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September 24, 2012 Welcome to ENG 1510

September 24, 2012 Welcome to ENG 1510. Composition I ***Please keep your homework at your desk.***. Tonight’s agenda. Share & collect homework (autocorrect article) Documenting sources – basics of MLA format  announce HMWK, part one

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September 24, 2012 Welcome to ENG 1510

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  1. September 24, 2012Welcome to ENG 1510 Composition I ***Please keep your homework at your desk.***

  2. Tonight’s agenda • Share & collect homework (autocorrect article) • Documenting sources – basics of MLA format  announce HMWK, part one • Grammar workshop – adjectives/adverbs (p. 435-40) – quiz #1 next week • Break (10 min.) • Narration – a ballad • Narration – a film  announce HMWK, part two

  3. Share our homework – NY Times autocorrect article • Share your response with a partner. In what ways are your responses similar? In what ways are they different? • Report out.

  4. Basics of MLA format • Review Dan’s document • Formatting expectations for formal essay #1 • Purdue OWL

  5. HMWK, part one – due Oct. 1 (20 points) • Create an MLA works cited page that features each of the following types of sources: • A song • A book • A Web site • A movie • A newspaper article

  6. Grammar workshop – adjectives/adverbs (p. 435-40) • Review text. • Complete exercises in groups of three. • Report out. • Grammar quiz #1 next week

  7. Break • See you in ten minutes …

  8. Narration – two ballads • Listen to excerpts of two ballads by Bob Dylan: “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” and “Ballad of Thin Man”

  9. William Zanzinger killed poor Hattie CarrollWith a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring fingerAt a Baltimore hotel society gath’rin’And the cops were called in and his weapon took from himAs they rode him in custody down to the stationAnd booked William Zanzinger for first-degree murderBut you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fearsTake the rag away from your faceNow ain’t the time for your tears

  10. William Zanzinger, who at twenty-four yearsOwns a tobacco farm of six hundred acresWith rich wealthy parents who provide and protect himAnd high office relations in the politics of MarylandReacted to his deed with a shrug of his shouldersAnd swear words and sneering, and his tongue it was snarlingIn a matter of minutes on bail was out walkingBut you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fearsTake the rag away from your faceNow ain’t the time for your tears

  11. You walk into the roomWith your pencil in your handYou see somebody nakedAnd you say, “Who is that man?”You try so hardBut you don’t understandJust what you’ll sayWhen you get home • Because something is happening hereBut you don’t know what it isDo you, Mister Jones?

  12. You raise up your headAnd you ask, “Is this where it is?”And somebody points to you and says“It’s his”And you say, “What’s mine?”And somebody else says, “Where what is?”And you say, “Oh my GodAm I here all alone?” • Because something is happening hereBut you don’t know what it isDo you, Mister Jones?

  13. Ballad vs. ballad • You just listened to excerpts from two Dylan ballads. • With your partner, discuss … • Which present a more tangible story? • How does each text feel/sound/seem different? • Report out.

  14. Critical viewing – Easy A • See handout. • Responses due Oct. 1

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