#midterm prep

[rayraystudies]

Today has been such a long day, and honestly I’m not proud of the work I did, I could have done more, but it’s hard to motivate yourself when you know that you can’t catch up with the time you have. But to combat that, you have to refocus, look at the stuff you did accomplish, take a breather and push again!! I’m waking up at 5am tomorrow to get more studying done, hopefully it’ll be a productive morning 😊📝👩🏻‍💻✏️🙏🏼 ig: rayraystudies Day 34 of 100 Days of Productivity

[guitartheskwisgaarist]

subtract c

divide the x variable in half (this is your h)

multiply it by 2

add it to y

subtract y from both sides (this is your k)

clueinq ssoh-scvmbag im-a-colorful-antelope

[mpachilove]

in the end comm and econ will eff up your mind and you will never able to think as a normal human. everything will be analysed and will drive you crazy eventually.

[jolapy]

450 mg caffein, 33 open chrome tabs, 1 lean cuisine, 2 sugar-coated acetaminophen pills, 1 daily multivitamin.

[aliteraturemajor]

Questions to turn in with the Paper:

What was the most difficult thing about writing the paper?

The easiest?

How does this paper compare to other papers you've written?

I would like to know more about ________ regarding writing.

I'd like you to notice ________ in my paper.

The part I'm least sure about is ________.

Notes on Questions:

Let what we're reading in class drive the bus.

Cite the Text in the Bibliography, each individual work.

*Footnotes are written by the editor. 

Check out Purdue Owl for citing all the works.

*Don't put commas in MLA In-Text-Citations

*Must put which of the works you are using in the in-text-citations.

*the size of your idea (theme) should be the size of your paper

If the work and the author is introduced in a sentence prior to the quote, does the in-text citation need the name and/or the article title? Yes

Can assume knowledge.

[squiddlesandsopor]

Just finished re-copying all my in class notes from chapter nine in psychology. Fucking ow my hand.

Also the only highlighter I could find in our house is pink. Ugh.

[rayraystudies]

Tonight is the last night before my biochemistry midterm!! I just finished studying for the day actually. I did a 4 hour study session and skype call with one of my friends where we simply discussed our notes and clarified things for each other.

Then I worked on a copy of the midterm from my friend who took it in the summer. My tactics for the multiple choice was to write down the basic gist of the question and what I would have needed to know to answer it - if it’s starred it means I had to check my notes or ask friends for help! Then I just did the short answer, I need to double check one tomorrow morning!

Overall it’s been a really productive study period! What are your habits after an exam? I go over the material again for about 20 minutes to see what I had forgotten and what I can make sure to remember for the final. I usually do this with a friend. 👩🏻‍💻📝😊

ig: rayraystudies

Day 36 of 100 Days of Productivity

[aliteraturemajor]

Society and Savagery: Depictions of Native Americans in Early American Texts/Literaure

Thesis Statement: Early American works conveyed varying views of the native peoples from having a highly formal society to being little more than savages. 

Society: Benjamin Franklin Works in Native American: Contact and Conflict Reference to creation myths Roger Williams

Savagery: Columbus de las Casas John Smith

Somewhere in the Middle/Questionable: Mary Rowlandson William Bradford First Encounters: de Vaca

[aliteraturemajor]

In Class Notes, American Literature, Friday October 11, 2013

Midterm Paper: Check out the sample papers, then the 10 commandments. 

Possible Paper Title: Society and Savages: An Analysis of the Portrayals of Native Americans in Early American Texts.

Paragraph Structures: Point Proof Explanation

Look at all the documents in the "Writing Help" folder.

Paul Reuben PAL= csustan.edu Donna Campbell  Rebecca Moore Howards Bibliographies

LECTURE

Poem as monument to natural and cultural landscapes. 

Comparing Bryant to Wordsworth as a potential paper topic.

Proto-transcendentalism—the relationship between the self and nature Looking at perspective, perception, imagination, the landscape/nature.

Timeline of periods: Colonialism (Puritanism, VA Colonies) Rationalism – Enlightenment Romanticism (Transcendentalism)

Writers created what they think to be divine—the wilderness as a book of wisdom. Used the forest to create the Gothic sense that we can't get, such as castles.

Thanatopsis— The cyclical nature of life and death. Deliberate use of the language of the past.

[aliteraturemajor]

Critical Theory Midterm Prep

Part 1: Concepts and Theory - Directly from the quizzes and Book, 15-20 questions, Mostly definitions.

Part 2: Application - She will let us know which text we will be using so that we can read it before the test. Two methods of analysis, then a paragraph of analysis of similarities/difference. Bring a Blue Book. Get one from the book store.

She will tell us what works we will read within the next 24/48 hours

Preparing for study: Make sure we have a method beforehand. Make an outline.

New Criticism will not be one of the analysis options in Part 2.