Welcome to your Home on the Web!
For Writing 02, Spring Quarter 2006
Class time: MW 1-2:50 p.m.
If you are in Christopher Dean's Writing 02 class, which meets from 1-2:50 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays in the Spring 2006 quarter, then you are at a "home" you have in cyberspace.
This page has important links to your syllabus, materials we will be using in class, and websites that will be part of your work inside and outside of class. If you miss a class, contact a classmate, look at this page, and email me as needed.
Again, welcome, and if you need to contact me, then email me at cdean@writing.ucsb.edu. I look forward to working with you this quarter--both face-to-face and in cyberspace.
Links of the Moment for Writing 02
- Goole Scholar: For tooling around the web and finding useful, reliable information.
- The Writing Program Page at UCSB: For information about our Writing Program at UCSB.
- CLAS Webpage: For information about tutoring and help in all your classes at UCSB.
- The Capital Community College Grammar Website: For information about grammar problems and getting grammar help.
- The Purdue Online Writing Lab Index of Writing Handouts: For help and handouts on everything you could think of dealing with writing.
- The Washington State Online Writing Lab: A place to get feedback on your writing.
- For Help with MLA and APA Bibliographies: Go to Noodletools.com, and click on the link labeled "NoodleBib Express." This will give you an APA or MLA option, and then you can fill in a form to get your citation for your "Works Cited" (MLA) or "References" (APA). Check it out at http://www.noodletools.com/. This link is brought to you courtesy of your Writing 2 Classmate Casey Bartlett--thanks Casey.
- For Specific Help on Paper Two with MLA and APA Bibliographies: Check out this list of most commonly used sources put together by the folks in the MW 1-2:50 Writing 2 Class. They did great work, and these will give you a sense of how to put together MLA and APA works cited and references pages. The piece they put together is in M.S. Word format and in PDF.
Your Syllabus and Schedule:
Assignments:
- Paper One: "Lyrics You Love": Word, PDF
- Paper One Rubric: Word, PDF
- Blog Assignment Sheet: Word, PDF
- Blog Rubric: Word, PDF
- Blog Prompts: Word, PDF
- Major Due Dates: Word, PDF
- History of Music Paper: Word, PDF
- Rubric for the History of Music Paper: Word, PDF
- Midterm Portfolio Rubric: Word, PDF
- Paper Three Assignment Sheet: PDF
- Paper Three Rubric: Word, PDF
- Rubric For Final Portfolio: Word, PDF
Handouts and Materials for Class
Week One
- Lesson for 4-3-06
- Week One Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
- Syllabus: Html, Word, PDF
- Lesson for 4-5-06
- Week One Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
- Syllabus: Html, Word, PDF
Week Two
- Readings: "Writing About Poetry" by Kennedy and Gioia and Chris' Sample Paper (in PDF and Word format)
- Week 2 Class Materials
- Week 2 Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
- Breaking Down a Sample Paper: Word, PDF
- Glossary Freewrite: Word, PDF
- Glossary of Terms Work: Word, PDF
- How to Cite Exercise: Word, PDF
- Live Journal Work: Word, PDF
- Lyrics Circle Work: Word, PDF
- Lyrics Online List: Word, PDF
- Week 2, Day One Freewrite: Word, PDF
- Links:
- Our Livejournal Page: http://deanc1.livejournal.com
- Chris' Blog on Social Distortion: http://social-d-blog.blogspot.com/
- Blogger Homepage: http://www.blogger.com
- Shockwave Online Mixers: http://www.shockwave.com/sw/musicphotos/music_mixers
Week Three
- Week 3 Class Materials
- Week 3 Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
- Blog Assignment Sheet: Word, PDF
- Blog Rubric: Word, PDF
- Debate Preparation Sheet: Word, PDF
- Debate Rules: Word, PDF
- Ice Breaker Activity: Word, PDF
- Music Debate Topic Brainstorming: Word, PDF
- Peer Review Sheet for Computer Lab: Word, PDF
- Question for 4-19-06 or 4-20-06: Word, PDF
- Small Group Discussion Work on Song: Word, PDF
- Links:
- For Help with MLA and APA Bibliographies: Got to Noodletools.com, and click on the link labeled "NoodleBib Express." This will give you an APA or MLA option, and then you can fill in a form to get your citation for your "Works Cited" (MLA) or "References" (APA). Check it out at http://www.noodletools.com/.
- Chris' Email: cdean@writing.ucsb.edu.
- Chris' Blog on Social Distortion: http://social-d-blog.blogspot.com/
- Blogger Homepage: http://www.blogger.com
- Shockwave Online Mixers: http://www.shockwave.com/sw/musicphotos/music_mixers
- Our Yahoo Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wr2spr06/
Week 4
- Week 4 Class Materials
- Week 4 Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
- Editing Work Overhead: Word, PDF
- Freewrite for Wednesday or Thursday: Word, PDF
- Group Work Based on Freewrite: Word, PDF
- Mini-lecture Notes: Word, PDF
- Rock and Roll Pre-reading Questions: Word, PDF
- The Pop Window: Word, PDF
- Yahoo Groups Work for Week 4: Word, PDF
- History of Music Paper: Word, PDF
- Rubric for the History of Music Paper: Word, PDF
- Blog Prompts: Word, PDF
- Major Due Dates: Word, PDF
- Links:
- Music Timeline: http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/music-2.html (for music from 1900-1950)
- Music Timeline Part 2: http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/music-3.html (1950-2000)
- Cylinders: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/pa/cylindersgenre.html
- Particular Cylinders to Listen to:
- i. “King Cotton March”, The Edison Symphony Orchestra [1896-1899]: http://nico.library.ucsb.edu/cylinders/CUSB-CYL0058a.mov
- ii. “Ma Rag Time Baby” Played by the Peerless Orchestra [1899]: http://nico.library.ucsb.edu/cylinders/CUSB-CYL0054a.mov
- iii. “Yarney's Ideal”, Xylophone played by Albert Benzler [1904]: http://nico.library.ucsb.edu/cylinders/CUSB-CYL0022a.mov
- iv. “What A Time”, Polk Miller and His Old South Quartet [1910]: http://nico.library.ucsb.edu/cylinders/CUSB-CYL0010a.mov
- Common Errors:
- Catching verb tense problems: Click on “Subject-Verb Agreement (288 K)” at http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/powerpoint.htm
- Commas: Click on “The English House of Commas (156 K)” at http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/powerpoint.htm
- Semicolons: Click on “Our Friend, the Semicolon (224 K)” at http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/powerpoint.htm
- Conjunctions: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conjunctions.htm
- Noodle tools: www.noodletools.com
- Our Yahoo Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wr2spr06/
- Louis Armstrong, Biography and Music: http://www.redhotjazz.com/hot5.html
Week 5
- Week Five Class Materials
- Week Five Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
- Background Work on the 1950s Handout: Word, PDF
- Blog Work for Week Five: Word, PDF
- Citation Exercise: Word, PDF
- Class Email List for MW 1-2:50: Excel
- "The Last Days of Brother Ray" Freewrite: Word, PDF
- Discussion of Friedlander Text: Word, PDF
- Chris' Sample Paper for Essay Two: Word, PDF
- Group Work for "The Last Days of Brother Ray": Word, PDF
- Headings and Subheadings Overhead: Word, PDF
- Peer Review Sheet for Essay Two: Word, PDF
- Prewriting for Paper Two: Word, PDF
- Terms to Define, Part Two: Word, PDF
- Links
- Elvis gyrates on Ed Sullivan Show in 1956: http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/10DaysAmericaRocks1.htm
- UCSB Library Research Homepage: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/eresources/databases/data-frames.html
- Interview With Ray Charles: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/highlights/010412_raycharles.shtml
Week Six
- Week Six Class Materials
- Week Six Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
- Anonymous Midterm Portfolio: Word, PDF
- Body Paragraph Exercise: Word, PDF
- Discussion of Bradley Nowell Piece: Word, PDF
- Dear Reader Letter Start: Word, PDF
- Debate Preparation: Word, PDF
- Debate Rules: Word, PDF
- Sample Paper on Bradley Nowell: Word, PDF
- Listening to Hip-Hop Pieces Overhead: Word, PDF
- Major Due Dates: Word, PDF
- The Pop Window: Word, PDF
- The Pop Windown Overhead: Word, PDF
- Thesis Paragraph Exercsie: Word, PDF
- "What is Science" Exercise: Word, PDF
- Links
- Groovemaker: http://www.shockwave.com/sw/musicphotos/music_mixers
- Our Livejournal Homepage: http://deanc1.livejournal.com/
- Noodletools Homepage: http://www.noodletools.com
Week Seven
- Week Seven Class Materials
- Week Seven Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
- Chris' Sample Editing Sheet: Word, PDF
- Dear Reader Letter Start: Word, PDF
- Paper Three Assignment Sheet: PDF
- Paper Three Rubric: Word, PDF
- Student Sample of Paper Three: Word, PDF
- Links
- Editing Links for the Purdue OWL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/561/02/
- Editing Links for the Purdue OWL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/561/03/
- Top 20 Errors: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/lunsford/twenty.html
- Our Livejournal Homepage: http://deanc1.livejournal.com/
- Logical Fallacies: http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/fallacies_list.html
- Questionaire Information: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/559/05/ and http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/559/06/
Week Eight
- Week Eight Class Materials
- Week Seven Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
- Discussion of "Tuned Out": Word, PDF
- Informed Consent Form: Word, PDF
- Moma Comma Exercise: Word, PDF
- My3q Directions: Word, PDF
- Peer Review Sheet: Word, PDF
- Topic Gallery: Word, PDF
- Works Cited Workshop: Word, PDF
- Links
- My3q Website: http://www.my3q.com
- Chris' Sample Survey: http://www.my3q.com/go.php?url=cdean/35346
- Purdue OWL on Survey Construction: http://owl.english.purdue.edu
Week Nine
- Week Nine Class Materials
- Week Nine Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
- Debate Prep Sheet for iPods Debate: Word, PDF
- Debate Rules for iPods: Word, PDF
- Discussion of "Tuned Out": Word, PDF
- Linking Words: Word, PDF
- Paper Three Workshop: Word, PDF
- Questions and Comments About Paper Three: Word, PDF
- Working With the Handbook Discussion: Word, PDF
- Works Cited Workshop: Word, PDF
- Links
- Our Livejournal Homepage: http://deanc1.livejournal.com/
- UCSB Library Research Homepage: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/eresources/databases/data-frames.html
- Library of Congress Search Terms: http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/html/thessearch.html?sessionid=fsapp6-40926-entm4aqp-oji74j:entitypagenum=6:5
- Our Yahoo Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wr2spr06/
Week Ten
- Week Ten Class Materials
- Week Nine Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
- Editing Work: Word, PDF
- Final Letter for Class: Word, PDF
- Handbook Review: Word
- Rubric for Final Portfolio: Word, PDF
- "What Music Means" Prompt: Word, PDF
- Links
- Our Livejournal Homepage: http://deanc1.livejournal.com/
- Online Grammar Quizzes: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm
- Online Library Databases: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/eresources/databases/data-frames.html
- Ms. Snyder's Email at McGraw-Hill: leah-h_snyder@mcgraw-hill.com