing after school and in my future life, those skills will become even more important than they were in college, because now you are in the real world. There are lots of important things to read and if you don't respond well enough, you might get in a lot of trouble(i.e. fine print on a contract). I feel that after college, you should polish those skills every now and then so that you still stay fresh. There's a saying that's old but I feel that applies well in this case: "If you don't use it, you lose it."
The word that would best describe my feelings towards writing would be indifferent; it would really have to depends on what I'm writing about. Usually anything sparks my interests, but there's still a lot that I don't know.
What motivates me to be successful in college is the fear of failure: I don't want to experience it any more than I should or else I will end up on the streets. I think about it everyday: if I fail, where would i be the next day? What would I do with my life? Would it be embarrassing? Things like that stay to my thoughts. This also is part of the fact of why I'm in college. I'm here to get my degree and teaching credentials and just work as a teacher.
I grew up in a stereotypical Asian household: parents didn't support me doing sports, I was on a leash at home, and academics were emphasized. Heavily. It was so emphasized that my dad would buy encyclopedias jus to have them around the house and force their kids to look at it for at least one hour a day. This would start a chain of events that impacted my way of writing/perception of the world.
After reading that one encyclopedia many times, my dad decided to buy a whole new reading/writing material called "Hooked on Phonics". What it is is basically a learning tool/ educational card game all in one that teaches you the fundamentals of the English language and how to use it properly. This shaped my early childhood knowledge by turning me into one of those gifted students. By the time I entered the 1st grade, I was so far ahead that they forced me into the 2nd grade.
Fast-foward a couple years later, my school opens its own library and I'm able to check out books. One of the 1st books I remember reading was the Harry Potter series. I remember being so intrigued by the plot and character development of the main protagonists Harry, Ron and Hermione that I would continue reading the book series for the remaining years of my grade school days, sometimes even re-reading the installments for fun. I felt as if this greatly helped my reading/writing ability because I was getting used to reading 600+ page books and seeing a more sophisticated writing style has helped me develop my own.
In middle school, I joined a program called AVID, which is basically a college prepatory class designed to help advance you to the next level of learning. Here I learned about different writing strategies and readings such as Cornell notes and annotating; it became easier for me to understand texts that I could not before. Another thing about this program was that it introduced me to a lot of different people from different backgrounds which helped me to not be so ignorant. AVID has changed my perception of the world because it has shown me what life can be without a proper future plan and the tools needed.
In high school, I tried to find my own writing style for papers, but it wasn't until my sophomore year where I learned about one that would help me greatly throughout not only my school but my entire life. This writing style served as a guideline to how all my writings would be. I basically give analysis on every piece of evidence I provide and how it would be important to the topic I'm writing about.
Reading and writing is one of those things that are lifelong; no matter where you go, at what time, who you are with, or even what language, reading and writing will always be there. It has no barrier/line of separation. At tht moment in college, reading and writing will serve as a big role for me. If I cannot read and write well, then I will surely fail and then I'm back to the thoughts of: if I fail, where would i be the next day? What would i do with my life? Would it be embarrassing? I'm not at my prime yet though. I still have a lot to learn and polish up; my reading and writing skills aren't perfected yet.
As for reading and writing after school and in my future life, those skills will become even more important than they were in college, because now you are in the real world. There are lots of important things to read and if you don't respond well enough, you might get in a lot of trouble(i.e. fine print on a contract). I feel that after college, you should polish those skills every now and then so that you still stay fresh. There's a saying that's old but I feel that applies well in this case: "If you don't use it, you lose it."
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
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