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We will try to work with this schedule for now. I expect that we may have some problems with it as there won’t be much time for discussion. re-re-revised-schedule-for-now
318 NEWS
Welcome to 318 News reporting Live today.
Quote
“You could of convinced me not to do this”
E. Pratt
This means that the next time that we may feel uncomfortable with something concerning the class; we should talk to the professor about it. Remember, Professor Pratt is open to dialogue.
Enjoying the Lasagna
While we all were enjoying the lasagna that the Professor made:
Lindsay read a poem she did as the Ethnographer for last class.
Then the class had a small discussion on what was the central idea of the readings that we have read. The paper that we emphasized a little more was Donald Murray’s paper. It was said that the important thing in teaching writing is that we shouldn’t emphasize the product, but the process of discovering.
Weather Forecast
Now we leave you with Yolanda Padilla who is interviewing the Director of the National whether Agency Robert Haithcock that as last week, is going to inform us what is happening with the weather.
Yolanda- Robert thank you being here with us. Where did the sun go this week? Is it going to stop raining in Mayaguez?
Apparently, the rain will never stop in Mayaguez. Please don’t forget your umbrellas! Thank you Robert for the information! Now we have to go to commercials, please stay tunned to 318 news!
Welcome back to 318 news reporting live from Chardon
Last week we had a special presentation by professor Jennifer Sanabria.
Presentation 1
Jeniffer Sanabria – Audience
Jeniffer gave a presentation about an article called “Closing my Eyes as I Apeak: Argument of Ignoring audience”. The article said that when writing, we should focus on the audience, but sometimes we can ignore the audience, especially when the audience might be perceived as “inhibiting,”. When can we ignore the audience? The article says that we can do so, when we write “privately”, this way we can reflect more on our topic, our thoughts, and even our writing. Then when we have finished writing we can revise it with our audience in mind.
Traffic Report
We go know to Marien Villanueva, who comes from Isabela, with the Traffic Report
Thank you Marien for that report!
Now we are back to 318 local news and special segments
Why is it that plagiarism is on the rise in schools and even in College? Sandra Soto had a word on that. She gave a successful conference about plagiarism at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez.
Presentation 2
Sandra Soto – Plagiarism
Sandra talked about plagiarism. She said that teachers explain to their students that plagiarism is bad, but they don’t explain to them why it is bad. Sandra also said that teachers shouldn’t take plagiarism personal.
Health Tips
Now Sandra Soto will give us some important salad- health tips.
Dessert
Yazmin came in a little late but brought the chocolate cake.
Special Thanks
To Sandra’s Husband for being our waiter.
Thank you for tuning in and have a good night.
Here are the instructions for the multi-genre research project.
Be sure to take time to look over the two websites I gave you on the assignment.
They will give information you need to create your own project.
The Scribe of the Day
By Lidsay Centeno
I’m sorry Blanca I mean to say
for copying your poetic ways.
But your technique was fun and true
that I had to try writing a poem too.
So now with no further a do
here is the scribe I have written for you.
I will explain without delay
all the things we did that day.
The class began with a quiz
so Nora and Rob got down to biz.
The competition got down to size
when they announced there would be a prize.
Many questions were answered that day
but only one winner was truly at play
and that was Francheska who Nora and Rob honored
by giving her the well deserved and amazing dollar.
And just when we were having so much fun
we soon realized that their scribe was done.
Back to the class we had to go
to keep on with our educational flow.
The great debate of this week
was where we were going to meet
and since no one knew what to say
we are meeting in this classroom today.
“Winds of Change” we had discussed
and opinions rose without any fuss.
Some students from this reading had stated
that teaching techniques are not gold plated.
If teaching writing was what you aspired
techniques and abilities you must acquire.
You have to decline teaching the same old thing
and instead teaching students materials with a swing.
If some topics you do not know much
that shouldn’t be a topic you should touch.
You must be a teacher that truly cares
and not teach things of which you are not aware.
The truth and reality of the matter is
that a PhD does not make you a wiz.
This assumption has held teaching and learning back
by assuming that all degrees are white and black.
Coon had more or less the same idea
that not much change has been made real.
He states that some teachers wont make a change
because changing tradition is just purely strange.
I think that we all agreed
that Berlin was a drag to read.
And before we could say anything more
it was time to walk out the door.
Before our ritualistic class closing
we numbered traits writers should be owning.
They should have a point and perfect writing
and know their message shouldn’t be hiding.
All and all that’s all we revised
I hope you all enjoyed my scribe.
