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Monday,September 9

What Are We Doing Today?

  • ​Today's Goals

  • Reading Quiz on Wednesday in Seminar!

  • Dates to Know tab

  • Connecting the Past to the Present Assignment  

  • Meeting with Wooster next week?!

  • Frethorne Workshop 

  • Reminders

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Today's Goals

  • Reflect and integrate learning from learning community courses, including development of critical thinking skills, social and/or personal responsibility.

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  • Interact with faculty and peers about substantive matters through daily activities and discussions

Reading Quiz on Wednesday, September 11

This first quiz will be on "A Documentary History of the United States"- A New Nation (pgs. 1-12)

  • Be sure to be here on time since we will be doing this the first 10 minutes of class on Wednesday.

  • Go to Supplemental Instruction! 

  • Two copies of the History 1301 textbook are on Course Reserves in the Library. Ask the attendant at the front desk and all you need is your Sandollar card to check the book out for up to three hours.

Connecting the Past to the Present Integrated Assignment 

What questions/concerns do we have about this? 

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We will be giving the assignment description (instructions & expectations) out in Dr. Wooster's class on Friday. Be there or else you will miss out!

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  • Section 246: Frethorne

  • Section 247: Habit of Self Rule 

Meeting with Wooster! (9.16-9.20)

Communicating and interacting with professors is an important part of college success. To encourage you to do this and perhaps remove some of the anxieties involved (I had these too!!!), sometime between next Monday (9.16) and Friday (9.20) you will (in groups of 4-5 and no larger/NO EXCEPTIONS) be going to visit Dr. Wooster in his office.

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  • Office/Student hours are for students- with no appointments required. Faculty are available to visit with you and address any issues or concerns you may have. That being said, please do not get on your cell phone to avoid conversation. You are an adult and capable of having a conversation! Break through the awkwardness!

  • As I assigned this and recognize that it will cause you to mesh several schedules, you are not required to come and visit me. However, just as with any part of this semester, if you want to come and see me, I will be more than happy to chat with you! I am like a piece of furniture in this place, I am always there!

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So, what is the purpose?

  • The goal is to meet your professor and learn a little about more about him. Look around his office and ask some questions. These questions can be about class, college, the upcoming quiz/exam, or anything that interests you (i.e. sports team, favorite historical figure, field of study, whatever).

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Where/ when can you find Dr. Wooster?

  • Office location: Faculty Center 269

  • Student Hours: Monday 9-9:45 am, 11-11:45 am, and 4-5:15 pm Wednesday 9-9:45 am, and 12:30- 2pm, Friday 9-9:45 am, and 11-11:45 am

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Post- Visit Reflection

After your visits, answer the following questions below that describes your visit.

  • What was his office like? (clean, messy, artwork, pleasant, dark, layout, etc.)?

  • What did you/your group ask him? What were his responses?

  • Do you think this experience made it any easier to go see a professor if you need/want to? Why or why not?

  • This assignment must be complete and turned in at the beginning of Seminar on Monday, September 23rd. This will be due in the Blackboard Discussion forum: Meeting with Wooster! 

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  • Hint: After I have given you credit for this activity, keep a copy of this assignment, you might want to use it for your Learning Community E portfolios which we will discuss later. :)

Frethorne Workshop

"Virginia is horrible, send Beef and Cheese..."

 

Writing is a Social and Rhetorical Activity?!

  • Rhetoric is defined as,"the art of speaking or writing effectively to influence and audience... the study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion..."

  • "... writing can never be anything but a social and rhetorical act, connecting us to other people across time and space in an attempt to respond adequately to the needs of an audience." (Roozen 18.)

Let's examine the writing and actions of a particular historical figure and topic that you will learn more about in the coming week in HIST 1301. Take out your Frethorne document...

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  • Who is the intended audience?

  • What is Frethorne trying to get his audience to think, feel, say or do?

  • What rhetorical appeals does he make that are effective?

  • Be thorough in your analysis.

Reminders...

  • Blue Books are due by September 16th! Please be sure to give these to me...

  • Read: What should you be reading for Wednesday's History lecture?​

  • What is coming up on the calendar?

  • Email me or come by and see me if you have any questions! My email is bernadette.flores@tamucc.edu. Where can you find my Student Visiting Hours or Writing Center hours?

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