17 September 2007

week 4-5: writing revisions, Kester 2

Mon 17 Sept: SyracYOUse essay 1 due. 1 copy, printed. See assignment outline.
writing workshop: the thesis

Wed 19 Sept:
HW: Read "10 on 1" from Writing Analytically, which was distributed in class. Find a passage from your paper that you would like to revise using the methods outlined in the reading. It could be any paragraph or other section that needs work. Apply one of the "10 on 1" revision strategies to this passage. Bring 4 printed copies to class with your original passage followed by the revision you made. Do not bring copies of the entire essay.

RECOMMENDED EVENT eligible for blog:
Thurs 20 Sept, 12 noon (speakers begin at 3 pm)
Onondaga Lake Park, Liverpool (free shuttles to run from SU)
Roots of Peacemaking: Indigenous Values, Global Crisis
An International Day of Peace at the birthplace of democracy
Haudenosaunee traditional foods, artisans, speakers, music and dancing, plus water ceremony
LINK - http://rootsofpeacemaking.syr.edu or 315-443-3861

Fri 21 Sept:
No HW, work on your paper. Meet at the Sheraton Hotel, 2nd floor. We will be attending a panel at the SU Minority Studies conference.

RECOMMENDED EVENT (not eligible for blog):
Sat 23 Sept: Westcott Street Cultural Fair LINK

Mon 24 Sept: SyracYOUse essay 1 revision

RECOMMENDED EVENT eligible for blog:
Tues 25 Sept, 7:30 PM - Onondaga Land Rights meeting
The Warehouse, Fayette and West St. (Connective Corridor shuttle from SU)
Hear an update on the Onondaga Land Rights Action which will be heard in Federal District Court in Albany on October 11.
Speakers: Onondaga Chief Jake Edwards, Tim Coulter, Executive Director of the Montana-based Indian Law Resource Center and one of the lawyers representing the Onondagas in their Land Rights Action and Joan Cope Savage, environmental scientist and member of NOON.

Wed 26 Sept:
READING: KESTER CHAPTER 2 and QUIZ on Kester (intro, ch.1, ch.2)

RECOMMENDED EVENT eligible for blog:
Thu 27 Sept: Phobia: Collecting in the History of Fear
4 pm Bird Library, Peter Graham Scholarly Commons (1st floor)

Fri 28 Sept: Library Visit 1. Meet at the Electronic Training Center, Bird Library.
HW: TBA

RECOMMENDED EVENT eligible for blog:
Sat 29 Sept: Central New York Anti-War Rally in Syracuse. LINK

Sun 30 Sept, 6 pm
BLOG entry due : Cultural Event (please see complete list below)

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