Discussion Prompt #5

1.)
Who? Acadian people
What? the disappearance of the French language in Louisiana's history
When? from about three hundred years ago until present today
Where? Southern Louisiana
Why? to keep the French language alive in Southern Louisiana

2.)
Sentence One: M - She is giving the main idea.
Sentence Two-Four and Seven: E - She is giving examples.
Sentences Five, Eight, and Nine: A - She is doing her analysis that connects her main point and thesis.
Sentences Six and Ten: L - She is linking everything together.

Overall I do think that it works well for me as though it would for an audience member. I feel that she did great the way she arranged her sentences in this paragraph. I was able to pin point her examples and understand everything whe was explaining.

3.)

• She explained what her essay was about again
• Gave examples on the benefits would be some benefits of knowing your heritage language
• Provided a better understanding of her thesis
• Provide information on why the French language should be kept alive

4.) The key idea she used to bridge the two paragraphs were the challeneges the Cajuns had to go through. To link paragraphs four and five she use the degrading of the Cajun people and their horrible treatment.

Discussion Prompt #4

              I think that passage applies to men as well as it did to women in many ways. In my opinion I think it applies to everyone because we all try to take the easy way when doing things sometimes. In some way or form we have all let someone else think for us. This passage is basically telling everyone in general what it means to be responsible of themself. I think so because both men and women sometimes have a hard time at finding their place in life and what she is stating fits both genders.
               I think what Rich meant by the "ethical and intellectual contract" that exist between teacher and student was that teachers should try to look at every aspect of their students and try to get them to their full potential. I think it means that they should try see students views on things and understand where they are coming from. At the same time, in this contract students are agreeing to aim for the best and try to obtain as much knowledge possible from their teachers. Ethical and intellectual goes well together because the ethical part has to do with how important knowledge is to you and the intellecutal part is how you plan to use that given knowledge.

Discussion Prompt #3

1.)      I read an assignment about 4 times for a paper before I begin writing my first draft. The benefit you could receive by reading the assignment is a better understanding of what is needed for you to do. I read the assignment once again after to make sure I have completed all aspects of the paper.
2.)      I can apply the "Consider the Evidence" information to the drafting assignment of an Argument from Personal Experience paper to construct a wonderful concept to help me put personal experiences into my paper. I would be better if I use my own personal experience because would be able to vouch for myself with my feelings.
3.)       The most useful information I got from the "Academic Writing is an Analysis" was how to pin-point important things for thr topic. I learned that those things will help me be more explainatory in my paper.
4.)       The section "Three Characteristics of Academic Writing" and the Rubric both give me the tools needed for me to complete a proper paper. They are different by the information need for their outlines. One requires more specific details. The Rubric goes into more depth and is more specific about the information required in order for my paper to be successful.

Discussion Prompt #2

            My definition of homemade is something that someone has taken their time to make although it can be brought from a store. Sometimes homemade things can be very good and more valuable but other times they could be bad. For example, one of your friends knits you a sweater for you birthday, you would greatly appreciate it because that person put their hard work into making it. You would value that sweater more because it was made with love. A bad example would be if you tried to build your own bike. Sure you might know all the parts required to put the bike together but you won't know for certain if it would work properly rather than if you brought one from a store. I can't think of anyone off-hand who has educated themselves but I feel that they would appreciate their education more than someone who went to school.
           Malcolm X related these concepts in his work because he saw knowledge as the greatest form of freedom. I think that he felt even though people weren't physically free, if they were educated, they would always be free. I think he felt that becuase by them being educated they had the chance to have their own opinions and ideas about the world. The only contrast I think the two have was the fact that Malcolm didn't need a classroom to educate himself, he used all his resources around him.
           If I were locked up in jail, the subject that I'd be passionate enough about to pursue would be English. My goals for my life once released would be to continue to read and futher my education. I would want to write things that would help others learn and inspire them.