Saturday, February 28, 2015

If You Touched My Heart

Azucena

The Azucena is a flower that represents kindness, innocence, purity, grace, and nobility. However, because azucenas have a very short life, they are also known to represent death which makes it bitter-sweet to have this name. Azucena is the Spanish name for a garden lily.

Sunday, February 22, 2015

BlackBoard's Peer Review Tool


https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4kmalZR0neUX1cxRVdZNDliMEU/edit?usp=docslist_api

Classmate Emails

I encourage you to contact and collaborate with your classmates. 

Vbaker@spartan.northampton.edu
Mdcabrera@spartan.northampton.edu
Qfisher@spartan.northampton.edu
Mguevaramartinez@spartan.northampton.edu
Llawson@spartan.northampton.edu
Jimatthews@spartan.northampton.edu
Etohlman@spartan.northampton.edu
Etoro@spartan.northampton.edu
Fvaldez@spartan.northampton.edu
Aeremaly@spartan.northampton.edu

Grade Worksheet



ENGL250G Requirements

Writing Assignments (100 points each)



ARTICLE
      #1 Mario Vargas Llosa: 1 page essay, 2 peer reviews
            _____ peer review    _____ peer review

SHORT STORIES
      #2 Journal Entry: 2 page essay, 2 peer reviews
            _____ peer review    _____ peer review

      #3 Comparison Essay: 3 page essay, thesis, 1 reference, 2 peer reviews
            _____ peer review    _____ peer review

      #4 Literary Topics: 4 page essay, thesis, 2 references, 2 peer reviews 
           Assignment #4
            _____ peer review    _____ peer review

NOVELS
      #5 TBA: 2 page essay, 2 peer reviews
            _____ peer review    _____ peer review

      #6 TBA: 3 page essay, thesis, 1 reference, 2 peer reviews
            _____ peer review    _____ peer review

      #7 TBA: 4 page essay, thesis, 2 references, 2 peer reviews
            _____ peer review    _____ peer review


       Midterm Exam (100 points)


       Final Exam (100 points)

       Contact Hours (32 points)



Oral Presentations (10 points each)
___ #1 Literary Terms (present in class and post on BlackBoard Discussion Boards)
___ #2 Short Story (present in class and post on BlackBoard Wikis)
___ #3 Novel (present in class and post on BlackBoard Wikis)

Discussion Boards on BlackBoard (3 points each)

      #1 Introduction
      #2 Where and What is Latin America?
      #3 What are the "Humanities"? or Literary Topics
      #4 Literary or Cultural Topics
      #5 Literary Topics or Movements
      #6 Literary Topics or Movements
      #7 Literary Topics
      #8 Literary Analysis or Movements
      #9 Literary Analysis
      #10 Literary Analysis or Culture

Wikis on BlackBoard (3 points each)

      #1 Water
      #2 Death
      #3 Doll
      #4 Lather
      #5 Tree
      #6 Yzur
      #7 Words
      #8 Guest
      #9 Gold
      #10 Wicked
      #11 Heart
      #12 Clay
      #13 When I was Puertorican by 
      #14 Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
      #15 Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende