Missives from the teacher

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61096332011-04-22T10:48:08.394+08:00Missives from the teacherAn online bulletin board for my English classes in UP Diliman. Serves as a forum for English 1, 10 and 11. Jessel B. Duque. kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comBlogger761100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1122300872379805732005-07-25T22:14:00.000+08:002005-07-25T22:14:32.420+08:00The Elements of Style

In case you still don't have a copy of this "little book," here's an online resource that'll do you well to bookmark. Presenting the online edition to Strunk & White: The Elements of Style. This is required reading for all the writing classes, most specially those people in English 1. Read and learn, people. If you don't like reading from the computer screen, then buy. If you can't buy, then

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1121827949587551352005-07-20T10:46:00.000+08:002005-07-20T10:52:29.593+08:00Neil Gaiman on Writing

This is for the CW10 people. Neil Gaiman, rockstar writer and recent visitor to Manila--rallies and all, on where he gets his ideas. Backgrounder: He was asked to talk with some first graders about writing, and this is what he told them: You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1120707252731729162005-07-07T11:34:00.000+08:002005-07-07T11:34:12.766+08:00Punctuation as emotion

The New York Times rediscovers a playwright lost to time because she was a woman and American theater is mostly about the guys. Susan Glaspell, whose one act play "Trifles" was based on a crime she covered for a newspaper about a farmer's wife who was accused of murdering her husband while he slept, was once regarded as one of the most promising figures in American theater. And although "

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1112538608608186802005-04-03T22:24:00.000+08:002005-04-03T22:30:08.610+08:00Grades and classcards

Class cards will be availabe starting April 13. Don't bug me before then. You may retrieve them from the DECL office, between 9-11.30am and 1.30-4.30pm. Just write your name, class and section, and it will really help if you know your teacher's name. If you really are anxious for your grades, I will announce them in your respective class's egroups as soon as they're available. So far, only Eng11

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1105147313861926182005-01-08T09:21:00.000+08:002005-01-08T09:21:53.860+08:00Stalking is good for your writing

If you find yourself spending hours and hours of your time people watching instead of writing in your journal, fret not. People watching is actually a good excuse to use all your senses and create an increased hyper-awareness in you: As a student, you will appreciate how stalking is eerily similar to reading narrative fiction. Through the experiences of another you discover a way to understand

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1104762205783537832005-01-03T22:23:00.000+08:002005-01-03T22:23:25.783+08:005ives: Merlin's Lists of Five Things

Absolutely nobody but a grinch wants to have her holidays interrupted, particularly if the party's just starting to swing. But there you are, forced to go to school and eventually attend your suck ass CW 10 class at 8.30 in the freaking morning. What to do when you got cobwebs and can't write anything to save your life? Come up with lists of five things! Battle writer's block with random lists

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1103261717523126762004-12-17T13:24:00.000+08:002004-12-17T13:35:17.523+08:00The worst opening lines ever

If you are a wannabe writer hungry for a life and career affirming award, I don't think you would crave to win The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, unless you're in for a good laugh. The goal is simple enough: come up with the worst opening lines for an imaginary novel. The very first bad opening line ever cited was from Bulwer-Lytton's novel "Paul Clifford," although a lot of us probably know

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1102469829811607542004-12-08T09:26:00.000+08:002004-12-08T09:37:09.810+08:00James Ellroy's Dark Places

The Onion interviews James Ellroy, writer of L.A. Confidential and The Black Dahlia, is commonly known for the "true crime" feel of his novels. Most of his novels were set in Los Angeles, and thus he "owns the place." He quotes Joan Didion about a writer's mastery of milieu: "A place belongs to the writer who claims it most obsessively." Writers also usually find themselves writing about more

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1099965009914572412004-11-09T09:48:00.000+08:002004-11-09T09:50:09.913+08:00Classes start today

Let the chaos begin. This is where I'll be today: Eng 10 Tfr2/Tfu CNB 501 No prerogs.

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1098848184479931792004-10-27T11:30:00.000+08:002004-10-27T11:36:24.480+08:00Classcards

Classcards may be retrieved from the DECL office starting today, 27 October. 8.30-11.30am, 1.30-4.30pm. Bring the necessary IDs. If you have questions about your grades, do let me know. Thanks.

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1097855362195785992004-10-15T23:46:00.000+08:002004-10-15T23:49:22.200+08:00Classcards

Classcards will be distributed starting 27 October, 8.30 to 11.30 and 1.30 - 4pm. Please go to the DECL office with your IDs. Meanwhile, please do not pester me over YM for your grades. I am not yet done checking all your papers. Thanks.

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1096258986407534272004-09-27T13:19:00.000+08:002004-09-27T12:23:06.406+08:00Eng10 MTh class cancelled; go to the Public Forum forum on the search for the next UP President

Okay, so we scheduled consultations for this afternoon. You can do that, but you can also go to Abelardo Hall at the College of Music and get yourself informed in the goings on of the day. You have to, if you plan to stay in this university for the next 4+ years. Info on StarStruck--er--UP Prez Search here.

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1094883001224450972004-09-11T14:04:00.000+08:002004-09-11T14:10:01.226+08:00Regarding RPGs

Some of you who are writing papers on RPGs might be interested in this bit. if some of you ppl come across stuff which might be of help to someone who's writing a paper on that topic, in the interest of academic and intellectual freedom, feel free to share. thanks. Narratologists versus Ludologists: battle of the games-academics Over on Terra Nova, academic Timothy Burke has posted a

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1093488142895328052004-08-26T10:30:00.000+08:002004-08-26T10:42:22.896+08:00Blogs are the new bulletin boards

There's a piece in the New York Times last week that focuses on the classroom uses of the (we)blog. Teachers have been appropriating blogs, which are easily published via platforms like blogger and moveabletype.org, to complement and even augment classroom discussion. Kids who tend to be quiet in the classroom turn out to be more verbose and confident in posting their responses to blog

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1093487140588788032004-08-26T10:24:00.000+08:002004-08-26T10:25:40.586+08:00Classes suspended

Text message received: Chancellor EMERLINDA ROMAN suspends UPD classes and offices today, 26 August, due to inclement weather. Please pass. --AVP PPLegasto. There you go, folks. So no classes, no ACLE, no paper. Regular classes resume tomorrow for the TF people, and next week for the MTh folks.

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1093486833865090672004-08-25T22:16:00.000+08:002004-08-26T10:20:33.866+08:00Wednesday workshop for CW10

regular classes starting 1130 am are suspended until 5pm to give way to the ACLE scheduled on Thursday afternoon, 26 august. you are strongly encouraged to attend a session of your your choosing. please pick interactive lectures and seminars where you will be given the chance to interact. try to avoid film showings. you will be expected to write an entry about it in your respective journals. by

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1093485847471327272004-08-25T21:57:00.000+08:002004-08-26T10:23:41.363+08:00ACLE for the people

Okay people, it's that time of the sem again, and you have a one day break from regular classes to give way for the Alternative Classroom Learning Experience. So for eng10 pips: you are all strongly encouraged to attend the ACLE scheduled for tomorrow, 26 august, thursday. you may choose a seminar/lecture of your own choosing. please try to avoid film showings, as they usually just screen the

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1092070455462584842004-08-10T00:45:00.000+08:002004-08-10T00:54:15.463+08:00Required screenings

This is for Eng10 people, you have 3 ways to boost your grades in class. Go out and watch any of these, then write a 2-3 page mini-review or reaction paper for 10pts each: I-Witness documentaries. To be screened at the UP Film Center on Tuesday, 10 August. You have 2 sets of docus to choose from. Watch one or both, if you have time. 10pts. Insiang. Also at the UP

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1091604601690270032004-08-04T15:11:00.000+08:002004-08-04T15:30:01.690+08:00100% Perfect Girl

For CW 10 people: We are taking up Haruki Murakami's "On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning." Here's a link to a facsimile of the pages from The Elephant Vanishes. It's gif-animated. You have to repeatedly click to see the succeeding pages. And here is another version that features illustrations. I think the Murakami story even inspired this film.

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1091464875198670922004-08-03T00:32:00.000+08:002004-08-03T00:41:15.200+08:00How to be creative

You know what they say: All yak and no work makes Jack a very dull boy poseur. So in order to be NOT like Jack, here are some tips on how to be creative. The last one is especially interesting. Excerpts: 3. Put the hours in. Doing anything worthwhile takes forever. 90% of what seperates successful people and failed people is time, effort and stamina.7. Keep your day job. I’m not just saying

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1091358580253267992004-08-01T18:59:00.000+08:002004-08-01T19:09:40.253+08:00Online Resources

This is for Eng10 people. Here's a number of online resources for those trying to make heads and tails of writing thesis statements and such. Purdue University's OWL (Online Writing Lab) is a great resource material on how about your research. You can get material on-- How to write a thesis statementHow to develop an outlineHow to use the MLA style of documentationI will leave copies of the

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1090815390290327782004-07-26T12:13:00.000+08:002004-07-26T12:16:30.290+08:00Sona

President Nemenzo has already declared a suspension of classes beginning 1pm today due to the expected monster traffic jams that'll accompany the SONA. For Eng10 people, please read "How to Lie with Statistics." For Eng1 people, read and analyze Conrado de Quiros' "Quiapo." You need not type out the homework. Just jot it down so you know what's up when we discuss it in class. For CW10

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1090517229159682582004-07-23T01:22:00.000+08:002004-07-26T12:09:45.896+08:00Fight Club Staples

Here's some photos of office supply boxes with inconspicuous Tyler Durden tags. Pretty nifty ei? If you still don't know who Tyler Durden is, well, go google it while you can.

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1090036294837036282004-07-17T11:41:00.000+08:002004-07-17T11:52:52.383+08:00One Hit Wonders

McSweeney's had this funny follow ups for fellows who only had one hit wonders tucked under their pop belts, which resulted to this: How Are We Going to Get These Dogs Back In? Seriously, Eileen, Come On (Won't You Give Me A Ride Home From) Funkytown? Remember When You Lit up My Life? That Was Great I Will Now Pass the Dutchie Back to You and Thank You for Passing It to Me Originally Because I

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1089220818078070082004-07-08T01:19:00.000+08:002004-07-17T11:56:14.756+08:0014 Songs you shouldn't sing on a wake

14. Magkasuyo buong gabi - Rico J. Puno 13. Hello, Kaibigan! - Lea Salonga 12. Awit ng Kabataan - Rivermaya 11. This is the Moment - Erik Santos 10. Kung Kaya mo, Kaya ko rin - Rico J. Puno 9. Muntik nang maabot ang Langit - Truefaith 8. Habang May Buhay - Afterimage 7. Sumusunod sa Galaw - Jaboom Twins 6. Gusto ko ng Baboy - Radioactive Sago Project 5. Wake Up - Slapshock or Gising na -

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1089171981528537282004-07-07T11:41:00.000+08:002004-07-07T11:49:39.670+08:00Fight Club: The Musical

It seems like there are plans to put together a musical version of Fight Club. Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails will do the music*. Author Chuck Palahniuk sort of confirmed this at a talk he made, thus adding to a forthcoming ChuckP blitzkrieg since Choke, Invisible Monsters and Survivor are all going to be turned into movies. Maybe one day we'll even see a Fight Club on Ice, who knows? For more

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1088840556084490212004-07-03T15:42:00.000+08:002004-07-03T15:46:38.876+08:00Mike Judge

The Onion AV Club features an interview with Mike Judge. If you still don't know who he is after this, I don't know what to do with you anymore.

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1088614622034444712004-07-01T00:56:00.000+08:002004-07-01T00:57:02.036+08:00Francis Ferdinand

This is a late post, but no matter: June 28 is the 90th Anniversary of the terrorist assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand which touched off the First World War. Just thought you might want to know. Found this via mefi.

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1088613059759651742004-07-01T00:27:00.000+08:002004-07-01T00:30:59.760+08:00How to write a bestseller

The Morning News has some tongue in cheek advice on how to write the next DaVinci Code:—If only you knew the problems farting has caused me. —Ivan Sergei Shushmayovich was poor, very poor indeed, but every day he stood hopefully outside the little rich girl’s house, a much-chewed pencil in one hand, a rusted mutton cleaver in the other.—Taking a bite of her sandwich, Rebecca de Cache wasn’t sure

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1088402517141259872004-06-28T13:54:00.000+08:002004-06-28T14:07:27.193+08:00Missives from the sick teacher

Missives from your sick teacher CW 10 Mhy. Here is some stuff for you to read: (1) Robert Olen Butler on postcards and memory; (2) The Wall Street Journal on stories behind objects found in used books; (3) Chuck Palahniuk's "Guts." Be warned that the last piece have caused people to throw up. So please don't eat and read, or you'll be sorry. Not for the faint hearted. Meanwhile, the first 2

kantogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01767871744145685521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109633.post-1087963252331187302004-06-23T11:56:00.000+08:002004-06-23T12:00:52.333+08:00The Library Vs. Google

Researching in your pajamas Crossposting for those people who have still NOT accepted the invite to the mailing list: For starters, since we’ve taken up the library, the web, and where else you can get your sources and information, I’m posting an article from the New York Times. It’s now a google vs. the library sort of world, and it’s affecting not just English 10 research paper writing classes

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Announcements Hello people. Our class mailing lists are now up and running. You should have received email invites by now. If you haven't, then please let me know or look up the homepages of your respective classes. Eng10 people: our mailing list is the combined forces of the MTh and TF classes, since it's largely the same content and discussion, I decided to just have one group for both.

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Papogi at the UP Film Institute If you are in one of my Eng 10 classes, you are required to attend the screening of Butch Perez's Papogi, a documentary essay on the imaging of the Philippine Presidents. It's produced by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, and narrated by film maker Jose Javier Reyes. The screening will be at the UP Film Center (or Institute, whatever) at 7pm,

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Classcards. Most of the papers have been checked, and you may retrieve them this coming week except for your final papers which I will have to keep for 5 years or until after you've graduated. To be safe, you may start claiming your classcards at the department office starting 6 april, tuesday although some of it might be ready by tomorrow. But I want to save all of us time, money and

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Last call for papers Those of you from English 10, both sections who have still not submitted your papers, please pass them already lest you want to get an INC. Just put them in my department pigeonhole. English 1: Departmental exams on Wednesday, 24 March. 1.45-3.45pm. PH 210. English 11 MHY: Final exam also on Wednesday. 4.30-6.30pm. PH 313.

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Easy on the adverbs (Or The Exclamation Point is not your friend.) Elmore Leonard has ten rules on writing. You might want to check this out. Yes, this is the same guy who wrote the novel upon which Jackie Brown was based, and also Get Shorty. As you can see, macabre maestro Stephen King is not just the only one with commandments. This goes for everyone, not just for people in English 1 (it

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Last missions aboard Eng 11. We'll be tackling the novel and the intro discussion on The Virgin Suicides. Please read. Eng 10 MHX. I will meet you briefly, but mostly for consultations. Eng 10 TFX. No more meetings, just consultations. And paper submissions of course. Eng 1. We'll finish the last essay, the one on World Domination, on Tuesday. Then it'll just be a review session in

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Like Water For Chocolate film showing Screening for Eng 1 on March 9 and 12. We will meet at the Arcellana Library, 1.00pm. I'm also expecting your drafts for the (group) final paper. Please also let me know if you're going to need any equipment for the presentation of your projects. The Virgin Suicides For Eng 11 people, please coordinate with each other when we can have the film screening,

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Walang pasok! Damn, and to think I was ready for class. Because of the on going transportation strike, classes have been suspended effective 2.30pm. So the film showing for Eng 11 will be suspended as well. Please check the website again for further details.

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Now Stalking Eng 1 observation exercise. 21 February, 18h00. Directions: When you receive this message, wherever you are, stop what you are doing. Look up and around you, feel the vibe of the place, watch the people. Then pick someone from the crowd and observe him/her. What is s/he doing? What is his/her story? Note all the little details, and put everything in the character bio/description

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Where it's at Eng 11 people, please go to Stall # 7 at the shopping center for your copies of "The Virgin Suicides." Costs P64. Btw, we're back to regular programming today. We're taking up White Elephants Like Hills this afternoon. See you all in class. Eng 10 MHX, I'll be collecting first drafts of your paper today. I'll be coming in a bit late as I have to run from the National Computer

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Bonnie and Clyde They rob banks. For Eng10 MHY & TFX: Please proceed to the Arcellana Library at the Faculty Center for this week's screening of Bonnie and Clyde. 2.30-4pm. After this week's film screenings, we'll take a writing break. So NO CLASSES next Feb 15-16. Classes resume on Feb 19/20, which is also when you will be submitting the first drafts of your documented essays. We will also

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We've got mail First off, I've been getting e-mail from people whose addys are not in my list. Subject line always says "TEST" and so far, only English 11 people will have enough reasons to put that in the subject line. But as I've said, I won't be accepting e-mailed submissions to the take home exam. If you didn't hand in your blue books during class time, then sorry, I'll have to mark them

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Classwork updates English 11. The Rashomon screening will be on February 2, Monday. You will write a comparative analysis on the film and Ryunosuke Akutawa's "In a Grove." The mini-essay to be submitted on February 5. On Thursday, we will discuss the story and how pov is important in the telling of the story. On other matters, there are still some of you who have not submitted their take home

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Habol To those people from Eng10 tfx who signed up for consultation tomorrow morning, Monday 26 January, please be adviced that we'll continue consultations on Tuesday instead. Thanks.

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Poems by Angela Manalang-Gloria Old Maid Walking on a City Street (1950) She had a way of walking through concupiscence And past the graces her fingers never twirled: Because her mind refused the heavy burden, Her broad feet shovelled up the world. Querida (1940) The door is closed, the curtains drawn within One room, a brilliant question mark of light ... Outside her gate an empty

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quickies, because it's been a very long day. for english 11 people: midterm exam questions have been posted in the egroups. there's also a copy outside FC 1080. due in class on monday, 26 january. write answers in your blue books. up next will be the introduction to fiction part, and also read "in a grove" by ryonusuke akutagawa. for english 10 mhx: informal reports due in the incoming week.

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Announcements 1. English 10 TFX. We will have in class consultations today. Please proceed to FC 1080 so I can discuss your sentence outlines with each of you personally. 2. English 1. Midterms today. Please bring blue books. 3. English 11. Midterms exam set also today. Please check your email later.

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New Readings Set Vol. 1 E-mail question # 034: maam, where can we get the readings? thank you! There's a new set of readings for English 10, which you may get from the xerox girl at the 2nd floor of the Faculty Center. It includes: 1. The God-makers of Pampanga 2. A Genuine Imitation? 3. Bonnie and Clyde 4. Strunk and White's Elements of Style*** (i.e., if you still don't have your copy yet)

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Linky dinks Just found this while browsing. Anyone else writing interesting stuff outside class? :)

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Consultations I will be available for all of you guys in the English 10 classes for consultation. 12 noon, FC 1080, if you have any questions as to your reports. I have already checked most of your film reviews, and I'll return them come class time. There are some things I noticed in your papers that will be discussed in class. As for you journals, I have only just begun. For the English

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Format for papers From our e-mail of the day: "Mam...what font should we use and is it supposed to be double spaced? This goes out for everyone who ever has to submit a paper in my class. Please use: *Font 12 Times New Roman *One inch margins on all sides *Double space all text *Also, this should appear at the top of the page: YOUR NAME CLASS and SECTION STUDENT

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Quick updates English 11 MHY: Please read up on Shakespeare, Dylan Thomas, Neruda's odes and Formalism. To be discussed on Thursday. English 10 classes: Will be around the office starting Monday afternoon. So if you need to consult your topics, just drop by FC 1080. Also, journals are due when classes start. Some of you have still not picked up your index cards and journals. Please read up

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Answers to your questions: 1. Hi ma'am!!happy new year! I just want to ask how long the paper we're gonna make??How many pages?? Your paper --I am assuming this is for the film review and the report--should be less than 5 pages long. 2. mam, can i change my topic about backmasking? im having a hard time beginning with my paperwork about prostitution because the time frame isn't enough for

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De Quiros on description, because all roads lead to this place: IT is Sunday afternoon. Outside Quiapo Church, on the sidewalks and part of the street itself, a motley crew of men, women and children stand guard over stands that could be packed up at the first hint of trouble. Roots and herbs and plants dot their wares but the thing most prominently displayed on them is a row of bottles

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Merry Christmas everyone!

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Questions of the day This came in the mail: Mam, Do we have to pass another index card if we change our topic? And can it be later than Dec 17? To Jennifer and everyone else taking up English 10, I'm going out of town after the 17th. So all things related to classwork will have to dealt with via email or the web, if there's a web connection there. But yes, you may change your topic. Try to

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Consultation day For English 10 TFX We will not have class anymore since the English Department is holidng its Christmas Party tomorrow afternoon, and it's highly unlikely that I will suddenly gain powers of omnipresence. What we'll do is have consultations regarding your report topic. You should finalize your outlines over the holidays so it'll be ready by January. Your film review is also due

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Now showing this Friday English 1 TFW We're tackling the various ways you can narrate a single event. So it's "Twelve Tales of X-mas" for us. Hope you read it. English 10 TFXWe're meeting at the Arcellana Library at the Faculty Center today, 2.30 pm. We're watching The Talented Mr. Ripley in preparation for your module on film review and criticism. Please arrive on time. If most of you guys

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NO CLASSES TODAY Friday, 1-4pm. Go to the Student Regent selection conference or whatever it is that you have to attend. For English 1 TFW, please just read the selections on narration. For English 10 TFX2 as well as English 10 MHX, please read "Opinionated and proud to admit it." Interesting views on the etymology of the word "idiot." We will discuss it next week. There's a copy in the

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To English 10 MHX Just a little FYI: Give it up for Dong Hee and Aya for actually finishing the activity last Monday afternoon and getting a really good number of answers right. Nice one, you two. :) Let's chalk this up to a disturbance in the atmosphere of dialogue. See you guys later.

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Literature database I found this wonderful online database of Literature, Arts and Medicine. You can search for poems there, and some of it have readings by the authors themselves. Requires Real Audio. You might want to check it out.

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Twenty Questions, v.2 For English 10 TFX2 Again, the same rules apply. Work this out with your groupmates. Try to answer as many of the questions as you can. Answers should be in before 6.30pm at FC 1080. UP Naming Mahal 1. If Ateneo=Eagle, and University of the East=Tigers, then what kind of fowl is on UP's logo? 2. Francisco Nemenzo is the university's ___th president. 3. The RGEP

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Twenty Questions For English 10 MHX. Rules: 1. Work with your groupmates. There should be 5 groups, and each of you should submit a yellow pad with the answers to these questions along with an index card containing your group members and the answer to "If you have a gun to your head, what song will you sing?" You should hand this to Sheena at the DECL office before 5pm. The goal is for you

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English 10 mhx research activity 1. The inauguration of the new CAL building will take place tomorrow, 1 December 2003, Monday. I will be participating in the program, which is why I won't be able to meet with you (again, my apologies with regards to that.) 2. In lieu of a proper class, we will hold an activity on how to do research. You will do this with your groupmates so I hope you still

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Course Outlines and Reading Lists For English 1 TFW and English 11 MHY: I have uploaded a copy of the course outline and the reading list at the yahoogroups Files area. You can check them out there. Although the hard copy for these will also be available starting tomorrow, around 10 am. Please go to FC 1080 to retrieve them. For Thursday's classes: English MHY will continue discussing the

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For English 11 MHY Ars Poetica Archibald Macleish A poem should be palpable and mute As a globed fruit, Dumb As old medallions to the thumb, Silent as the sleeve-worn stone Of casement ledges where the moss has grown-- A poem should be wordless As the flight of birds. * A poem should be motionless in time As the moon climbs, Leaving, as the moon releases Twig by twig

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For English 1 TFW Being the True, the Good, the Beautiful and the Definitive Meaning of 'Jolog' (or When is the Squattah Not the Othah) [ from http://www.psychicpants.net ] So many jolog definitions on the Net and yet most are inaccurate. I asked my students the origins of the word and they gave me all these palusot (weak reasons)--that it's the baduy, bakya crowd of the 90's, that like

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for english 10: you can check this site out for how to do the MLA style citations. http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html

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Heavy clouds, no readings. Yet. Hello people. I just dropped by the photocopier and they still haven't gotten around to our readings. Which is just bad because they've had it since last week. There's just too many people trying to have things photocopied at the Shopping Center. As a recourse, I'll leave the individual readings per class in an envelope outside my door, FC 1080. Just photocopy

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Yahoogroups update It seems like yahoogroups lets their moderators add only 10 people a day in their directory listings. So I couldn't immediately add all of you, as you number to almost a hundred. I sent some of you invites, and unless you approve them, you will not be able to get missives from me. I will try to add you in the next couple of days, or just accept the invites you will receive in

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Classroom assignments To the TF classes, I have good news. The rooms at the new CAL building may be used starting next week. Which means that we will finally have a room of our own. These are your room assignments: English 1 TFW 1-2.30pm CAL 310 English 10 TFX2 2.30-4pm CAL 311 Please go there next week so we can get on with class work already.

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I just put in a tagboard. I'll fix the html stuff later. Feel free to post.

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Hello. This blog will serve as a forum for everyone in my English classes this semester in UP Diliman. Readings will be available this weekend, or at the start of the week at the latest. Yahoogroups for each class have not been finalized yet. Please just log on for instructions later. Thanks. Jessel Duque batongpilak [at] yahoo [dot] com

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Testing, testing.

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