Q1) The text doesnt say who or what X and Y are so what do you believe they are.
Q2) On page 281 do you feel that more conservation education is the main key for conserving environments.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
Researching for the group project
I find the topic very interesting, because there is tons i dont know about raptor deaths. though looking for statistics are a bit difficult I dont mind at all because im learning a lot and any statistic we find we be essential to our project.
Friday, June 25, 2010
past group experiences
group projects in the past haven't been too bad for me, ive been paired with hard workers and "slackers." a positive experience i remember was last semester in english 150, my group and I were good about communicating whether via email or text. We were able to meet at convenient locations and everyone had good input for the project.
one bad experience i remember was in high school when i was paried with 2 other people, we had to make a game board with rules and everything. I called them countless times and got no answer, i was stuck trying to come up with a game 2 nights before it was due, it was rough.
one bad experience i remember was in high school when i was paried with 2 other people, we had to make a game board with rules and everything. I called them countless times and got no answer, i was stuck trying to come up with a game 2 nights before it was due, it was rough.
Fecundity
Can you imagine what power this little device has?
The red, yellow, green, and blue, colors catch your eye.
You are simply mesmerized.
There is no escaping it; single eye contact with it will change you priorities.
When it’s in your hands what was only going to be 30 minuets turns into hours.
This device has the power to change all you emotions, from calm to furious.
You normally wouldn’t think such a small thing can control you.
So be careful when approaching, make sure you have company.
Because this single Xbox controller can make a grown man cry.
The red, yellow, green, and blue, colors catch your eye.
You are simply mesmerized.
There is no escaping it; single eye contact with it will change you priorities.
When it’s in your hands what was only going to be 30 minuets turns into hours.
This device has the power to change all you emotions, from calm to furious.
You normally wouldn’t think such a small thing can control you.
So be careful when approaching, make sure you have company.
Because this single Xbox controller can make a grown man cry.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Manifesto/ The making of a marginal farm
for Manifesto I felt a more personal connection because i was able to relate to some the text in the poem. I was able to think back to a time when my family and I would go camping and have a great time in the outdoors. For Marginal Farm there wasnt a personal connection but 'i did like the story. i felt the guy was wise and creaqtive in the way he built this house up from nothing. He also seemed innovative because he always found a way to find loop-holes. "Another change in our economy (and our lives) was accomplished in the fall of 1973 wuth the purchase of our first wood-burning stove.
Q.What is his intent with each piece?
A. I feel the intent of Manifesto was to take readers back to a more peaceful time in their lives and as well tell them to live and enjoy what they have, dont be afraid to make mistakes life isnt perfect
Q.What is his intent with each piece?
A. I feel the intent of Manifesto was to take readers back to a more peaceful time in their lives and as well tell them to live and enjoy what they have, dont be afraid to make mistakes life isnt perfect
Monday, June 21, 2010
Having Faith
Q. what is her purpose/audience in writting this? how does she get her message across? would you consider this writting-as-activism?
A. Her purpose is to inform the public of the effects of PCBs and DDT in breast milk and how it affects the babies as well as the women. Her audience was not only the general public but women who didn’t know that the foods and things they put in their bodies were affected and tampered with the breast milk thus being transferred to the baby. Her message is very factual so it is safe to safe she got her point across because you can’t refute facts and information unless you are in true denial. The definition of activism is: The use of direct, often confrontational action, such as a demonstration or strike, in opposition to or support of a cause. So I’d consider her writing very mild activism.
A. Her purpose is to inform the public of the effects of PCBs and DDT in breast milk and how it affects the babies as well as the women. Her audience was not only the general public but women who didn’t know that the foods and things they put in their bodies were affected and tampered with the breast milk thus being transferred to the baby. Her message is very factual so it is safe to safe she got her point across because you can’t refute facts and information unless you are in true denial. The definition of activism is: The use of direct, often confrontational action, such as a demonstration or strike, in opposition to or support of a cause. So I’d consider her writing very mild activism.
Friday, June 18, 2010
cleaning for change
I cant really think of a lot of things I take part in the effects change. I know back in HS I had a real good friend who was very high on recycling. So one day she invited me out to just pick up trash around the school and take all the bottle and things of that nature to a recycling center. It felt good to do that, I can honestly say if we weren't good friends I probably would have never took the time out to do that. so what started out as being a friend a saying yes to helping her actually helped me realize that it is important to clean our environment. Till this day when I see things infront of my apartment building I just pick it up and throw it away, because there are many little animals that run around Freddy Court. Im not apart of any major environmentalist groups or the expert on being Green,I just appreciate a clean surrounding like any other person.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
My First Summer in the Sierra
Q. What specific details stay in your mind? why? how do these small details lead to larger ideas?
A. This essay is chalk full of details, from beginning to end. A few for instance are his encounter with the bear where he bravely or maybe even stupidly tried to stand his ground with a 500 lbs animal. He explains how he tried to stare down the beast, “…I fervently hoped that the power of the human eye over wild beasts would prove as great as it said to be.” This small detail helps lead the reader to think of the different emotions the author might have felt in that moment, which makes that the larger idea.
A. This essay is chalk full of details, from beginning to end. A few for instance are his encounter with the bear where he bravely or maybe even stupidly tried to stand his ground with a 500 lbs animal. He explains how he tried to stare down the beast, “…I fervently hoped that the power of the human eye over wild beasts would prove as great as it said to be.” This small detail helps lead the reader to think of the different emotions the author might have felt in that moment, which makes that the larger idea.
A thousand-mile walk to the gulf
Q. How does the writer structure the essay and to what effect? Is it a linear narrative? or is it fragmented?
A. The essay is structured by his trip, but the way he structured his writing was very confusing. It is as if each paragraph is a different story in its own which affects the reader because he doesn’t know what’s going on. The essay is linear structure wise but when you’re talking about text structure it is fragmented, because there are no transitions that help you into the paragraph.
A. The essay is structured by his trip, but the way he structured his writing was very confusing. It is as if each paragraph is a different story in its own which affects the reader because he doesn’t know what’s going on. The essay is linear structure wise but when you’re talking about text structure it is fragmented, because there are no transitions that help you into the paragraph.
Polemic: industrial tourism and National Parks
Q.look at the transitions between paragraphs or between sections. how does he make these transitions? what effect do they have on the forward momentum of the piece?
A. it seems like he is just explaining his job through out the text and giving his reasons why he enjoys it so much, he transitions smoothly there is no point to where you are thrown out of loop from a poor transition. the transitions have a positive effect because the paragraphs are detailed and you have to have good transitions in order to keep the details intact.
A. it seems like he is just explaining his job through out the text and giving his reasons why he enjoys it so much, he transitions smoothly there is no point to where you are thrown out of loop from a poor transition. the transitions have a positive effect because the paragraphs are detailed and you have to have good transitions in order to keep the details intact.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Speech at Grand Canyon
Q.What specific details stay in your mind? Why? How di these small details lead to larger ideas?
A. There are many details that stood out to me when I read this. One is the fact that it is President Roosevelt’s first trip to the state of Arizona and I can picture him on a podium of some sort in front on the Governor and the people of Arizona giving his speech. Another detail that I noticed was how he is so intrigued by nature; he mentions the beauty of the Grand Canyon many times. By that I noticed that he is a serious conservationist, he is adventurous, and loves the outdoors. When you have small details it is much easier to piece them together so you can form a bigger and broader meaning.
A. There are many details that stood out to me when I read this. One is the fact that it is President Roosevelt’s first trip to the state of Arizona and I can picture him on a podium of some sort in front on the Governor and the people of Arizona giving his speech. Another detail that I noticed was how he is so intrigued by nature; he mentions the beauty of the Grand Canyon many times. By that I noticed that he is a serious conservationist, he is adventurous, and loves the outdoors. When you have small details it is much easier to piece them together so you can form a bigger and broader meaning.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Poem Imitation, Voodoo V: Enemy Be Gone pg. 43
WILD FIRE
The fire left a heart broken,
the hillsides baron, minds
traumatized, and homes
extinct. He left each area black,
black as the night sky, black as the
dark lit alleys. He wasn’t swift
He stayed and mocked those
Who tried to silence him.
He was a man on mission to
Burn everything. After it was all
Said and done, the sky
Covered in smoked, air the thing we cherished
The most, so hard to get because
It hurt to breathe.
The fire left a heart broken,
the hillsides baron, minds
traumatized, and homes
extinct. He left each area black,
black as the night sky, black as the
dark lit alleys. He wasn’t swift
He stayed and mocked those
Who tried to silence him.
He was a man on mission to
Burn everything. After it was all
Said and done, the sky
Covered in smoked, air the thing we cherished
The most, so hard to get because
It hurt to breathe.
Blood Dazzler
Q. look at the transitions between paragraphs or between sections. how does she make these transitions? what effect do they have on the forward momentum of the piece?
A. Patricia Smith does different types of transitions with the many different poems in the book. for some of the paragraphs she keeps the sentencens tight so you can read them straight through and for othere she uses alot of spacing in between the sentences to create pauses so you can feel the effect of each line you are reading. I think having the different transitions keeps the momentum going because some are straight forward and then some peoms are a bit slower so the reader will know that there has been a change in the emotion of the poem.
A. Patricia Smith does different types of transitions with the many different poems in the book. for some of the paragraphs she keeps the sentencens tight so you can read them straight through and for othere she uses alot of spacing in between the sentences to create pauses so you can feel the effect of each line you are reading. I think having the different transitions keeps the momentum going because some are straight forward and then some peoms are a bit slower so the reader will know that there has been a change in the emotion of the poem.
Friday, May 21, 2010
50 word "snapshot"
1.Growing up in Southern California you are experienced to a lot of different things whether in your neighborhood or environmentally. Where I lived there is a lot of desert area; so seeing cacti, Joshua trees, tumble weeds, and other desert items is something I’m more used to or in tuned with. Snow is practically unheard of where I live; but two years ago it snowed heavily my senior year. It snowed so much that school was canceled for three days and certain roads were closed. It was something new seeing a once desert area now completely white.
2.Seeing that I am a football player anything involving football I feel it’s my environment, whether football games, camps, sports bars, anything involving football I consider myself one with nature. My junior year in high school my team and I went to the championship game, that whole week prior to the game emotions ran wild, pep rallies were great, a teammate and I even did a radio interview; I felt like I was professional. When game time hit goose bumps ran down my whole body, the stands were rocking, standing in the middle of the field was something I dreamed of ever since I got into high school. The game didn’t go our way and we eventually lost; the feeling afterwards was complete heart break, but I still love the sport even the though it brings joy and sorrow.
3.My first trip out of the country was to Canada for a basketball tournament, and needless to say I was extremely excited. Not only was it my first trip out the country but my first time on an airplane, I remember sitting in my seat terrified before and during takeoff. It was kind of funny looking back at it now, because the stuartist noticed how scared I was and she walked me up to first class and allowed me to sit there the entire flight. My teammates laughed at me but they were the ones stuck in coach. Though Canada was fun the airplane trip is my main focus because I had to overcome a fear and I’m glad I did.
2.Seeing that I am a football player anything involving football I feel it’s my environment, whether football games, camps, sports bars, anything involving football I consider myself one with nature. My junior year in high school my team and I went to the championship game, that whole week prior to the game emotions ran wild, pep rallies were great, a teammate and I even did a radio interview; I felt like I was professional. When game time hit goose bumps ran down my whole body, the stands were rocking, standing in the middle of the field was something I dreamed of ever since I got into high school. The game didn’t go our way and we eventually lost; the feeling afterwards was complete heart break, but I still love the sport even the though it brings joy and sorrow.
3.My first trip out of the country was to Canada for a basketball tournament, and needless to say I was extremely excited. Not only was it my first trip out the country but my first time on an airplane, I remember sitting in my seat terrified before and during takeoff. It was kind of funny looking back at it now, because the stuartist noticed how scared I was and she walked me up to first class and allowed me to sit there the entire flight. My teammates laughed at me but they were the ones stuck in coach. Though Canada was fun the airplane trip is my main focus because I had to overcome a fear and I’m glad I did.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
The Summer Day
Q. What specific details stay in your mind? why? how do these small details lead to larger ideas?
A. Mary Oliver's poem is full of different details that tie into her poem. "Who made the world? who mad the grasshopper? and I dont know xactly what a prayer is" these specific details in the poem really stood out to me. The reason is because they are such impactful questions in the poem, that require attention. the small details she gives helps us to understand the more broad aspects of the poem. because the small details help the reader see the main meaning more clearly. Its key to pay attention and understand the small details because in the long run it'll help you comprehend the larger ideas
A. Mary Oliver's poem is full of different details that tie into her poem. "Who made the world? who mad the grasshopper? and I dont know xactly what a prayer is" these specific details in the poem really stood out to me. The reason is because they are such impactful questions in the poem, that require attention. the small details she gives helps us to understand the more broad aspects of the poem. because the small details help the reader see the main meaning more clearly. Its key to pay attention and understand the small details because in the long run it'll help you comprehend the larger ideas
Reading like a writer The Ninemile Wolves
Q. How does the writer structure the essay and to what effect? Is it a linear narrative? or is it fragmented?
A. I really like how the author structured the essay, it was simple and to the point. He knew his story and how he wanted to present it and he did a great job. He may have structured it in his own way or idea, but in my opinion he decided to provide background information first to inform the reader, then proceed into his essay with sympathetic stories that involve the wolves and how they were treated, then into more facts and stories about these wolves. I believe there are similarities in the beginning and the ending, he opens and closes with great information, and it begins and ends with excitement for this essay. I think this essay is linear; it focuses on its main topics and proceeds to keep and steady path throughout the essay, it isn’t jumping from topic to topic or past to future to present.
A. I really like how the author structured the essay, it was simple and to the point. He knew his story and how he wanted to present it and he did a great job. He may have structured it in his own way or idea, but in my opinion he decided to provide background information first to inform the reader, then proceed into his essay with sympathetic stories that involve the wolves and how they were treated, then into more facts and stories about these wolves. I believe there are similarities in the beginning and the ending, he opens and closes with great information, and it begins and ends with excitement for this essay. I think this essay is linear; it focuses on its main topics and proceeds to keep and steady path throughout the essay, it isn’t jumping from topic to topic or past to future to present.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Reading like a writer Refuge (image)
One particular image that ran through my mind in this essay was an image of the owls she spoke of. I think the author chooses it because we can identify with the different season in which the owls were placed in. the author even says " there are those birds you gauge your life by. The burrowing owls five miles from the entrance to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge are mine."
(p. 742) The author speaks about how in the spring she finds them nesting, in the summer they forage with their young, and by winter they leave to for a more comfortable place. the metaphorical significance is that it appliesto us humans, we rest in the spring time, we like to spend time with our families in the summer, and in the winter we find warm weather for comfort.
(p. 742) The author speaks about how in the spring she finds them nesting, in the summer they forage with their young, and by winter they leave to for a more comfortable place. the metaphorical significance is that it appliesto us humans, we rest in the spring time, we like to spend time with our families in the summer, and in the winter we find warm weather for comfort.
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