For 101 section 0213, here are the videos for your assignment. Choose one for your analysis.
(There are many of these Geico commercials--you can choose the celebrity you wish: the pips, joan rivers (love that one especially), charro, movie announcer guy, etc)
The analysis must be posted by 11:59pm on Wednesday. Comments on another student's analysis are due the following night at the same time.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Rhetorical Analysis Blog assignment POSTPONED
Hey all in my 101 0213 section, I'm changing the due dates on the official rhetorical analysis blog assignment and pushing it all back a week or so. With Library Day Wednesday and a guest speaker tomorrow, I'm not going to have a chance to go over the concepts with you in class, and I'd prefer to present the assignment to you in person before it's due (I mean, it only seems fair, right?). So breathe easy tonight and know that you don't have any formal homework due for tomorrow.
Also, our speaker tomorrow is coming from the FairVote organization. If you want to find out a bit about the organization, you can check out their website.
www.fairvote.org
As for those of you in my 101X section, I'm looking forward to your presentations tomorrow!
See you tomorrow!
Also, our speaker tomorrow is coming from the FairVote organization. If you want to find out a bit about the organization, you can check out their website.
www.fairvote.org
As for those of you in my 101X section, I'm looking forward to your presentations tomorrow!
See you tomorrow!
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Online now for paper help!
Hello all! Just a reminder that I am now online to answer any last minute paper-related questions. My aol screenname is nataliecorbin101, and I'm also using msn messenger (for the first time ever! woohoo!)--the email address I use for msn is the same as my umd email--ndcorbin@umd.edu.
I'll be online for live chatting for another hour, until 11pm.
I'll be online for live chatting for another hour, until 11pm.
Friday, September 19, 2008
R.I.P. Wally
Wally passed away this morning. I woke up at 7 and he was in poor shape. By 7:20, he was gone. I feel pretty terrible right now.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Wallace Bivouski
My goldfish, Wallace Bivouski, is ill. I know this may sound absurd to many of you. How does one even tell if a goldfish is ill? And who cares?
But before I address those questions, a little background info on my fish. He's been my trusted companion for the past 6 years. Yes, six years. In fact, he's likely older than that, since I "adopted" him. My friends, Eric and Jenny, got into an argument over what his name should be--Wally or Biv, and so it was settled that he'd be named both, hence Wallace Bivouski. He's been there with me through many highs and lows in my life--the wild parties when I lived in a Co-op and we hosted punk concerts in our living room, the two weeks of all-nighters that I pulled trying to finish my Thesis during my senior year of undergrad, the isolation when I first arrived in both Germany and Maryland (when he was someone I could always count on to be a good listener...). All these years, he's sat atop my desk, gazing down at me. When I enter a room, he swims over to greet me. He "dances" when I play good music (he especially likes the musical stylings of Cee-Lo) and he adores eating fresh green peas as a special treat. He's my special little guy and the only pet I've been able to have in recent years, and he's done a great job at being a companion. Watching him swim around brings me peace. And now, he is ill, and it really troubles me.
He's come down with a case of fin rot, which is a bacterial infection that does pretty much exactly what it sounds like it does--rots the fish's fins. It starts at the tips, causing them to look crinkly and frayed. He's got red streaks going up his tail. He's clearly unhappy, as he won't eat, and just sits near the bottom of his bowl. He won't swim, let alone dance (not even to Cee-Lo's "I'll Be Around") and he doesn't even glance at a single pea.
Tomorrow, I'm off to the pet store to purchase aquarium salt and antibiotics, in hopes of clearing this up. I've caught it in the early stages, so hopefully it will clear up quickly, and he'll be back to his old self in no time. Wish me luck in playing fish doctor.
But before I address those questions, a little background info on my fish. He's been my trusted companion for the past 6 years. Yes, six years. In fact, he's likely older than that, since I "adopted" him. My friends, Eric and Jenny, got into an argument over what his name should be--Wally or Biv, and so it was settled that he'd be named both, hence Wallace Bivouski. He's been there with me through many highs and lows in my life--the wild parties when I lived in a Co-op and we hosted punk concerts in our living room, the two weeks of all-nighters that I pulled trying to finish my Thesis during my senior year of undergrad, the isolation when I first arrived in both Germany and Maryland (when he was someone I could always count on to be a good listener...). All these years, he's sat atop my desk, gazing down at me. When I enter a room, he swims over to greet me. He "dances" when I play good music (he especially likes the musical stylings of Cee-Lo) and he adores eating fresh green peas as a special treat. He's my special little guy and the only pet I've been able to have in recent years, and he's done a great job at being a companion. Watching him swim around brings me peace. And now, he is ill, and it really troubles me.
He's come down with a case of fin rot, which is a bacterial infection that does pretty much exactly what it sounds like it does--rots the fish's fins. It starts at the tips, causing them to look crinkly and frayed. He's got red streaks going up his tail. He's clearly unhappy, as he won't eat, and just sits near the bottom of his bowl. He won't swim, let alone dance (not even to Cee-Lo's "I'll Be Around") and he doesn't even glance at a single pea.
Tomorrow, I'm off to the pet store to purchase aquarium salt and antibiotics, in hopes of clearing this up. I've caught it in the early stages, so hopefully it will clear up quickly, and he'll be back to his old self in no time. Wish me luck in playing fish doctor.
Some useful info
A few students have mentioned that they were confused about the assignment due on Friday. Your rough draft is NOT due Friday. A draft of an audience analysis is due on Friday, and on Wednesday we'll be going over how to write an audience analysis in class.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Diamondback editorial
To my 0213 section: In case you didn't receive the email, here is a link to the diamondback article I mentioned in class. Please read it for Monday, and be prepared to discuss your reactions to the article with the rest of the class.
http://media.www.diamondbackonline.com/media/storage/paper873/news/2008/09/11/Opinion/Book-A.Force.That.Gives.The.Campus.Meaning-3424235.shtml
To my 2006 Section of 101X- Feel free to check out the article as well!
http://media.www.diamondbackonline.com/media/storage/paper873/news/2008/09/11/Opinion/Book-A.Force.That.Gives.The.Campus.Meaning-3424235.shtml
To my 2006 Section of 101X- Feel free to check out the article as well!
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