Portfolio 2

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Coverage and Timeliness:

If You Can't Read Him, Read a Parody  - an entry about "Goodnight Desdemona."  The good, the bad...and, well, basically just the good here.

Violence, Blood, Feminism, and Other Words that Scare People - how "Goodnight Desdemona" defines feminism

Juxtaposition: Dancing Daffodils and Lustful Swans - a look at imagery and themes in Wordsworth and Yeats

It's Repetitive. And Redundant. - when a pro breaks the rules, is it OK? I thought in this case, some redundancy worked, my classmates disagreed.

Problem is Such a Strong Word...Let's Go with Exciting Logical Exercise. It'll Catch On. - a look at creating more than a thesis statement.

Afflicted with the Frost - an extra entry parodying a Frost poem and the frost-heavy readings of an English major 

"Your work is only as good as your concentra...Hey look--A cloud shaped like Snoopy!" - how Joy Williams makes stream-of-consciousness more than random sentences

Who Saw that Coming? We Did. - an entry that deals with the second third of "The Quick and the Dead" and the questions this section answered.  Though, in many cases, my classmates answered these questions first.

Walk the Line, Corvus, Walk the Line - what questions did Williams answer about Corvus's desire to walk a line between life and death? 

Writing a Review when the Book Puts No Step in Your Groove - an entry reviewing a book review, and detailing some problems I had writing my own review of a book I found to be mediocore. 

 

Depth- some entries I put extra effort into

If You Can't Read Him, Read a Parody- Why did Good Night Desdemona work so well? This entry explores some winning moments in this play, and why the author's techniques worked on my Shakespeare-resistant class. 

Violence, Blood, Feminism, and Other Words that Scare People - What feminism is, what it isn't, and how two extremes were portrayed in Good Night Desdemona.

 Juxtaposition: Dancing Daffodils and Lustful Swans - Here I look at Wordsworth's and Yeat's poetry, themes, and techniques.  I not only examine the possible meaning of the poems, but look at the effectiveness of the imagery in both.

Problem is Such a Strong Word...Let's Go with Exciting Logical Exercise. It'll Catch On. - This entry explores one of my biggest problems when writing a paper-- getting started.  I list some advice I was given that has helped me along the way.

"Your work is only as good as your concentra...Hey look--A cloud shaped like Snoopy!" - I talk about stream-of-consciousness, and how it ties into the theme of The Quick and the Dead. 

Who Saw that Coming? We Did. - This is a blog that starts out congratulating my classmates for their accurate predictions concerning The Quick and the Dead, and goes on to guess what else will be important, based on what we'd read so far. 

 Walk the Line, Corvus, Walk the Line - The main character we'd heard least about had finally been given a chance to be unraveled. Here's my interpretation of Corvus's dream and what it means for her character. 

 

Interaction:

Insert Witty Title Here- Karyssa Blair

-Karyssa and I talk about the difficulties of feminism, and the importance of character growth.  Though it continued for four comments, the conversation was indepth and thoughtful.

Now the snarfblatt dates back to prehistoric times... - Ashley Pascoe

-Here was a lengthy discussion about...ahem...disney princesses.  It was pertinent, though, I swear.

Not a New Problem -Gladys Mares

-The comment I left on this entry attempted to answer each question Gladys posted in her blog, and give detailed explainations and examples.

John Crimmins...Resurrected - Jessica Orlowski

-Jess's entry pointed out a very important connection in The Quick and the Dead; one which I completely missed, actually.  This conversation begins as a heartfelt thank-you from me to Jess for sharing this information, and ends up as a discussion about symbols and meaning.

Picking Daisies, Falling into Chasms- Melissa Schwenk

-A conversation about conversation.  What do Alice's and Nurse Daisy's comments reveal about their character?

It's Not Like Waking Up From a Dream- Melissa Schwenk

-Melissa, Jess, and I tried to puzzle out the meaning of the end of The Quick and the Dead.

What Lets You Do Bad Things? - Brooke Kuehn

-Amazing how two simple sentences can inspire three different opinions, but an excerpt from The Quick and the Dead did just that.

Symbolism Abounds- Karyssa Blair

-There's a reference to the three Fates that had us all searching for meaning.

Infuso-what? - Karyssa Blair

-Nurse Daisy says that thoughts are all infusorial.  Whatever that means, right?  Hardly.  We spent some time trying to figure out first, what the word meant, and then, what it meant in regards to a person's thoughts and the theme of The Quick and the Dead.

 

Discussion- my blogs that prompted some conversation and breakthroughs

If You Can't Read Him, Read a Parody

Juxtaposition: Dancing Daffodils and Lustful Swans

It's Repetitive. And Redundant.

"Your work is only as good as your concentra...Hey look--A cloud shaped like Snoopy!"

Who Saw that Coming? We Did

Walk the Line, Corvus, Walk the Line

 

Xenoblogging- contributions I made to keep the blog community interacting.

Violence, Blood, Feminism, and Other Words that Scare People

-I linked to Karyssa's blog as we covered the same topic.

For Shame? - Cody Naylor

-In my comment on Cody's blog, I direct him to a classmate's entry that will help him answer his questions.

It's Repetitive. And Redundant.

-I linked to an entry by Aja, since she talked about "rules" when writing.

Who Saw that Coming? We Did.

-To give an example of a classmate who correctly guessed what would come next in a novel, I linked to Karyssa's blog.

Writing a Review when the Book Puts No Step in Your Groove

-In Karyssa's blog, she included rules for writing a review and a link to a tutorial.  As my blog posed many questions about the art of book review writing, I linked to Karyssa's entry.

Empty Spaces, You're No Match for Me - Melissa Schwenk

-Melissa and Kayla both pointed out the absurdity of a certain practice Frost writes about.  I directed Melissa to Kayla's blog in my comment.

 

Wildcard:

Afflicted with the Frost 

-This is an example of me having fun with my blog and still staying true to topic.

 

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Fascinating work, Josie -- you continue to impress on so many levels. Keep up the great work, keep taking risks with your claims, and keep being such a supportive member of the class. Your classmates really appreciate your insight, and they thrive when you shine your intellect on their ideas. Wonderful!

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Dennis G. Jerz on Portfolio 2: Fascinating work, Josie -- you