In-Class, Monday: Thread for WebQuests

On Monday, we will quickly post our URL's on this blog thread (hyperlink your topics!)

TASK 1: Read your peers' WebQuests, and compare their professionalism with your own. After that, grade YOUR OWN WebQuest with the following grading sheet, which you also received in an email, and either bring your printed-out self-evaluation sheet to class on Wednesday, and submit it in the first 10 minutes of class, or email it to me before Wednesday's class starts.

If you are not in class on Monday, figure out at home how to hyperlink your WebQuest URL (click on "publish" in the WebQuest editor, and copy the URL; then, go to this blog entry, click on the globe with the paper clip, and hyperlink this URL with "paste" to your topic). Publish by class time on Monday, Sept. 15th. If it isn't published by class time, it won't be graded because your peers and I cannot see it.

I will only grade WebQuests for which the URL's were posted before or in Monday's class, and for which I have received your self-evaluation on Wednesday. No late assignments accepted.


TASK 2: As a comment to this blog entry, note down the name and topic of your FAVORITE WebQuest (you can also pick your own), and write in one sentence why you think it is so outstanding. Put yourself in the role of a student, not a teacher (as if you had to do the WebQuest). The person who wins will get to choose our next in-class reading for the blog summaries ;-)


Name of Author...................... topic of WebQuest, linked to URL


1. Lori Bedell

2. Dan Bleyer

3. Donald Dinkins..............Beatnik slang

4. Andre Dyson...............Drug Slang

5. Ashley Epps...............Prison Slang

6. Sharon Espina.......... Australia's Slang and Metaphors

7. Marissa Freese...........Australian Slang

8. Maddison Green..........1960s Slang

9. Jennifer Gulley.............British and Irish slang

10. Sharita Haralson...........1920's Slang

11. Brian Harris....... Computer Slang

12. Sarah Klingler .......Death and Dying Slang

13. Raquel Maxey...........1920s Slang

14. Heather Mormino........................1960s Slang

15. Emily Muren................... 1920s Slang

16. Melisa Ogle...................... British Slang

17. Bradley Palm

18. Alexandra Rude........ Death Metaphors and Euphemisms

19. Ken Stoner..................Nadsat

20. Jacob Talbert...........1920's slang

21. Laura Treat...............Australian Slang

22. Leah West.................African American Slang

In-Class, Sept. 3: What Should Teachers Do?

In-Class Activity for Wednesday, September 3rd:

We are going to finish our AAVE posters (15-20 min.), and present them to the class (3-5 min. per group). In case we finish early, you can begin the following homework assignment:


Homework for Friday, September 5th, 2008:

Go to the following link and read pages 93-100 from Lisa Delpit's article "What Should Teachers Do?"

Then, choose one question out of the questions 1, 2, and 3 at the bottom of this article, and post your answer (small essay, about 250-500 words) as a comment to this blog.


NEXT BLOG SUMMARY: "How Can AAE Speakers Become Efficient SWE Writers?", to be done by Alexandra Rude, for coming Friday, Sept. 5th. The responses by everybody as blog comments will be due coming Monday, Sept. 8th.

Left-over copies of the text which I'll distribute in class will be deposited in the letter box outside my office door, FANER 3202B, for pick-up, in case you missed class on Wednesday, Sept. 3rd.