Puente English 105: FINAL EXAM

FINAL EXAM: Thurs., Dec. 10, 10:40a.m.-1:10p.m., Room M211

If you are late or do not have the required materials, you will NOT be able to take the exam and will be dismissed. No excuses will be accepted.

You will not be able to leave the room, so be sure to go to the restroom before coming to class.

Make-ups are permitted only under extreme circumstances, such as death of an immediate family member (sibling or parent), hospitalization, or contagious illness. Legal documentation required. Arrangements for make-up must be made with me within 24 hours of the exam date and time. Leave a message on my voice mail (562.938.4949 ext. 6788) with a phone number where you can be reached within that 24 hour time frame. If arrangements for the make-up have not been made with me within 24 hours of the exam date and time, you will not be able to make-up the exam.

Students who have been absent 6 times during the semester or more than 4 times consecutively will NOT be able to make-up the exam under any circumstances.

Required materials: Plenty of pens, a few sheets of loose, blank paper. Dictionary is optional (hardcopy only).



GRADED PAPERS: I will return your FP3 Re-Vision on the day of the final exam after you submit your final paper.

Your in-class essay and the papers you submit this week will be returned to you next semester. If you want them sooner, bring a large self addressed stamped envelope to the final exam.

COURSE GRADES: I will post course grades online no later than Friday, December 18. It takes a few days for to show up on your student records. I also will e-mail you your course grade by December 18.

Evidence, Paragraphs, & Sentences

Following are links to lessons on evidence, paragraphs and sentences:

Personal experience in academic writing
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/should_I_use_I.html#6

Paragraphs and paragraphing (Includes topic sentences
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/606/01/

Paragraphing length:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/606/02/

Concise Sentences: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/6/9

Sentence Clarity: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/600/01/

English 105 MW: MLA Works Cited Page

MLA Works Cited Page information: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

MLA 2009 Undergraduate Sample Paper, including works cited page: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20091250615234_747.pdf

Citing Sources: http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/workscited/

Format Guidelines: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

If you are using a computer off of campus, you must log in using your school ID to access the database. Click on the link and follow the instructions: http://lib.lbcc.edu/offcampus.html

If you are unable to find an article with an example of the word you chose used the way you're discussing it, find an example of the word being used in a way that clarifies. For example, consider how Lutz describes the way euphemism is not used to deceive in a negative way.

Announcements & Schedule

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:

Thursday, Nov. 19: Continue working on FP2 Re-Vision and essay and process basics.

Tuesday, Nov. 24: FP2 Re-Vision DD Workshop: Bring 1 copy

Tuesday, Dec. 1: Finish reading SWS. Journal TBA

Thursday, Dec. 3: In-class argumentative essay

Tuesday, Dec. 8: Wrap up

Thurs., Dec. 10: FINAL EXAM: 10:40a.m.-1:10p.m.

LBCC PUENTE PROGRAM HEARTS ALEX ESPINOZA

Thanks to author and Puente alum Alex Espinoza for coming down from Fresno to visit the LBCC Puente English class and for reading in the evening. What a generous gift! Also, thanks to everyone who took time out of their busy schedule to attend and to help make the event possible.

Best looking Puente students ever! (Click on the photos to enlarge.)

A message and photographs posted by Alex Espinoza on Puente Program's Facebook page: I wanted to thank the wonderful Puente instructors at Long Beach City College and LA Southwest College for hosting me on Thursday, October 1. I had a great time seeing you again and meeting all the brilliant and passionate students. I thought I'd share some pictures from the events. Again, thank you, and please tell your students what a pleasure it was to meet them! Link to photos: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=148332&id=165782142649

IMPORTANT DATES

Mon., Sept. 7: Last day to drop without record & Census Reporting

Thurs., Oct. 1: Alex Espinoza to visit our class

Thurs., Oct. 1: Alex Espinoza reading in the Nordic Student Lounge, E bldg. @6p

Fri., Oct. 16: Field Trip to USC

Sat., Oct. 24: Field trip to Festival de la Gente, Boyle Heights, LA:
http://www.festivaldelagente.org/

Fri, Oct. 30: UCI Transfer Event

Tues., Nov. 10: Priority Registration

Sat., Nov. 14: Puente Motivational Conference @ UC Riverside.
Nov. 11 or 18: Noche de la Familia

Fri., Nov. 20: Field Trip to UCLA TAP Conference

Sun, Nov. 22: Last day for students to drop and receive a “W” mark

Thurs., Nov. 27: Thanksgiving: No class meeting

Thurs., Dec. 10: FINAL EXAM: 10:40a.m.-1:10p.m.

Upcoming Events & Venues of Interest to Puentistas

LATINO BOOK & FAMILY FESTIVAL
Cal. State U. Los Angeles, Sat. & Sun., Oct. 10-11
More Info: http://lbff.us/los-angeles-2009

Festival de la Gente, Sat. & Sun., Oct. 24 & 25:
http://www.festivaldelagente.org/

Self Help Graphics' FREE workshops during October and 36th Annual Dia de los Muertos--East L.A. Civic Center:
http://www.selfhelpgraphics.com/blog.php?id=129

LatinoLA for info on local happenings and more: http://latinola.com/

VENUES:
Casa 0101 Theater (Started by Josefina Lopez, author of Real Women have Curves:
http://www.casa0101.org/

Tia Chucha's Cafe Cultural in Sylmar: http://www.tiachucha.com/

Avenue 50 Studio in Highland Park for art, music, lit. readings and more: http://www.avenue50studio.com/

Tropico de Nopal Gallery-Art Space. Their Calevara Fashion Show is a an experience of a lifetime!: http://www.tropicodenopal.com/home/home.html

Links to info related to Still Water Saints

ORISHAS, ETC.
Please send me info. you find.

The Orishas (I'm not sure how reliable this site is as a source, but the graphics are cool.): http://www.orishanet.org/ocha.html

Info on Santeria from the BBC (should be reliable): http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/santeria/

In this essay, House on Mango Street author Sandra Cisneros discusses the significance of Our Lady of Guadalupe to her. SC refers to herself as a BuddhaLupe and has one tattoed on her arm: http://scarlet-blu.livejournal.com/7632.html

INTERVIEWS OF ALEX ESPINOZA:
La Bloga: http://labloga.blogspot.com/2007/05/interview-with-alex-espinoza.html

Elegant Variations: http://marksarvas.blogs.com/elegvar/2007/03/still_water_sai.html

Riverside Public Library: www.riversideca.gov./library/interview_aespinoza.asp

AUGA MANSA: www.sbcounty.gov/museum/branches/agua.htm


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News of Interest

CSULB Student Overcame Skid Row To Earn $3k Scholarship: http://www.lbpost.com/ryan/6697

Child of migrant workers is heading into space: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/22/MNAT19BVNR.DTL

Info about young women being murdered in Juarez, Mexico. (Excerpts from documentaries can be found on YouTube):
http://vodpod.com/watch/337474-the-women-of-juarez-an-ongoing-atrocity?pod=womennewsnetworkPosted

October is the anniversary of the Tlatelolco Massacre in Mexico in 1968. Here’s a great NPR story with photos.
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-6JswSApbE&feature=related

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPuBOIIyPcs&feature=related

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhhIW5J39u8&feature=related

Sites of Interest

Puente Program on Facebook: The page contains pertinent and enlightening info. for Puentistas! Check it out:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&suggest¬e_id=129933260100#/pages/Oakland-CA/The-Puente-Program/114006315631?v=wall&viewas=610719381&ref=ts

Puente Project: http://www.puente.net/

Are Chicanos the same as Mexicans?: www.mexica.net/chicano.php

Listening to Latinas: Barriers to High School Graduation: http://maldef.org/education/public_policy/listening_to_latinas/

UCLA report on education: Separate and Unequal 50 Years After Brown: California’s Racial “Opportunity Gap”
http://justschools.gseis.ucla.edu/research/publications/brownsu2.pdf

LatinoLA for info on local happenings and more: http://latinola.com/

Tia Chucha's Cafe Cultural in Sylmar: http://www.tiachucha.com/

Avenue 50 Studio in Highland Park for art, music, lit. readings and more: http://www.avenue50studio.com/

Tropico de Nopal Gallery-Art Space. Their Calevara Fashion Show is a an experience of a lifetime!: http://www.tropicodenopal.com/home/home.html

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Fact Check http://www.factcheck.org/

Snopes (Fact checking site) http://www.snopes.com/

NPR: http://www.npr.org/

Alternet.Org: http://www.alternet.org/

Truthout: http://www.truthout.org/

The Pew Hispanic Center: http://pewhispanic.org/

The Tomas Rivera Policy Center: http://www.trpi.org/

Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

Easy Voter Guide (Nonpartisan) http://www.easyvoter.org/

AUTHOR ALEX ESPINOZA TO READ AT LBCC, THURS., OCT. 1

Author and Puente alum Alex Espinoza will be reading at the Nordic Student Lounge in the E bldg. on Thursday, October 1, at 6p.m.

This event is hosted by the Puente Program and is free to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

Parking is available for $1 in lot J at Clark Ave. and Carson St. Map: http://www.lbcc.edu/geninfo_virtualtours_lac.html

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LBCC LINKS

Department of English Policy on Plagiarism: http://engl.lbcc.cc.ca.us/plagiarism04.htm

Academic Computing Centers: http://lar.lbcc.edu/openaccesslabs.html

Library Computer Research Center: http://lib.lbcc.edu/services/libcomp.html

Success Centers Home: http://successcenters.lbcc.edu/index.cfm

English Department Computer Lab (LAC): http://engl.lbcc.edu/Computer_Lab.html

Learning Academic Resources (LAR): http://lar.lbcc.edu/

Library: http://lib.lbcc.edu/

English Dept: http://engl.lbcc.cc.ca.us/

Programs and Resources for Students:

LBCC Personal Counseling: http://counseling.lbcc.edu/Personal_Counseling/index.cfm

LAR Study Skills Workshops Schedule: http://lar.lbcc.edu/studyskills.html
Videos are also available for students who can't make it to the workshops.

LAR Handouts for student success: http://lar.lbcc.edu/handouts.html

Disabled Student Program: http://dsps.lbcc.edu/

Women's and Men's Resource Center: http://wmresources.lbcc.edu/available_services.htm

Project Launch: http://projectlaunch.lbcc.edu/

EOPS: http://eops.lbcc.edu/

Transfer Academy: http://transferacademy.lbcc.edu/

Student Success Programs: http://students.lbcc.edu/studentsuccess.htm

Learning Communities: http://lc.lbcc.edu/

Guide to Community Resources: http://www.lbschools.net/Main_Offices/Deputy_Superintendent/pdf/comResourceGuide.pdf

Links to Sites on Writing

Rules for Writers site: http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/rules6e/Player/pages/Main.aspx

EXERCISE CENTRAL: http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/exercisecentral/

MLA 2009 updates: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/15

MLA Format: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL): http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant: http://www.powa.org/

Learning Strategies: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success/index.html

Writing the Argument/Persuasion Essay: www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/argument.html

Thesis: www.andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/EngPaper/thesis.html

Research: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/EngPaper/research.html

Guide for writing research papers: www.csuohio.edu/writingcenter/writproc.html

Helpful info. about writing essays: www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/toc.shtml

More Sites on Writing

Daily Routines How writers and other interesting people organize their days: http://dailyroutines.typepad.com/

Using Specific, Concrete Details: http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/sensorydetails.html

Using Microsoft Word 1997-2003 to Write an MLA Paper: www.bccc.edu/887421129114724/lib/887421129114724/MLA_and_APA/Using_Microsoft_Word_to_Write_an_MLA_Paper.doc

MWord 2003 to 2007 conversion tutorial: http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/asstvid.aspx?assetid=XT100766331033&vwidth=1044&vheight=788&type=flash&CTT=11&Origin=HA100744321033

The Writing Process: http://web.mit.edu/writing/Writing_Process/writingprocess.html

The Paragraph: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_pgrph2.html

Developing Unified and Coherent Paragraphs: www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/parunif.html

Outline: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/02/

Dominant Impression: http://www.mindquestacademy.org/readingstrategies/MODULE_1/M1T2.htm

Expository Essay and Thesis: http://projects.uwc.utexas.edu/virgil/?q=node/199

Thesis Statement: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/01/

Introductions and Conclusions: http://www.gmu.edu/departments/writingcenter/handouts/introcon.html

http://www.lclark.edu/~writing/handouts/Intro.pdf

College and Finances

Essential Workplace Skills for College Grads:
http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-essential_workplace_skills_for_college_grads-361

How attainable is a college-for-all plan?
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_11816306

Financial Intelligence:

Suze Orman's 5 Step Financial Action Plan
http://www.oprah.com/article/money/personalfinance/pkgyourmoney/20081119_tows_suzesteps/6

LA Times Article: Rescuing teens from economic ignorance Financial literacy programs fill a crucial gap for young people who can text or Twitter in their sleep but can't balance a checkbook. If ever there were a teaching moment about the perils of financial ignorance, it's the current economic crisis. The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fi-literacy7-2009mar07,0,4130126.story

Road Trip Nation

Road Trip Nation: "Define your own road in life." College students who are unsure of their career path or just want to explore other paths, go on road trips around the country and talk with "inspiring people from all walks of life to find out how they came to do what they love for a living."

Watch episodes that were shown on PBS. They're enlightening and engaging. I promise. http://www.roadtripnation.com/

My 15 minutes of fame

If you're on Facebook, click on the link to see a video of me reading my poem "The Summer Before 9th Grade": http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/video/video.php?v=94360047867


Following is a link to a tape of me being interviewed by Suzanne Lummis on KPFK in May 2009. (It's child friendly.) Gail Wronsky is inteviewed the first 30 minutes. It's well worth the listen--she's a sublime poet and fun--but if you want to get to my interview, click on the thin blue line between the screen and the buttons and set it at 30 mins: http://archive.kpfk.org/parchive/m3u.php?mp3fil=20819


And here's a link to a photo I appeared in in the LA Times in June 2009: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-east31-2009may31,0,5763567.story