ENGLISH 1A: STARSTRUCK—FAME, CELEBRITY, AND NOTORIETY

Monday, May 13, 2013

Thank you for a great semester

I had a nice time and I hope you did, too.

Grades should be done and posted no later than Thursday afternoon. Email me if you have any questions.

Have a great summer. Please keep in touch.

-D

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Week 16

Mo 05.06

Grade update; Presentations

We 05. 08

Course review

Due: PROCESS ANALYSIS ESSAY

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Reflection 11: Holding Nothing Back—The Celebrity Sex Tape Phenomenon

Note: Complete this reflection only if you were unable to finish Reflection 10.

In 2010, Montana Fishburne, daughter of famed actor Laurence Fishburne, took a decidedly nontraditional route to gain fame: a sex tape. Fishburne said she, "watched how successful Kim Kardashian became and I think a lot of it was due to the release of her sex tape ... I’m hoping the same magic will work for me. I’m impatient about getting well-known and having more opportunities and this seemed like a great way to get started on it." Three years later, Montana Fishburne remains a virtual unknown save for her sex tape. And just this month, former Teen Mom reality star Farah Abraham, hoping to advance her career, inked a nearly $1 million deal for her own sex tape. Though it fizzled for her, was Montana Fishburne entirely wrong about sex tapes and fame? Can anyone legitimately argue that Kim Kardashian's road to celebrity did not begin with her sex tape? While the trend seems to be fading, what do sex tapes say about the nature of celebrity in 21st century America? Can they—or should they—be considered legitimate career moves or are they simply a shortcut to fame?

Include at least three of the following in your discussion:

Requirements:

Be in MLA Style
Be two full pages in length
No works cited page necessary for this reflection

Due: We 05.08

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Celebrity News 05.01.13

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Process Analysis Essay

For this assignment, you are being asked to write a process analysis of how your writing has changed during this course. The goal is to discover something about yourself as a writer and thinker. Along with the process analysis, you will need to embed relevant examples that highlight your process in writing an essay and evaluating, workshopping, editing, and revising that same essay. These examples must be included in the paragraphs in your essay, not attached as an appendix. Remember, the focus here is on the process and not the product. Consider your strengths and weaknesses as a writer when you began English 1A. Think about what you learned over the semester and what skills you will use in future coursework and beyond.

Requirements:

MLA Style
4 pages minimum (1000 words minimum)
Word count at end of document

Note: Your response must be in standard essay format, NOT numbered or Q&A format. You can address the topics in any order that helps you make your point.

Item 1 (Writing Habits), must be addressed; after that, address any other two areas of reflection:

AREA OF REFLECTION	QUESTIONS TO PROMPT YOUR THINKING
REQUIRED:
1. Writing Habits	You must reflect on your writing habits. Where do you do your best work? What tools are helpful when writing? What time of day or under what conditions (i.e. at home, in the library, at a cafe) do you write best? Analyze what you think these preferences say about you as a writer and a learner.
CHOOSE TWO OF THE FOLLOWING:
2. Writing Strategies	Identify writing strategies and practices you’ve learned in this course that work well for you and that you will continue to use in your future writing. Illustrate with samples from your semester’s writing.
3. Feedback	What advice did you receive (from peer review, tutoring, workshop, instructor feedback) that was particularly helpful when revising your work? Illustrate using at least two examples from past assignments, including the comments. How can you apply that advice to future writing?
4. Revision	Analyze how you revised a specific paragraph. Include the paragraph in the paper. Describe the choices you made and why.

You are being graded on the following:

Did you answer at three questions and include appropriate examples?
Does your reflection demonstrate serious consideration of your writing process?
Do the examples you include support your reflection?
Is the overall presentation of the reflection clear and professional?
Does your writing reflect college-level syntactic variety and diction and demonstrate your fluency with the competencies established in first-year composition (grammar, mechanics, usage, etc.)?

Also, look for the rubric on which your grade will be calculated in the Dropbox section of this website. The reflective analysis counts for 10% of your final grade.

Due Date: We 05.08—No late papers