Here, you will see the work my students have completed during this semester. Click on my students' links to their personal page or find their work embedded on this page for Spring 2011 Critical Reading 101.
Stephen Aguilar
Ashley Cobb
Caroline Crum
Christopher Demelio
Jenna Dodt
Denise Dunning
Melinda Eastham
Elizabeth Edgar
Brian Fairchild
Loura Gusler
Lauren Hampton
Sabrina Johnson
Molly Jordan
Alexandra Kelly
Chloe Nielsen
Janelle Regan
Kyle Schinella
Andrew Shahin
Farhad Sharifi
Christina Strobel
Tarah Westover
Ashley Cobb
Caroline Crum
Christopher Demelio
Jenna Dodt
Denise Dunning
Melinda Eastham
Elizabeth Edgar
Brian Fairchild
Loura Gusler
Lauren Hampton
Sabrina Johnson
Molly Jordan
Alexandra Kelly
Chloe Nielsen
Janelle Regan
Kyle Schinella
Andrew Shahin
Farhad Sharifi
Christina Strobel
Tarah Westover
The Story That Could Be...
“The Story of an Hour”
Kate Chopin
Life can be full of twists. If you were a writer, what story would you tell? As we continue to find dig into the issue of Teenage Pregnancy, look for a story which pulls at your heart strings regarding teenagers and the challenges that they face today. What of the teenage mother? What of the teenage father? What of the parent of a pregnant mother or soon-to-be father? What of dreams regarding that advanced degree beyond high school???
Attach your own story about teenage hood and its many trials. It may be true or have roots based on something of which you personally know with a twist of how you would like the story to end or…what story do you want to tell? Here is where you will post it.
Kate Chopin
Life can be full of twists. If you were a writer, what story would you tell? As we continue to find dig into the issue of Teenage Pregnancy, look for a story which pulls at your heart strings regarding teenagers and the challenges that they face today. What of the teenage mother? What of the teenage father? What of the parent of a pregnant mother or soon-to-be father? What of dreams regarding that advanced degree beyond high school???
Attach your own story about teenage hood and its many trials. It may be true or have roots based on something of which you personally know with a twist of how you would like the story to end or…what story do you want to tell? Here is where you will post it.
Example:
Add your story here.
The Many Dangers of Teenage Parties and more...
Let’s party! Teen pregnancy is no party or is it???
To start off, here is a link which sends an important message to us all: http://www.mommytracked.com/features/one_teen_at_a_time/kristy_campbell_teenage_pregnancy.
Using information which you have researched, attach here your findings regarding the issue of partying and its consequences. Be sure to include the URL of where you found your information so we may also go there and read those findings.
To start off, here is a link which sends an important message to us all: http://www.mommytracked.com/features/one_teen_at_a_time/kristy_campbell_teenage_pregnancy.
Using information which you have researched, attach here your findings regarding the issue of partying and its consequences. Be sure to include the URL of where you found your information so we may also go there and read those findings.
Example:
Add your findings for "Let's Party" here...
Analyzing Media in Its Many Forms
Cartoons
Analyzing cartoons on teen pregnancy. For this discussion, analyzing cartoons focused on the issue of teen pregnancy is aimed to help us be more aware of the issues surrounding this possible roadblock to materializing dreams of what we want to be.
What is the message one sees? Analyzing cartoons do give us denotated messages. From p. 95 of Spears' text, Developing Critical Reading Skills, it reads that "cartoons, especially political cartoons, often require one to make inferences. A cartoon strips a situation down to its essential elements, and the careful reader must piece these elements together to make connections, especially if the cartoon doesn’t include a caption. Cartoons on the editorial page of major metropolitan newspapers are especially effective at molding public opinion and commenting on the news of the day or on social trends in a humorous or ironic way."
What is the message one sees? Analyzing cartoons do give us denotated messages. From p. 95 of Spears' text, Developing Critical Reading Skills, it reads that "cartoons, especially political cartoons, often require one to make inferences. A cartoon strips a situation down to its essential elements, and the careful reader must piece these elements together to make connections, especially if the cartoon doesn’t include a caption. Cartoons on the editorial page of major metropolitan newspapers are especially effective at molding public opinion and commenting on the news of the day or on social trends in a humorous or ironic way."
Example:
Add your cartoon and analysis here.
Data
By using information from Ch. 3 as a guide students will explore and find data to support their project in regard to teen pregnancy--especially for those young adults who are entering high education. As is read on p. 96 (Spears), "Graphs and charts present data in a succinct and readable format. These visual elements accompany articles in magazines and newspapers or appear in textbooks to reinforce and clarify complex material. Since long lists of numbers and percentages are difficult to comprehend when printed as text, the chart or graph format allows the reader to see relationships and trends over a period of months or years, depending on the underlying idea of the article."
Example:
This site is from the CDC and provides a chart comparing abortion, pregnancy and birth for 15-19 year olds over an 18 year period. The site also has a graph of birth rates by ethnicity. The purpose of the chart is prevention of teen pregnancy. It shows that teen pregnancies are on the rise after declining for several years. It doesn't say why they are increasing. If you read the sources below the chart, most of it is preliminary information, not the final data.